The World of Science Illustration with Mesa Schumacher
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This was a fascinating episode - brought up a little PTSD for me
because my first ever freelance illustration job was a molecular illustration on Upwork and I totally botched it because I had no idea what I was doing. But I can definitely see how someone who really likes this kind of illustrating would get a ton of work from specific clients.My introduction to illustration was infographics at the American Association for Justice (in DC - a bunch of trial attorneys lobbying congress). And it was a good intro but in my experience, the people looking for infographics are pretty bad art directors
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@Kristen-Lango Sounds like they might have wanted “death by PowerPoint”, am I right? I remember when infographics first came so popular. They were done right. Visualizing data. Then they became full of paragraphs of text which defeated the purpose of infographics.
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This was really interesting. I was going to go to college to do wildlife illustration but was talked out of it and onto a graphic design course. Looks like there was a career in it after all! It's great to hear from illustrators outside of the publishing world. Loved it.
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Oh to have a time machine! Way back in the early eighties one of my art teachers saw my work and said" you should think about medical illustration" but I was sure I was going to get a job at a greeting card company. (Not) Now, hearing her story and all the inteersting places she has gone and unique experiences I wish I had considered it:(
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@Larue Yes, a parallel reality for you! Like Back to the Future!
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@Jake-Parker really enjoyed this episode
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@danielerossi Exactly! You get it haha
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Well this episode has definitely stuck with me. I've been doing some research and making some inquiries about possibly pursing this path in the future. The most intimidating thing to me is the schooling that is most likely required.
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@Jeremiahbrown THANK YOU for the @ in this thread, Jeremiah! I just got around to listening to this episode today, and I'm grateful you pointed it out to me. I could absolutely see myself on a parallel path. As a kid, I could never decide if I most wanted to be an artist or an Egyptologist, studying ruins and archealogical digs.
I'm googling to find Insta accounts to follow. When Mesa mentioned that some studios do collaborative installs for museum exhibits, I immediately thought about what kind of crossover my skills in scenic art, murals, and set design could carry over. Anyone know what to google to find any of those studios?
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@Valerie-Light Admittedly, I don't have an answer to your google question but love that you were inspired by the episode!
