MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION

Dan Futoran, Illustrator (DFI) specializes in medical illustration, including continuous-tone color and line art.

(Accurate descriptions in the captions of some of the illustrations on this site may not be available. Clients have used the illustrations to provide insight into medical technologies and techniques at the time of production, and the captions may not accurately reflect those clients' current technologies. Does not apply to self-promotional illustrations.)

Illustrations can be provided digitally as either full-color, continuous tone images or elegantly rendered line art, prepared for brochures, catalogs, flyers, trade show posters, presentations, web content, video, etc. If you need to get your project printed, DFI can be your one-stop shop from project production to delivery, from file preparation to pre-press to print brokerage services.

DFI uses cutting-edge software to combine digital imagery into compelling and valuable visual media. With over 20 years of professional experience in illustration and graphic design, DFI applies his many skills toward the successful execution of every project, large or small. DFI has helped to solve a myriad of visualization challenges, and to contribute significantly in helping clients effectively demonstrate the design, structure, and operation of their products and services.

DFI's most valuable service is speedy turnaround time. If you want it fast, DFI will typically put your project on a timeline with the return of quality results well before you expect it.

DFI will meet with your representative personally, if possible, to discuss your project. You can then provide resource materials (product samples, digital photos, product support literature, etc.), while other instructions can be conveyed by phone, fax, Fedex, or e-mail. DFI will produce a series of detailed sketches until your concept is satisfactorily visualized. As the project progresses, DFI can post well organized, chronologically-ID'd revisions as low resolution jpeg or pdf e-mail attachments. Finished, client-approved high resolution files can be either attached to e-mails (8 Mb max.), posted via FTP for download (no size limit), or sent on a CD or DVD (CA sales tax applies when sent on a disk).

In the unlikely event that you are not completely satisfied with the results of your project you will not be obligated to pay for it, and any advance funds collected by DFI will be returned to you. In most cases a simple contract may be drafted by DFI for the mutual protection and benefit of both parties, and the guarantee will be included in the contract.

OTHER SERVICES

Website Design: DFI can produce compelling CSS-rich websites for small businesses, corporations, and non-profit organizations. Flash animations can be included to provide that extra visual appeal.

Flash: Click here to view an example that features Adobe Illustrator-rendered products images into an eLearning tutorial. The fourth video in the video section of this website was also created entirely in Flash. DFI specializes in Flash animations (Flash-only website design is not offered as a service at this time).

Image Processing/Photo Restoration: DFI has extensive experience in processing digital images. Click here to view a still shot (at left) from a video project, where the face of an historical figure in a vintage medical painting is exchanged with that of another, from a recent snapshot; or here to see an example of a restored photo of a gentleman from turn-of-the-last century Riga, in Latvia.

Video: Using Final Cut Express HD, DFI can create animated titles, special effects, sound tracks, and computer graphics composited over live video to create a unique feature presentation. DFI has produced over 30 promotional and instructional videos to prominent clients in the medical industry. DFI has also produced original music videos, using Apple's Final Cut Express and GarageBand.

(Caption descriptions of some of the videos and animations on this site are not available. The purpose of the videos/animations shown on this site is to promote DFI's desktop video and Flash animation expertise. Clients have used the videos/animations to either promote a product line or provide instruction on the use of a product or medical technology, and some of the captions do not necessarily reflect those clients' current technologies.)

Branding: DFI can help you design an identity for your business by creating your company logo and producing templates you can use in your promotional media campaign.

Presentations: Using Microsoft PowerPoint, DFI can create and prepare your slide presentations. And the full production process of digital files for the printing of backlit or reflective posters and other trade show graphics is one of DFI's specialties. Here's an example of a trade show poster for a event, held in Istanbul, Turkey, where a prestigious award was presented to a past year's outstanding neurosurgeon. See the portfolio page for more examples.

Clients:

Medtronic Neurosurgery
Dako Corporation
PFM Medical, Incorporated
Evoke Interaction
Celerus Diagnostics
Gebauer Company
Mentor Corporation
MacroPore, Incorporated
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Reckas & Franke Advertising
California Space Authority
Electronic School Supplies (ESS)
Electronics and Computer Engineering (ECE) Lab Design LLC