Craig A. Luce
Master of Science in Medical Illustration, Certified Medical Illustrator, Bachelor of Fine Arts
Address: POB 116, 290 Ansley Farm Rd.
Hamilton GA 31811
email: Craig@Medical-Illustration.com
mobile: 770.314.7745
Skill-Set--- Summarized as Resume
Interpretive Liaison between medical and lay
professionals
speaks
the language of physicians, nurses, researchers, attorneys, media, patients,
public
Visual Journalist for Instructional Design
instructional
image needs-assessment and planning/production to objectives
Medical and Technical Illustrator
award-winning
art specific to audiences
in all media, worked with Frank Netter, MD
Digital Designer
20
years? experience for print and motion-media 2D, 3D
Fine-Art Professional
traditional
artist accomplished in
painting, drawing, and sculpture
Visual Educator
visual
literacy, informed consent, patient education, student presentations
Creative Project Management and Art Director
from
napkin-sketch concept to visual plan to production to delivery; supervisory
experience
Technical Writer
from
professional and medical to lay public audiences
Media Producer
surgical
video, 3D animation and web-delivery experience
Photographer and Videographer
digital
and film for patient, surgical, ophthalmic, diagnostic, stereoscopic, general,
PR, video
Mechanical /Surgical
Instrument Designer
US patent awarded,
milling/fabrication, rapid prototyping
3D Model-maker
anatomical
model mastering for production, casting and low-run originals, anaplasty
1999-Present:
CraigLuce@Medical-Illustration.com
Freelance medical
illustrator with international scholarly clients in publishing and education.
Focus on 2D illustration for print, media, presentations, 3D modeling for
animation, simulation, and stereography for digital media and web.
1997-1999 MediVisuals, Inc., Richmond VA:
Senior Medical Illustrator. This medical-legal exhibit company had offices in Richmond-Dallas-Atlanta. While I learned new skills and introduced now-industry-standard products, it was a pleasure to work with a group. During my two years, I was the top-producer in the Richmond office, performed all 3D work, edited and enhanced other illustrators? efforts, instigated a searchable archive-indexing system, life-size digital exhibits, 3D animation, and journal publication to the Richmond office.
1988-1997 Luce Studios, Inc., Charlottesville VA:
President and Medical Illustrator.
Services rendered: Consultation on visual approach and medical content for any audience using any visual medium. All traditional 2D media for print and digital media for motion; art direction for instruction; anatomic dissection; photography, storyboarding, holographic modeling, high-end 3D computer animation, digital image manipulation, author's editing.
1989-1991
Frank H. Netter, MD:
Palm Beach FL
Produced 75 images in
watercolor for the ?Dean of American Medical Illustration? of Ciba fame: my work stands beside his
in the famous ?big green books.?
1983-1988
Visuals for Medicine,
Charlottesville: Owner and Medical Illustrator.
Supervise 3.5 full-time
employees, 2 medical illustrators; Satellite Studio: New York University
Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery:
My freelance studio actively
consulted with UVA and NYU, with bi-weekly travel to Manhattan. Illustrated the
primary reference for plastic surgery, and another three books.
1979- 1983 University
of Virginia Department
of Ophthalmology
Medical Illustrator and
Ophthalmic Photographer. Surgical illustration for print and projection;
general, biomicroscopic, and diagnostic photography; graphic design.
1977-1979 The
Eye Foundation Hospital
University of Alabama Med
Center, Birmingham, Alabama
Medical Illustrator and
Ophthalmic Photographer; one sole
and three primary
books.
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See also Continuing Education
Master of
Science: Medical College
of Georgia:
Master of Science in
Medical Illustration
Bachelor of
Fine Arts: University of
Georgia:
Drawing and Painting
Major, Zoology Minor
Georgia Institute of Technology: Chemistry Major
Continuing Education
Worked with Dr. Frank H. Netter
Association of Medical Illustrators; annual and regional meetings
American Medical Writers Association; annual meetings
Cardiology CT 3D-Imaging Workshop, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine CE
Softimage Professional Training; Softimage, Inc.
