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Three Reasons to Hire a Medical Illustrator to Create Visual Images for Web and Print.

kvh@pcs — Fri, 24 Feb 2017 20:22:00 +0000

Medical Illustrators are highly trained professionals who are trained specifically in illustration and science to create visual images to convey complicated concepts and ideas. I studied at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in the Medical Illustration Graduate program. I took medical and science classes with the first year medical students and illustration with […]

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Monarch Butterfly Memories

kvh@pcs — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 20:49:53 +0000

The Monarch Butterfly The Monarch butterfly, also known as, Danaus plexippus, is an ongoing fascination of mine since I was a young child. My first memorable experience with monarch butterflies was at a girl scout campout as a young girl scout. I remember an enormous shade tree glittering and moving in the distance on a […]

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Choosing Medical Illustration as a Career

kvh@pcs — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 03:57:32 +0000

I am frequently asked how someone arrives at a career in medical illustration. My reply is simple. I followed and combined the two passions in my life, science and art. As a child, I could be found in one of several places, exploring the many fascinations of nature in my yard, near the neighborhood creek […]

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Exotic and Glowing Moon Jellyfish

kvh@pcs — Sat, 20 Aug 2016 22:34:24 +0000

The beautiful and exotic moon jellyfish, Aurelia aurita, glowing like an alien in a foreign land. These float silently through the dark ocean waters, lighting their own way. The glowing rings are their four gonads but sometimes appear in an anomalous number. The moon jelly feeds on plankton but also serves as a tasty, favorite […]

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Honey Bee apis mellifera

kvh@pcs — Thu, 04 Aug 2016 16:24:29 +0000

The busy Western honey bee, apis mellifera feared by many but we all reap the benefits of it’s endless production of divine sweet honey. Honey bees are unfortunately threatened due to the world’s use of pesticides, erratic weather patterns and colony collapse disorder. They go about their day, providing our world with fruit and flowers […]

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Man of War Jelly fish

kvh@pcs — Thu, 04 Aug 2016 01:18:39 +0000

The Man o’ War may look like a jellyfish but is actually a siphonophore made up of a group of colonial organisms. It is frequently found in the warm gulf waters carried to shore by the ocean’s currents. It is well known by beach strollers or poor unsuspecting swimmers avoiding it’s long tentacles strewn along […]

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