coloring contest

We're working on a poster for our upcoming book about Biological Warfare. (We're against it.) One of the ideas the boss likes is to put a giant virus in the background. Something like this.

This particular example was something the boss found on a website. By the time it reaches poster size the pixels are the size of sugar cubes.

There's an ample supply of electron micrographs at the CDC's Public Health Image Library site. They, however, are mostly in black and white. We taking a pro-colors position. I've taken one particular picture from chapter 25 and tried colorizing it.

Before (click for full sized image)

After

I'm giving you a chance to color and see if you can dress up this picture. Or, really, any of the B&W CDC electron micrographs you can get your hands on. We prefer the CDC because we can get the picture free.

Send your version of the pictures to "d o u g . d a t a @ g m a i l . c o m" (remove the spaces). In a week I'll post some favorites or else spread nasty rumors about your ancestors.

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This image was reprinted from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Public Health Image Library Web site. Photograph by Cynthia Goldsmith and provided by Dr Terrence Tumpey. Available at: http://phil.CDC.gov