Medical Illustration
Medical illustration is a specialized vocation where the practice of creating images that combines visual art, medicine and science to help explain complicated findings, concepts and information. Through the use of various avenues which include but not limited to educational, editorial and promotional, we create didactic medical illustrations that are designed to teach specific medical findings to a specific audience. Some of the areas we cover include anatomical, pathological, trauma, surgical, clinical, cellular and conceptual.
Our medical illustrations appear in some of the following vehicles:
Our medical illustrations appear in various media and markets used to disseminate medical, biological and related information such as: medical and consumer publications (textbooks, journals, eBooks), the Web, courtroom exhibition, continuing medical education, interactive learning, advertising, mobile health apps, museums, veterinary and dental markets, television and film.
Our clients:
At Cooley Studios, our clients include but are not limited to: university academic medical centers, hospitals, clinics, medical groups, medical professionals, research institutions, pharmaceutical companies, medical product companies, medical and consumer publishers, law firms, veterinary hospitals, veterinarians, biological and scientific groups, federal government, military, advertisement agencies and more.
How to request an Illustration and get the ball rolling:
1. Fill out our contact page form and request a meeting to discuss your topic of interest.
2. Meet with the illustrator to discuss the scope of your project, via phone or in person. The particulars would cover the project, audience, type and style of art, publishing, rights, timeline and cost.
3. A written agreement between the artist and the client of fees and terms of the work to be done, and usage rights will be submitted to the client to review, sign and returned to the illustrator prior to work commencing.
4. Research materials, are often supplied by the client (manuscript, photo reference materials, etc).
5. First sketches that show the illustration components and layout will be sent to the client for approval.
6. Second sketches are made for approval after feedback from the client’s first round of sketch reviews.
7. A polished first draft is made to share with the client – this might take several rounds for final draft approval.
8. Final approval of the illustration for publishing usually takes one or two rounds of revisions.
Cooley Studios Partial List of Medical Clients:
• Mt Sinai – NYC, Front Range Orthoedics
• MD Anderson Medical Center
• University of Cincinnati Medical Center
• Reconstructive Orthopedic Center of Houston
• Retina Vitreous Associates – Houston
• The Ohio State University – College of Medicine
• The Ohio State University – School of Dentistry
• The Ohio State University School of Nursing
• University of Texas Medical Branch of Galveston Texas
• University of Texas Health Science Center of Houston
• Joe W. King Orthopedic Institute of Houston
• The Fondren Orthopedic Group of Houston
• The Fondren Orthopedic Research Institute
• Mount Carmel Medical Center
• Cincinnati Sports Medicine
• Cedars-Sinai – Orthopaedics
• Houston Hand and Upper Extremity
• Bootcamp Medical Videos and Notes
• Styker Orthopedic Instruments
• Xiros North America
• Global Orthopedics
• Air Cast Medical Products
• Quarry Books
• Bauer Publishing Inc. – Woman’s World Magazine
• Blackwell Science Publisher
• Churchill Livingstone
• Cliggot Publishing
• Dominus Publishing Company Inc.
• Elsevier Inc.
• Mosby’s Life-line, Inc.
• Mosby’s Year-book, Inc.
• Prometheus Books
• Slack Publishing Inc.
• Springer-Verlag
• WB Saunders Company/ Elsevier Inc.
• WB Saunders Company
• Williams and Wilkins
• American Orthopedics & Ankle Society
• Catapult (DesignGroup)
• Ad-Quity
• Biographics
• Huntington Clothier and Shirt Maker
• General Public for Portraits and Caricatures
• Rex W. Hawkins, MD
• Marcos V. Mason, MD
• Adam Kolker, MD
• E Jablonk, MD
• Jon Lee, MD
• Ronald Royce, DO
• Glenn B. Pfeffer, MD
• Carlos A. Angel, MD
• Concepcion D. Arrastia, MD
• Celia Chao, MD
• Dai H., Chung, MD
• Mark. B. Evers, MD
• Guillermo Gomez, MD
• Dennis C. Gore, MD
• Baiba J. Grube, MD
• Kristene K. Gugliuzza, MD
• David N. Herndon, MD
• Glen C. Hunter, MD
• Margie A. Kahn, MD
• Lois A. Killewich, MD
• Thomas D. Kimbrough, MD
• Tien C. Ko, MD
• Jong O. Lee, MD
• William J. Mileski, MD
• William H. Nealon, MD
• Lori Pounds, MD
• Arthour P. Sanford, MD
• James C. Thompson, MD
• Courtney M. Townsend, MD
• Michael D. Trahan, MD
• Joseph B. Zwischenberger, MD