Wayne Thiebaud, Artist, LA: artist workshop
John Hardy, Artist, NYC; artist workshop; Figure Drawing, GA Tech Architecture
American Academy of Ophthalmology; Vitrectomy workshop
American Academy of Ophthalmology; Anatomy of the Eye
Disney Studios, Florida; animation workshop
Alias/Wavefront Animation Course; Waynesboro Technical Institute, Virginia
Suture Closure, Ethicon; medical workshop
Rolling Thunder, Cherokee Nation: artist workshop
USSC Surgeon Training; laparoscopic surgery workshop
Elaine DeKooning, NYC; artist workshop
NYIT, Manhattan; 3D animation workshop
American Association of Neurological Surgeons: annual meetings
American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons: annual specialty meeting
Virginia Trial Lawyers Association; ?Demonstrative Evidence? workshop
American Academy of Ophthalmology: annual meetings
Vesalius Trust, Friend of the Trust
Association of Medical Illustrators, Professional Member, inactive
American Medical Writers' Association, Professional Member, former
Ophthalmic Photographers Society, Professional Member, former
Southeastern Graphic Council, Artist Member, former
Ophthalmic Photographers Society, Professional Member, former
Medical Professional Awards
Certified Medical Illustrator, Association of Medical Illustrators
People's Choice, Macromedia World, Best Educational CD-ROM of 1400 entries, tied
Award of Excellence, Medical-Legal Exhibits, Association of Medical Illustrators
Best-Illustrated Clinical Text, Association of Medical Illustrators
Brödel Memorial Lecture, Association of Medical Illustrators
Award of Excellence in Medical Books, Association of Medical Illustrators
Best Color Medical Illustration, Association of Medical Illustrators
Color Medical Illustration, Association of Medical Illustrators
Orville Parkes Award, AMI national award for best illustration by a student
Talmadge Regional Juried Painting Competition
National College Art Association
for Print
Books: Sole Medical Illustrator:
Cranial Base Surgery (in press), The Emory Atlas of Orbital Surgery (in preparation)
The Zones Approach to Anatomy Around the Orbit, Lippincott/WW
Anatomy of the Spine, O2 Communications
Craniofacial Surgery, Lippincott/Williams and Wilkins
Bleparoplasty, LWW/Raven Press , Cosmetic Blepharoplasty, Little-Brown
Surgical Treatment of Craniosynostosis, Williams and Wilkins
CD-9-ICM Illustrated Coding Manual (the first ever illustrated), St Anthony?s
The History of Powered Surgical Instruments, US Surgical Corporation
Wound Closure Manual, Ethicon, Inc.
USSC Stapling Manual, US Surgical Corporation
Liver Surgery, Thieme Medical Publishers
Surgical Anatomy of the Orbit, Raven Press
Oculoplastic Surgery, Aesculapius Press
Periodicals and smaller editions:
Anatomy of the Anterior Eye, Journal of Biocommunications
Modern Surgical Therapies Series, Squibb Pharmaceuticals
Breast Self Examination, Women?s Health Advocacy Network
Women?s Cancer Manual, WCAN
Client-authored peer-reviewed papers: myriad, primarily in subspecialty literatures
Significant Illustrations in:
Musculoskeletal System: Part 8, Vol. III, Netter Collection of Medical Illustrations
A Singular View (Editor and Illustrator), Artificial Eye Clinic of Washington
Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology, Prentice Hall
Syndromes in Craniostenosis, Raven Press
Plastic and Reconstruction Surgery, (6700 pp. in 8 vol), W. B. Saunders
Congenital Syndromes, Churchill
Sole Medical Illustrator: 3D and 2D
Cases in Cardiology, CD-ROM, Carden Jennings Publishing, Astra-Merck,
Inc.
Spinal Cord Regeneration, ESI Productions, Inc.
Laparoscopic
Port Placement, ESI
Productions, Inc.
Anatomical Landmarks of
the Skull, 3D anim UVA
Department of Cellular Anatomy
Placental Circulation, Henninger Media, Inc.
Adenylate
Cyclase Toxin [the first
3D updatable digital model supplied to NIH grantors]
SupraOrbital Approach, 3D
animation, UVA
Neurological Surgery
Internal Carotid Artery:
Triangle Anatomy Dr.
