- Medical illustration can be used for both medical students and the general public.

- The style of illustration will depend on the target audience.

- Illustrations for students give a clear understanding of the anatomy.

- Illustrations can often show things a photograph cannot.

• Using specific colour schemes

• Focusing on specific areas of the anatomy

• Simplifying photos to show important aspects

• Highlighting anatomy and medical techniques

1. Tibbitts, R. and Richardson, P. Gray’s Anatomy for Students. Sulci of the Heart.

2. O’Connell, H. Difference between Photograph and Illustration, Dissection of the Vaginal Wall. ww.researchgate.net/figure/Panel-A-shows-a-photograph-demonstrating-the-anatomic-dissection-of-the-female-cadaveric_fig1_321459354.

- These two images show how photographs are simplified and use a colour scheme to help teach anatomy.

Cultural awareness

• Black Lives Matter Movement

• LGBTQ+ Movement

- Cultural awareness and acceptance have allowed for more medical research due to more funding for these minorities

- As more research is done there are more new observations and procedures

- This means more demand for medical illustrations

- New observations include only 4.5% of all medical textbook images include dark skin, therefore you cannot see how the symptoms differ on different skin types.

Adelekun, et al. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0190962220307003

- A project could be designed to spread awareness of the risk of misdiagnosis based on gender and ethnicity

- Gender correction surgeries are constantly being developed and evolving. This requires illustration both for the medical professionals who want to learn how to do the new procedures and for the public who want to know what would happen during the surgery without being disturbed by graphic photos which are hard to read.

Holland, J. Illustration of Abdominal Flap Phalloplasty - Transgender Surgery. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ca.23020?saml_referrer.

- I could show my illustrative skills alongside learning new skills to create an advertisement campaign as information graphics.