KELSEY ZHAO

Award-winning biomedical illustrator and designer.

Making the complex make sense with visual storytelling.

medical visualization / patient education / clinical education / interactive design / 3D / animation

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The Neuroanatomy of REM Dreaming Portrait

2025

The Neuroanatomy of REM Dreaming Portrait

Tools Used

Procreate, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator

Description

What does the brain do when you're dreaming? Although, the precise pathways are complex and escape understanding (for now…), we do know a little about the regions of the brain that experience increased and decreased activity. The yellow regions represented areas of increased brain activity during REM dreaming, and the desaturated regions represent decreased activity.