Photorealistic skeleton paintings wow netizens

Dr Chommanad Uppachitkul, a professor of medical illustration at the university in the northeast of Thailand, last week posted pictures of sketches made by her students on her Facebook page.

The post went viral with netizens complementing the realism of the illustrations.

“These sketches were made [using] water colour by second year medical illustration students, who, despite studying under the Faculty of Medicine, are not med students,” she said in an interview on Thursday.

“Medical illustration students learn to create media in the form of printed materials, models, videos, photos and applications to illustrate medical information to doctors, medical students, and patients to increase their understanding,” she explained.

Chommanad said the four-year medical illustration programme is classified as…