Joelle Cottle

Illustration · 2001–2011

Illustration.

Ten years of illustration for educational publishers, plus technical and instructional illustration for a medical device manufacturer.

Clients
Educational publishers, Trulife
Work
Science diagrams, natural history, technical and instructional
Tools
Illustrator, Photoshop
Years
2001–2011 and freelance

The point

Make complicated things easy to understand at a glance, without losing accuracy.

Science

Diagrams that explain.

Labelled diagrams for science and social studies textbooks, drawn to strict editorial standards.

Space telescope diagram
Laminar and turbulent stream flow block diagram
Galápagos finches and islands
Polynesian navigation diagram
Water cycle with reservoir figures
Urban water runoff
Airplane parts diagram
Bottle ecosystem experiment

Natural history

Plants and animals.

Accurate, clean illustrations of species for identification and classification.

Insect sorting panels
Butterflies
Foxglove
Poppy
Line illustrations of owl, moose and fish

Technical

Medical devices and instructions.

Cutaways and step-by-step instructional illustrations for prosthetic and orthotic products, plus product art for packaging.

Prosthetic foot cutaway
Prosthetic foot with pylon
Alteration instruction sheet
Instructional line art
Instruction step
Instruction step
Instruction step
Instruction step
Walkie-talkie packaging illustration
NextPrint, retail & environmental