There needs to be a series that shows what education paths to take to find different lines of work just like this video. That was so well described and I know if I found it in my high school years would have been amazingly helpful. Thank you for this!
Thank you so much for this video! I’ve been considering scientific/ medical illustration for a while now, and this really helps me get an idea of what I need to study, what work I will be doing, and how I will be doing that work. Super helpful ❤
Hey,! Thank you so much for making this. I'm looking around and trying to get myself confident enough to really go for it and this gives me hope that this is really a viable direction. Thank you so much.
Your videos are awesome. I needed information to add to a science lesson I plan to teach to middle school. Your videos gave me the insight I needed to be accurate and complete. Thank you so much. Your work if beautiful.
This video is beyond helpful, thank you so much! I've been drawing animals and have been interested in their anatomy for as long as I can remember, and wanted to work with them at some point - I like biology and tried majoring in it, but I really struggle with math and chemistry and switched to a graphic design major. Do you think it's still possible for me to work in this field in spite of that? Also, just out of curiosity, may I ask how many scientific illustrators work as in-house employees/staff at companies or other institutions? Thank you so much for everything, once again!
Hi, I can totally relate to your experience. I was always bad at math, and fear of math and chemistry kept me from majoring in biology. I think that a strong interest in biology is enough. In my case, years after graduating in art I took Invertebrate Zoology and Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy (fascinating!) At Harvard Extension, and both were super useful. Point is, you'll learn a lot while illustrating, and you can always take courses, on land or on line, if you feel the need. Graphic design is a good path to take. Maybe join the GNSI, the Guils of Natural Science Illustrators and take some sci illustration courses through them? As for being on staff, I think it's less and less common to find in-house jobs. Some companies and many museums used to have full-time illustrators but no longer do. That said, I think that if you're willing to do hybrid work in design and illustration, you have better chances as a park or zoo might need brochures, signage, web page content etc and images to go with them. Sometines job positions crop up on the GNSI email list-serve. Delighted that thevideo was helpful to you! Enjoy school and beyond and best of luck!
@@licopodi This is such amazing input, Ms. Bonner, thank you so much for all your time and help, once again! It's incredibly useful to hear about your experience, and it's very reassuring to know how much one can learn on the job without a formal science background. I seriously hope I can take some of those courses you mentioned (they all definitely seem fascinating!), and I'll be sure to look for any classes offered by GNSI, as well. I sincerely appreciate your assistance once more, and I hope you have an amazing rest of your day!
This is great information, thank you, Hannah! I’m in a career exploration phase, taking some online art courses to rekindle things I set aside almost 25 years ago when I went on to study filmmaking (and later a career in public broadcasting and documentary film). What are your thoughts on video storytelling and animated storytelling, which is sort of adjacent to pure illustration? There seems to be a boom in this kind of content for a popular audience (channels like Kurzgesagt or TED-Ed come to mind). As someone who is trying to integrate all these different skills and interests (writing, art, media production), the thought of that appeals to me, though I know it’s a long road ahead.
I think that video storytelling and animation are definitely a big part of the direction that science communication is going in. In fact the Guild of Scientific Illustrators now includes not just illustration but scientific communication, a broader term that of course includes video. We do some of that on the RU-vid channel of Planet Tuna. Some are hand-drawn, no animation so far though there's an upcoming one using stop motion paper figures. Hope you do go in that direction and have a blast doing so!
@@licopodi Thanks! I appreciate the comment. I'll look into the GNSI, and I also think I need to track down a few animators locally and chat them up, to get a sense of their path and their perspective.
Hi Hannah, thank u for the video.. This is enlightening so mucch fo drawing enthusiast. I want to ask, when u ask the scientist for feedback? Or recommendations.. How to make them read our letter? How do u credit them? Do we need to pay them our putting their names in our art credit?
