Essential Computer Graphics Techniques for Modeling, Animating, and Rendering Biomolecules and Cells: A Guide for the Scientist and Artist

The book helps readers develop fundamental skills in the field of biomedical illustrations with a training approach based on step-by-step tutorials with a practical approach. Medical/scientific illustration mainly belongs to professionals in the art field or scientists trying to create artistic visualization. There is not a merging between the two, even if the demand is high. This leads to accurate scientific images with no appeal (or trivial mistakes), or appealing CSI-like images with huge scientific mistakes. This gives the fundamentals to the scientist so they can apply CG techniques that give a more scientific approach creating mistake-free images.

Key Features

• This book provides a reference where none exist.
• Without overwhelming the reader with software details it teaches basic principles to give readers to fundamentals to create.
• Demonstrates professional artistic tools used by scientists to create better images for their work.
• Coverage of lighting and rendering geared specifically for scientific work that is toturoal based with a practical approach.
• Included are chapter tutorials, key terms and end of chapter references for Art and Scientific References for each chapter.