Yes, I did med school and dermatology. Anatomy knowledge definitely helps my art but knowing it and drawing it are definitely two very different things. And well, comparing them, med school focuses more on very detailed knowledge of structures, identification (every little bony landmark,every little artery vein nerve etc), function and clinical relevance. Specialty training leads to more focused anatomy study, learning where every blood vessel, muscle nerve etc is on the face is essential in my practice to avoid complications in cancer surgery and in filler injection - not to mention muscle anatomy to understand the proper use of botullinum toxin injections for facial rejuvenation
As for my term 1 final project, I wanted to try my hand at painting a composition that included a figure and some perspective using different references to “tell a story”. I was inspired by a recent trip to honduras and decided on a fisherman bringing his fish at the end of the day, and wanted to include rendering clouds and the seascape (things I have no idea how to do really XD) because I had taken some pictures of the clouds there that I really liked and wanted to include them. In reality, I don’t know why I mixed in so much painting and rendering in term 1 but it was fun to push myself, it was all based on stuff I had seen a lot on youtube and wanted to finally experiment and try out for myself (just checked and the piece i did is somewhere around post 176 of my art school journey)
Cheers and good luck!
