Comics portfolio
I began exploring using comics to make medicine more engaging and accessible while training in medical illustration. Their overlap with traditional scientific illustration fascinated me, where both involve distilling ideas into their essence visually. Comics however have the added power of storytelling, and I have been injecting story and humour into visual narratives to explore healthcare topics ever since. This has led to creative projects including public health initiatives, knowledge translation by sharing medical research, clinical education, and a body of published research culminating in a Doctor of Medicine in Clinical Research.
To commission art, please use the contact form or email cilein@artibiotics.com
Why communicate with comics?
Medicine can get pretty complex quickly, especially so the more specialised the topic. Trying to share that can sometimes be tough for those deeply embedded in the subject. Through comics, I try to distill the important ideas and make them more accessible, memorable, and fun to engage with.
The complexity of art depends on the audience and what you would like to share.
Education
Through sequential art, a topic can be broken down into manageable pieces and built up through a story.
Exploring Pathogenesis
Connecting the dots visually to relate signs and symptoms to underlying disease.
Public health campaigns
Helping make medicine accessible to wider audiences.
Sharing research
Research is useless when it isn’t discovered, read, or understood.
Comics can communicate key points visually in an easy-to-digest (and share) form for public, patients, and healthcare professionals.
Comics Gallery
Some more examples.
Comic articles
Read my comics in their natural habitat on my blog.
Excerpt from “the curious case of influenza in the Southern Hemisphere” comic by Dr Ciléin Kearns (Artibiotics)
Need something illustrated?
To enquire about commissioning comics, please use the contact form or email cilein@artibiotics.com
Some of the wonderful teams I've worked with:
