Figure Drawing Tips with Medical Illustrator Susie Brighouse

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Written By Annie Campbell

Susie Brighouse is a medical illustrator and multimedia designer that works for Now Medical Studios. Her passion not only lies in the medical illustration industry but also spans towards figure drawing. She is the company’s resident expert in figure drawing and you can regularly find her teaching the fundamentals of how you can improve your figures.

In this video, Susie provides art direction and feedback for figure drawing in a recent medical illustration project. The feedback notes she provides reflects that of a studio environment so immerse yourself into the professional world and have a watch to get an insight into her thought process as she does a draw over and provides feedback to another medical illustration artist.

About Susie

Based in Glasgow, Scotland, Susie works as a medical illustrator and animator at the Now Medical Studios. Susie loves to practice and experiment with drawing fundamentals, techniques and media. Since qualifying as a medical illustrator from a background in psychology and special education support, Susie has had the privilege of working on a range of visual communication projects for organisations like NHS Wales, the University of Dundee and Kenhub. Learn more about Susie here: https://susannabrighouse.com/

Annie Campbell

Annie is a medical illustrator and animator who runs Now Medical Studios with her business partner, Emily Holden. Her experiences as an art director, project manager and multimedia artist for various studios and companies in the USA and UK have provided her with a broad range of skills and expertise that she now brings to every project. Annie firmly believes in life long learning and sharing.

One of her passions is sharing the business of medical illustration with younger artists embarking into the field. She founded and is an active contributor of Learn Medical Art with Emily, a channel dedicated to creating and sharing tutorials, articles and resources from the field.

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