[art] canadian medical association illustrations
1 day, 1 hour
was fortunate enough to be commissioned for two illustrations for the Canadian Medical Association a few months apart! i just realized i never posted the first one here, so i'll just combine them now:
for an article about indigenous leadership in healthcare, completed summer last year
for an article about caregivers, including loved ones and family of patients, in the healthcare system
the CMA has a website project called healthcare for real, which aims to be a source of info about various questions people might have about health while maintaining a unique artist-driven identity - this is to set it apart from other healthcare sites that use stock photos with bland or even AI-generated copywriting. they want to establish a more personable, trustworthy vibe. they like a tongue-in-cheek vibe with the imagery, so for the first illustration (for indigenous leadership), i drew Txaamsm (raven) pricking himself on the thorns of a devil's club stem, which are harvested for medicine by tsimshians and other PNW nations; i chose killerwhales for the second illustration for their reputation as a multigenerational social species, with elderly ones being a vital part of the pod just as much as elders are in ours. the younger killerwhales are keeping the more chaotic waters away from the larger elder killerwhale.