A few weeks ago I put together a brain illustration and then "put it in a drawer", digitally speaking, to come back to it later. Last week, a national science magazine put out a request on one of the "stock images wanted" wires for a photo or illustration depicting brain-computer interaction. So I pulled out a couple of old computer circuit boards from my "props" box and snapped a few pics to incorporate into a different version of the illustration. I don't know if my image will be used for this particular request, but hopefully it will be picked up by some publications eventually.
Here is my the original version:
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After adding in the circuit board I came up with this. It's fairly basic, but often illustrations shouldn't be too complicated.
| Keywords | brain; computer; interface; illustration; concept; circuit board; science; artificial intelligence; computing; brainpower; brainy; positronic; cyborg; cybernetic; scifi; fiction; future; capacity; AI; conceptual |
After I had submitted the above image, I wanted to play with the idea some more and the result was a bit more overlap between the two:
| Keywords | brain; computer; interface; illustration; concept; circuit board; science; artificial intelligence; computing; brainpower; brainy; positronic; cyborg; cybernetic; scifi; fiction; future; capacity; AI; conceptual |
I really like the varied but subtle colors that came through in the brain detail.
WARNING: EXTREME CLOSE-UP! 
The funnest part about all of these to me is that the brain drawing itself comes from one of my childhood sketch books! I don't know if the drawing has an exact date on it. I don't have it in front of me, but I likely drew it when I was between 12-15 years-old. That's what I call turning childhood "wasted time" into something productive!
