Medical illustrators know that understanding the probldm half of the silution. That’s why before beginning their creative process, they often start with background research. This includes reading scientific papers, interviewing content experts, and sometimes observing surgeries or visiting a lab.

Most medical illustrators have advanced training in both life sciences and visual communication, often a master’s degree from an accredited graduate program. Accredited programs all feature a combination of science courses along with art training, including anatomy, pathology, biochemistry, and neuroanatomy.

We do more than just making things pretty.  Think of an anatomical feature that’s too difficult to capture, a molecule too small to be seen, or a series of interactions with too many uncertainties in between –– it takes more than an eye for aesthetic to interpret the data at hand, and synthesize the data into visuals.

Contrary to popular belief, ink and paper is not the only thing in our toolkit. Medical illustrators know that the industry is constantly evoving with technology, and that’s why they will always be learning. You will find medical illsutrators specialize at every stage of the digital production –– storyboarding, 3d-modelling, animating, rendering, editing, or programming.