Curriculum vitae Portfolio 2014 Gaia Codoni scientific illustrator
Curriculum vitae creativity curiosity passion synergy I studied Scientific Visualisation innovation because I love to translate Science into images that people can actually understand. logical thinking positive attitude
Curriculum vitae Personal information Name: Gaia Codoni Birth: 21. Mai 1989 Nationality: Swiss 1 st Address: Via al Mai 24 b 6528 Camorino, Ticino - CH 2 nd Address: Starengasse 1 8052 Zürich - CH Website: www.gaia-gaia.ch E-mail: gaia.codoni@bluewin.ch Phone: +41 (0)76 679 93 98 Education 2013-2014: Master in Knowledge Visualisation and Science Illustration, ZHdK 2012: Studying at St. Giles School of languages, full time course, London (UK) 2012: Summer Academy at the ZHdK Course 1: Aquarelltechnik Einst und Heute Course 2: Matte Painting & Compositing 2009-2012: Bachelor in Scientific Visualization, ZHdK 2010: Internship at the Botanical Garden of Canton Ticino, Brissago Islands (CH) 2008-2009: Preparatory art-course at the CSIA, Lugano (CH) 2004-2008: Maturità Scientifica with specialization in biology and chemistry at Liceo Cantonale di Bellinzona (CH) Languages Native: Italian Foreign: English, German, French Technical skills Software: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, AfterEffect, Cinema4D, istopmotion Techniques: Pencil, watercolour, acrylic and oil painting, rapidograph, mixed techniques Practical courses Aquarelltechnik Einst und Heute: course of mixed media, watercolour, photography and digital elaboration with Adobe Photoshop. June 2012, Zürich (CH) Matte Painting and Compositing: course of digital elaboration of photos, digital painting with Photoshop and animation with AfterEffect. June 2012, Zürich (CH) Course of engraving and printing, with punzone technique by Atelier il Salice. August 2012, Locarno (CH)
Curriculum vitae Jobs and collaborations 2013-2014: Master Thesis in collaboration with the Museum of Fossils of Monte San Giorgio in Meride and the Palaeontology Museum of University Zurich. Realized animation: a 3D animation which simulate a window on a Triassic lagoon and bring back to life the fossils, spreading scientific information like marine food chain, anatomy of the saurians, different kind of fossilization process and much more. 2012-2013: Hired from the Centro Didattico Cantonale to illustrate a sex-education textbook for secundary schools of Canton Ticino as support for the lessons. Realized visualization: illutrations and infographics about anatomy and sex education. 2012: Collaboration with ETH Zurich and the Zurich-Basel Plant Science Centre. Realized illustrations: elaboration of graphics and illustrations for the online learning material Sustainable Plant System. 2012: Bachelor Thesis in collaboration with IRB - Institute of Research in Biomedicine. Realized illustrations: a sequence of five pictures, which explain the protein folding, a 3D-print and a possible cover for the magazine Cell. 2012: The stop motion animation the Great Garbage Trip has been selected and exposed in the exhibition Endstation Meer, 04.07.- 28.10.2012, Museum für Gestaltung Zurich. 2010-2011: Illustrated and lay out the book Dolori e Colori, by Dc. Fausto Pagnamenta: a practical manual of colour therapy, rich of explanatory illustrations. 2010: Collaboration with ARE: Federal Office for Spatial Development. Realized illustration: territorial typology Nr. 27: landscape of the South-Alpine territory. 2010: Collaboration with Silvretta Historica: alpine archaeological camp on the mountain chain Silvretta. Realized illustration: reconstruction and setting of the fibula, archaeological find of the bronze age. 2010: Internship at the Botanical Garden of Canton Ticino, Brissago Islands (CH). Realized illustration: 10 identification plates in lineal drawing. References Mauruzio Molinari: scientist and group leader at IRB. IRB - Institute for Research in Biomedicine in Biomedicine Via Vela 6, CH-6500 Bellinzona +41 (0)91-820 0319 maurizio.molinari@irb.usi.ch Prof. Niklaus Heeb: group leader of Scientific visualisation. Austellungstrasse 60, CH-8031 Zürich +41 (0)43-446 32 31 niklaus.heeb@zhdk.ch Doc. Fausto Pagnamenta: Via Ospedale 14, CH-6600 Locarno +41 (0)91-751 16 24 colors@ticino.com Lulo Tognola: graphic designer and illustrator Ranzo, CH-6537 Grono +41 (0)79 620 89 40 lulotognola@gmail.com
Curriculum Medical science vitae Some of the illustrations realized for the book Dolori e Colori (Pain and Colour), by Doctor Fausto Pagnamenta. Adobe Illustrator
Curriculum Medical science vitae Anatomy of the eye, personal work. Adobe Illustrator Animation that explain the anatomy of a healthy eye, an eye affected by myopia, and the working principle of corrective lens. Personal work. Cinema 4D, Adobe After Effect To see the animation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52dpa9r3hka
Curriculum Medical science vitae Anatomy study of the human muscles of the back, school practise. Graphite and coloured pencils Explanation of the elbow joint, school practise. Graphite and Adobe Photoshop
Curriculum Medical science vitae Some illustrations from the textbook for the secundary schools of Cantone Ticino, commissioned by the Centro Didattico del Canton Ticino. Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
Curriculum Zoology vitae Identification plate and details of the Eurydema ventrale, school practise. Rapidograph Microphotography, shoot in Bondo, Bregaglia.
