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Medical illustration in veterinary sciences combines advanced education in science and art. For insights into this line of work, AVMA News interviewed four experts about this unique profession, the challenges these professionals face, and how they’ve developed their careers. This is the first article in our three-part series.
A course created for medical illustrators by professional medical illustrators, actively working in the field.
BIG NEWS! We are delighted to announce that we are launching our first online course on 31st March 2022! The Learn Medical Art team has been very busy behind the scenes over the past year putting together this course focussing on working as a medical illustrator. Preorder now and get it at a discounted price, offer ends 31st March 2022!
This is a truly unique course, offering you over 23 lessons on how to work effectively as a medical illustrator. We cover everything from client communication through to the production process.
One of our Learn Medical Art audience members asked us how we are able to manage a remote team of medical illustrators. In this episode, LMA co-founder, Annie Campbell, shares how she and her co-director, Emily Holden, manage a team of remote medical illustrators in their studio.
Our Learn Medical Art co-founder Annie Campbell shares some tips in the fundamentals of line drawing in your medical illustration. In this video, Annie shares some tips on how to draw transparency with only line illustrations. These are techniques used by the old masters of medical illustration and it's nice to see how these techniques can be easily translated to digital illustrations.
In this video, medical illustrator Susie Brighouse, 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.
Karli Mogen is a mixed media artist, designer, and illustrator from south Florida skilled in a variety of techniques and media, including both traditional and digital art processes. In this podcast interview with Expanding with Boyana, Karli shares an insight into her world of medical art.
Meet the BioHues Digital Founders, Nancy and Shawn, as they share their journey to success in starting their own medical illustration and animation company.
Papa PhD is a podcast that’s focused on bringing you the career journeys and insights of MSc and PhD graduates around the world on job searching, skills development, networking, entrepreneurship, mental health, and more. In this episode, he interviews Sarah Nersesian, a PhD researcher who pursues many passions and interests in life, while remaining a scientist at heart.
School of Motion interviews talented medical animation team, Microverse Studios, to get an in-depth breakdown on the tools they used to create this animated short on gene therapy and its ability to kill cancer cells.
In this video, you can get a glimpse into the type of in-house training she provides her team members at Now Medical Studios. Susie provides a clear and easy approach to drawing hair that has volume, is believable, and stands up to commercial medical illustration projects. 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.
Being able to depict protein folds in an accurate way is one of the many knowledge points that comes with being a medical illustrator. Seasoned medical illustrator, Veronica Falconieri Hays, shares a resource that you can add to your toolkit to help you depict protein Alpha folds correctly in her most recent article.
The Data Stories podcast interviews Scientific American art director, Jen Christiansen, about her work, background, process , and data visualization trends.
Emily Holden, co-founder of Learn Medical Art and Director of Now Medical Studios, shares some important insights on why it’s so beneficial to hire trained medical illustrators.
I Love Veterinary interviews medical illustrator, Diogo Guerra, about his job as a medical and veterinary illustrator. Read all about his steps into the illustration field, his career journey and the tips he has for people looking to follow his footsteps.
In this tutorial Dr Ciléin Kearns, from Artibiotics, shows you his process on how he creates this super fun and engaging medical illustration about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)Ciléin is a medical illustrator with background in healthcare as a Doctor, and as a Concept Artist for Video Games. You might recognize his work as part of his incredibly popular brand name and social media handle Artibiotics.
Get a glimpse into the professional life of science illustrator, Val Altounian, in this beautifully produced mini series. The short covers a week in the life of Val at Science magazine and the type of work that she does as part of the team. Get an insight into her process for creating science illustrations, the research behind her work, and learn some of the tools of her trade.
WMHT Public Media gives us a glimpse into the studio life of renowned medical illustrator, Bill Westwood, as we learn about his journey into the field.
Learn how Jon Jieh-hen Tsung, founder of DrawBioMed & Science Visionary, switched careers from being a scientific researcher to becoming a scientific illustrator.
The Educational Resources team of the College of Veterinary Medicine and The University of Georgia have produced over 50 free iBooks, filled to the brim with amazing veterinary illustrations and educational content.
Savanna Jackson gives a talk to an audience at the George Brown College, in Toronto, and gives them an insight into the field of medical illustration and the unique aspects of work that sets it apart from other fields of general design and illustrationm
In this episode of the On The air podcast, host Stephanie Lancaster interviews freelance medical illustrator Tiffany Davanzo to find out more about her career as a freelance medical illustrator.
Back in September of 2020, two professional medical illustrators, Geoff Cheung and Joyce Hui hosted a Reddit AUA where they answered questions about what it’s like working in the medical illustration and animation field. Below is a summary of some interesting tips and quotes from the session.
Today, medical illustration director, Emily Holden shows how you can use the Photoshop mixer brush to clean up and digitally paint your medical illustration so that you have a seamless piece.
Today, medical illustration director, Annie Campbell, shows you how to use Photoshop to digitally paint anatomy underneath the skin so that the transparencies look believable and not like it's been stamped on.
We’re big fans of the School of Motion, a company that provides world-class training in motion animation and design. In their latest podcast episode they interview a Director of Campbell Medical Illustration, Emily Holden, about her path into medical illustration and the type of work that her studio does.
In this episode, director Annie Campbell gives a brief tour of her home office where she works on her medical illustration and animation business. Annie was also gifted a BenQ WiT e-Reading Desk lamp, so she uses this opportunity to check out its functionality.
Stuart Jantzen, from Biocinematics, presents an insightful and detailed overview of the principles and best practices in depicting and animating molecular structures in medical visualisations.
The Finding Genius Podcast interview’s Samantha “Sam” Bond about her work, her experience in medical game development, and so much more.
The Art is Everything Podcast interviews Jennifer Fairman, of Fairman Studios, about her work as a professor at the Johns Hopkins Art as Applied to Medicine medical illustration program.
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.
Nature interviews Hillary Wilson, a freelance medical illustrator who combines her love for art and medicine. Discover how she found this career path and why she advocates for a more diverse pool of medical illustrators. Read the full interview to learn about the crucial role of art in medicine and its impact on healthcare.