Cut bone x sliced cake.
I paired them based on how they have porous interiors. It’s actually pretty interesting how different different cakes can look in slice (some are very porous, some are very dense), and it’s the same with bone!
Pencil, printed in Pair.
Blood cells in fibrin versus lychee in a net.
You might think “wow what a weird combination” but I think they’re visually and functionally similar to a certain extent!
Not sure how many of you have tried drawing a weave/net pattern, but it is actually very time consuming (getting the overlap correct)!!
Pencil, printed in Pair.
Vessels and a tree; I paired them because they’re both structures that branch. Vessels tend to look more fluid and elegant with their curves, while a tree looks monstrous in comparison because of its angular branching.
Drawn with pencil.
(Source: julieman.com)
Over the next few days, I’m going to be posting illustrations from my book Pair. The book is called “pair” because I was mainly drawing sets of things that were visually or functionally similar.
This was the conceptual mock of the cover. You can see the final cover here.
This may appear to be leaves, stems, and flowers, but the cover itself is a “hidden” PAIR. They double as chromatids, spindle fibres, and the 7 subunit ring of a proteosome!
Oh yes, my nerd is showing.
Photoshop.
