Medical illustration portfolio
Medical art Surgical art Pathology
I'm Dr Ciléin Kearns, a Medical Illustrator passionate about making medicine more accessible with my art. I draw from a background as a physician, creative director, and researcher to inform my designs, and publish and present in this space.
To enquire about commissioning art, use the contact form or email cilein@artibiotics.com
Medical illustration
Illuminating health, disease, and care for medical resources from books to animation.
Clinical research
Illustration to visually communicate key messages in a memorable way. Examples include showing anatomical variation, disease, surgical technique, and sharing high-level concepts such as novel treatment approaches and issues in research.
Books
Cover, figure, and plate design for publications.
Surgical Art
Surgical sequences can share operative technique. Illustrations allow the important structures to be isolated and accentuated, expanding the field of view, shining through obstructing hands, tools, and anatomy. Distracting details like blood can be removed, especially if using the art to help patients understand the procedure. Years of disease progression, or hours of surgery can be shown over two to a handful of illustrations.
Recontructing the skull contour with a custom plate after prior craniectomy.
Pathology
Every disease has an origin story. Understanding these can be the foundation for understanding treatment.
Setting pathology in its anatomical and human context can help communicate it more tangibly to medics and patients.
Above: Medical illustrations for a series of publications on rare diseases for RadioGraphics. My goal has been to help tie together the different imaging modalities (CT / surgical photo & video / macroscopic specimen photography and histology), which each have their difficulties in interpretation, in a clear memorable way.
Logo design
Identity and branding design for clinical trials, medical causes and healthcare organisations.
Commission medical art
If you would like to commission medical art for a project, please use the contact form to get in touch, or email cilein@artibiotics.com with details about what you are looking for.
Some of the wonderful teams I've worked with:
