Posted: Apr 17, 2012 2:43 am
by Macdoc
OP
One of the neatest careers is a medical illustrator - combines both art and a sound medical and scientific knowledge and definitely requires hand skills.

There is a growing demand

Talk to Mike O'Hanlon here and he can give you details on what courses etc you need

Image

http://www.imagineeringart.com/

demo reels

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIBLC4E654Q&context=C44268feADvjVQa1PpcFNuhzOnnjXCW7E3nGMpxHDJ1P49EDObr8U=[/youtube]

more here

http://www.youtube.com/user/imagineeringart

http://www.imagineeringart.com/Portfoli ... olios.html

You work with a variety of other technical artists but the key is your pre-med training combined with fine art skills.
You can walk out of the courses directly into a well paid field.

( Mike was my biz partner way back when - if you PM me I will give you his email tho it's likely on the site