Medical Illustrator

Duties and Responsibilities:  is a professional artist that has high education in both the life sciences and visual communication. Collaborating with scientists, physicians, and other specialists, medical illustrators transform complex data into visual images that have the ability to communicate to broad audiences.They may illustrate the steps surgeons take during operations or draw pictures of both healthy and diseased body parts to show the effects of illness. Medical illustrators also build models of body parts for use in lectures or seminars. In some cases they help to create artificial parts, such as ears or eyes, for patients who need them. Their work may appear in television programs, films, and exhibits for court cases.

Salary: The salary for a Medical Illustrator is $62,000 a year( median pay) and may range up to $100,000 a year.

Education: A bachelor's or master's degree in medical illustration prepares a student to combine anatomy and physiology with artistic methods in order to teach or to develop graphic representations of biological elements. These requirements are expected in order to become a Medical Illustrator.

Demand for this profession: The job outlook is very good. Their is many people who have  have master's degrees and interdisciplinary science education and this will benefit them to get the job.Employment of artists and related workers is expected to grow about as fast as average for all occupations through the year 2014.

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Reflection: I think that I would become a Medical Illustrator because I enjoy drawing images specially about the things that are within the Medical Field, I would enjoy becoming a Medical Illustrator because I also like the the salary that is earned yearly. Another reason why I would enjoy this career is because this career would help me grow more as an individual it would help me visualize things better.