Geoff Bolen
Geoff Bolen3D Biomedical Animator@picodesic

Hi, I'm Geoff Bolen and this is my solo biomedical animation studio.

At times I feel freest and most imaginative animating the molecular and cellular: proteins doing what comes natural, cells under stress, stuff that really can only be artistic interpretation, where cameras don't go. I keep it accurate by building from real data and mechanics, the details a domain expert would notice. Other times I'm taken by the value of depicting the surgical anatomy and instruments we actually see and touch. And these of course set the scene for the micro, nano, pico worlds I get to imagine... it's a virtuous loop.

I got here through a series of loops. In high school I worked at a video store and a medical supply company. Later on it was DNA synthesis and yeast genomics labs, followed by a long corridor of media, film and animation production. Now biomedical animation. Back and forth. I suppose it's more of a convergence at this point. At the moment, I'm relearning the joy of swimming in the sea here in Southwest Florida. The warm bath where life began.

Check out some case studies and blog posts on how I make some of these things. More on the way.

Picodesic

Picodesic is a 3D biomedical animation studio, showing science and technology in every dimension. Mechanism-of-action, surgical, medical device, legal, and patient-education animation that's accurate and artful.