UCSF Magazine Winter 2023

Article Illustration & Animation (2023): this illustration/animation was created for the Mythbuster series article “How Much Can We Control Our Own Fertility?” by Christina Hernandez Sherwood for the online and print publication of the Winter 2023 UCSF Magazine.

Client: UCSF Magazine

Media: Maya, Procreate, Adobe After Effects

Process Work

Concept Sketches & Animations

The client wanted concept sketches based on different themes I pulled from reading the article. I also created some rough animations.

Linear Draft & Color Block // 3D Animation

The client chose concept 4. A linear illustration was created with color blocked in. I created a 3D reference in Maya for the sperm animation.

Final Draft

For the final illustration, I added an outer layer to represent the corona radiate (layer of follicular cells). For the animation, I hand-drew each frame of the sperm movement based on my 3D animation.