This illustration was a collaborative assignment for the VIsual Representation of Medical Knowledge course at the University of Toronto Mississauga Biomedical Communications (UTM BMC) master’s program. The project was cooperatively researched, illustrated and designed with Deniz Kaya, a fellow BMC student; final rendering touches were performed independently. Working with our content advisor (Dr. Hinic-Frlog, Asst. Professor of Biology at UTM), we compared the biomechanics of knee extension between humans and grasshoppers, illustrating the different lever mechanism classes in action.

Audience:
Undergraduate biology students

Supervisor:
Prof. Michael Corrin

Content Advisor:
Prof. Sanja Hinic-Frlog

Date:
October 2018

Media:
Adobe Illustrator

Format:
Print

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