Valley Fever (Coccidioidomycosis)
Figure Illustrations (2024): 5 Illustrated figures created for the research publication “Overview of the Current Challenges in Pulmonary Coccidioidomycosis” in the Journal of Fungi, 10(10), 724 by (https://doi.org/10.3390/jof10100724)
Client: Dr M. Fayed’s Lab, UCSF Fresno
Media: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Procreate
Figure 1: Saprobic life cycle of arthroconidia; the left-hand corner endemic map is from the CDC.
Figure 2: Life cycle of arthroconidia inside the lung, and typical parasitic forms of Coccidioides forming spherules and spherules/endospores.
Figure 3: T-cell immune response to fungal infection. Th1 and Th17 are critical for the elimination and effective control of dimorphic fungi infection such as Coccidioides.
Figure 4: Presentation of pulmonary of coccidioidomycosis.
Figure 13: Areas of dissemination of coccidioidomycosis and/or associated symptoms.
Process Work
Research & Thumbnails
Conducted initial consultation with the client and, then researched their previous publications and other peer-reviewed papers on Valley Fever. Rough thumbnails were sketched and presented during a follow-up ideation session.
Rough Draft
Rough drafts were created to better understand the overall layout and content.
Linear Draft
Once the text was finalized and the final layout drafted, linear drafts of the illustrations were created. The client decided to split up Figure 3 into 2 separate figures to better expand on the information. The order of the figures was changed for the final draft.
