Hi, I am very behind on this project because I keep getting bored of it so easily. I wish I had revised my composition a little bit or something to make it not seem so daunting and big. I'm trying to finish up all the grass this weekend, which is going to be most of the work. It's taking a lot longer than expected but I hope to make a lot of progress this weekend.
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The career I decided to research for this post was the job of a medical illustrator. A medical illustrator is a professional artist with education in the life sciences and a capability to work with and properly portray medical processes and concepts in an effective way, mainly for learning purposes. This job also helps the general public to be able to more easily understand a medical process and the human body without needing a lengthy explanation. A lot of medical illustrators are self-employed, taking on jobs from companies as needed. Responsibilities of this job may include making detailed diagrams and illustrations of various processes for textbooks or other published materials. It could also include illustrating the effects of illness or detailing a surgical procedure step by step. A focus on art and biology is needed to be proficient in this field. There is a certification for the career available through the Board of Certification of Medical Illustrators. The medical illustrator field is extremely small, with only around 2,000 currently practicing in the world at the moment. Most medical illustrator's receive a master's degree from an accredited 2-year graduate program in medical illustration. There are only 4 accredited programs in North America for this, with each only accepting around 20 people per year. This makes the field extremely competitive. The 4 accredited programs in North America are at Augusta University, the University of Illinois, Johns Hopkins University, and the University of Toronto. I personally could not see myself going into this career, I just found it interesting because I like looking at the illustrations in science textbooks. I knew someone had to have a career in doing those illustrations, so I decided to research it. The field is extremely small, so I feel it would be very hard to get into, but I think it could be interesting to do. Information from: https://ami.org/ https://careers.stateuniversity.com/pages/479/Medical-Illustrator.html#:~:text=Medical%20illustrators%20are%20artists%20who,show%20the%20effects%20of%20illness. |