Curriculum Zoology vitae Habitat of the fictive marsupial otter, school practise. Collage in Adobe Photoshop Sketch done at the Zurich Zoo, personal work. Watercolour
Curriculum Botany vitae White lily in 3D, school practise. Maxon Cinema 4D and Adobe Photoshop
Curriculum Botany vitae Identification plate of Lobelia laxiflora, realized during the internship at the Botanical Garden of Canton Ticino, Brissago Islands. Linear drawing done with Rapidograph Identification plate Kennedia rubicunda, realized during the internship at the Botanical Garden of Canton Ticino, Brissago Islands. Linear drawing done with Rapidograph. Technical drawing of an exsiccated and non blossomed flower of Eukalyptus, school practise. Rapidograph.
Curriculum Botany vitae Different kinds of beans from Pro Specie Rara and phases of germination, personal work realised during the course Aquarelltechnik Einst und Heute. Watercolour.
Curriculum Botany vitae Screenshot of the online learning material Sustainable Plant System. Illustrations, graphics and layout commissioned by ETH Zurich and the Zurich-Basel Plant Science Centre and realized in an illustrators team. These Screenshots show some of my illustrations and graphics. Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign. Link to the e-learning platform: http://swissplantscienceweb.ch/education/e-learning/sustainable-plant-systems/
Curriculum Ecology vitae ETH building with pipelines. In already existing districts, the pipeline will be visible and integrate in the city s landscape, since a construction site is not welcomed and will also raise the citizen s awareness for the recycling of the food waste. Collection point connected to the food waste recycling pipelines. Cinema 4D Formulation and visualizing a theoretical concept of a food waste recycling network for Zurich. The Infographic explain the fictive pipeline system for food waste for Zurich. The pipes transmit the food waste with vacuum to te recycling factories, where it gets recycled to biogas, organic compost, fertilizer or is used for distant heating. The biogas come back to the citizen s households via the gas lines and distant heating pipes. The gas will also be used to fuel the motorized transport system. Cinema 4D
Curriculum Ecology vitae Various Planning and designing a cook Application for ipad, Collaboration with the magazine Brigitte, school project and team work. Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign. The Great Garbage Trip is an animation realized for the exhibition Endstation Meer. The animation has been chosen and exposed in 2012 at the Museum für Gestaltung Zurich. Partly school project, partly personal work. istopmotion To see the animation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwgr_usvyz8
Curriculum Master Thesis vitae - Palaeontology Preview of the project Paleorama - dive in the Triassic, master thesis at the ZHdK in collaboration with the Museum of Fossils of Monte San Giorgio. Paleorama is an animation that uses three-dimensional projection technique to create a window looking out in to the sea-world of the Triassic. This way, it is possible to observe saurians in their natural habitat and convey scientific information about palaeontology and geology to the visitor in an original and thrilling way. In the Fossils Museum of Monte San Giorgio, two beamers will project the animation on a tilted stone plate covered with fossils and on the canvas behind it. This projection will create a parallel reality on the two surfaces and work as a time machine. Today, the 3D projection mapping technique is rarely used for didactical aims, but almost only for entertainment or advertising. It has been chosen for this project, because it has a remarkable quality of communicating scientific information in an exciting and emotional way. Moreover, it offers the possibility of making absolutely clear the connection between fossils and animated reconstruction.
Curriculum Master Thesis vitae - Palaeontology Ceresiosauro Calcagnii Maxon Cinema4D Storyboard of the end animation Pencils sketches coloured in Photoshop 3D visualization of the installation at the museum Maxon Cinema4D
Curriculum Master Thesis vitae - Palaeontology Preview of the project Paleorama - dive in the Triassic Master Thesis at the ZHdK To see the animation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5cm-4_7gpw Cover of the Thesis Business card and souvenirs for the Master Exhibition. Layout of the Thesis
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