What is a Medical Illustrator? A medical illustrator is a professional artist with advanced education in the sciences (biology, human anatomy, physiology) and in art and design (illustration, 2D/3D/4D ...

During a printmaking class her first year at the University of Delaware, Isaura López thought a lot about bugs. The senior fine arts major said that she’s always been interested in the precision and ...

Meredith Osborn, a medical illustrator in Columbus, Ohio, talks about being both an artist and a scientist, and the respect society has for each of those roles.

We visit a medical illustrator’s studio, where boxes of bones, skulls and anatomy textbooks come to life through paint strokes and computer clicks. Medical illustrations in textbooks and journals have ...

As a medical illustrator, Audrey Thompson appreciates the value of educating through visuals. She worked on a project this semester where she leveraged her skills to teach patients and the general ...

Neither of the studio’s co-founders initially envisioned careers as medical illustrators, or imagined that this could be a way to make a creative living. Both said they are grateful to have found this ...

As a practicing medical illustrator for over 30 years, I draw what can’t be seen and watch what’s never been done on a daily basis. And I teach my students to do the same. But what exactly ...

Wilson argues for the importance of diversity in medical illustration. Credit: Hillary D Wilson Hillary Wilson has always had a deep appreciation for art and medicine. As a child growing up in the ...

The image started a discussion about a lack of representation in these illustrations – images that are mostly found in textbooks and scientific journals to show medical pathologies and procedures.

Ibe, who will attend Kyiv Medical University in Ukraine next month, became interested in medical illustration in July 2020 and spent a year teaching himself to draw anatomy. From the start, he ...