My life is nothing if not ironic. Fellow illustrator and friend Otto Steininger recently did an illustration about a new medical procedure for transplanting poop. Naturally I had some fun at his expense. The freelance gods decided to teach a lesson and AD Valarie Morgan at Hour Detroit called with an assignment for the exact same procedure!
Turns out it is a very fascinating procedure and donors are extremely healthy people with high quality bacteria for digesting. The bacteria cleans the system so those who lack this bacteria can develop serious problems. The donors poop contains the bacteria so a small amounted is placed into the digestive tracts of patients so they can grow their own good bacteria.
Valerie called because she felt I could navigate a delicate subject matter. The bacteria seemed the obvious point for focus and the intestines are basically an organic tunnel like a subway so they could be rendered with a fun approach.
I wish to apologize to Otto for teasing him because this turned out to be a very fascinating assignment.
