Medical Artist Skills
Medical artists create and sell art of medical and scientific content and to do so, will have received anatomical training and possess a comprehensive knowledge of pathology, surgical procedures, design and multimedia, scientific research, gross anatomy, orthopaedics, conceptual and general illustration.
Trained to a high standard, possessing skills across all types of media such a watercolour to digital techniques, medical artists offer a unique service. They use their skills to communicate complex medical concepts in a clear visual manner. Sensitive to ethical issues, medical artists understand patient care and strive towards improving patients' understanding of their care. The medical art illustrations are used in medical or scientific publications, or for teaching purposes. Medical legal artists also work for lawyers producing exhibits for court cases. Please see the galleries for examples of medical illustrations.
