Medical illustrators artists who work in the field of medicine. They make detailed drawings for textbooks and other publications used by doctors and students. They can illustrate the steps surgeons take during the operation or to depict how healthy and diseased body parts to show the effects of the disease. Medical illustrators also create models of body parts for use in lectures or seminars. In some cases, they help to create artificial parts, such as the ears or eyes, for patients who need them. Their work may appear in television programs, films and exhibits for the trial ...