Question

A client who is a skilled artist and has an Associate’s degree from the local community college, is interested in becoming a medical illustrator. He wants to know the following:
a. Does he need any more education or training?
b. What is the average income of a medical illustrator?

Answer 1

Answers and Explanations:

A) A medical illustrator is a skilled graphic designer who makes drawings from the human body. It is not enough knowing how to draw since medical illustrators are required to follow computer animation studies and prosthetic design courses. Medical injury animation and augmented and virtual reality simulation are skills illustrators are requested and should be trained for.

B) According to the Association of Medical Illustrators (AMI), the salary from medical illustrators can go from $60,000 to $100,000 per year. Lead medical illustrators' wage is higher ranging from $80,000 to $175,000. The mentioned before shows that the medical illustrator job is above the minimum wage in the U.S. per year which is around $16,000.