This began its life as a magazine illustration; now that the magazine's been published I went back, made some changes, and re-rendered it at a much higher resolution for use as a print. As always with these images I did considerable overpainting in Photoshop once the rendering was done, and it combines several (um, maybe three) rendered layers that are composited together.

It looks as though we won't be immune to the common cold even in the world of yesterday's tomorrows; but our friend Aelectro Monica will probably be just fine in a couple of days, thanks to the sage advice of Rusty and the note-taking doctor.

(I have modified the color balance of this file so that it will print more true to its original; for that reason, as you see it here on your monitor you’re seeing it a bit paler and greener than it ought to be.)