Victor Dolenc, Geneva
and Ljubljana
Break Intro: UVA Medical Center
Participation, animated presentation,Women?s Cancer Advocacy Network
3D Modeling and Texture-mapping
Subcellular Effects of Smoking, Advanced Imaging, Inc.,Wallingford CT
Skull model, heart model, liver model, figure map ViewPoint Datalabs, Inc., UT
Skull growth from ossification centers, 3D Metaballs, UVA Development
Cockpit Art – F-80, AirWarriorII, Kesmai Corporation
Anatomy of the Pelvis, plaster, Sculpti-Pr, lucite, MVI, Inc.
Facial fractures, patient-specific, MVI, Inc.
Hemifacial Microsomia, overlife size teaching model, foam and lucite, NYUH
Anatomy of the Knee, MCG
Exhibit Design and Fabrication
Dozens of medical-legal exhibits for defense and MD experts
Vitrectomy for Intraocular Trauma, UVA
Oculofacial Prosthetics, exhibit in a briefcase, Cox and Associates
Christopher Reeves: Injuries and Progress, UVA Neurosurgery
Conjoined Twin Anatomy; UVA Media Relations
Author, Technical Writing, Editing
Oculofacial Prosthetics, American Journal of Ophthalmology
Anterior Anatomy of the Eye, parts I-II, Journal of Biocommunications
A Singular View, Editor (major re-write), illustrator
Myriad published author?s editing
Mechanical Design, Fabrication
Pediatric Head Rest, UVA Neurosurgery (US Patent awarded)
PillMinder, Virginia Ophthalmic Associates
Tracheal Controller, UVA Ophthalmology
Video Tumor Fighter (NIOBE), thermoseed magnetic manipulation concept art
Camera Adapter for Surgical Microscope, Zeiss
Absorbable stapler modified for back surgery, Ethicon, UVA NSgy
Bone contouring forceps, UVA Craniofacial and Neurosurgery
Unique Media and Designs
Digital painting process to extrapolate 3D from 2D picture: 1994, ongoing
Handpainted QTVRs, UVA Neurosurgery
Take-down
Recurve Bow, Atl-Atls, Oars and paddles, Shoes, Chairs
Frank H. Netter, MD, Ciba/GEIGY Corporation; University of Virginia: Departments of: Neurological Surgery, Ophthalmology, ENT/Maxillofacial Surgery/Otology, General Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Pediatric Surgery, Media Relations, Anesthesiology, Cardiology, Community Services, Academic Computing-HSC , Office of the Dean, Pathology ; Journal of Neurosurgery; Neurosurgery FOCUS, Urological Multimedia, Inc.; O2 Communications; Little,Brown Medical Publishers; U.S. Surgical Corporation; Bristol-Myers/Squibb; Bayer; W.B. Saunders; Springer-Verlag; Lippincott-Raven-Williams and Wilkins; Mosby-Year Book; Cardio Concepts, Inc.; Advanced Imaging, Inc.; St. Anthony's Publishing; NYU Institute for Reconstuctive and Plastic Surgery; US Department of the Army; Ethicon, Inc.; Advanced Imaging, Inc.; Bayer; Yale University Press; NBC Television; VA Hospital, Birmingham; University of Alabama-Birmingham; University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; WB Saunders; Medical Media Productions, Inc.; Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital; Lenox Hill Hospital; Dr. Barry Marshall, Nobel Laureate; Georgia Heart Association; American Heart Association; Pew Charitable Trusts; Virginia Organ Network; Zeiss, USA; Barrow Neurological Institute; New York Eye and Ear Infirmary; Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital; Washington University; Family Medicine, Inc.; Artificial Eye Clinic; Podiatric Surgery of Virginia; Georgetown University School of Medicine; Emory University School of Medicine, U.Pitt
American Intercontinental University: ?The Business of Design,? 2007
Medical College of Georgia, 2009, Visiting Professor: 1999, 1993, 1986-1991,
University of Virginia: Visiting Lecturer, 1996, 1991, 1989, 1987, 1981
Association of Medical Illustrators (Summarized): Salon Juror (x3), ?Illustrating Neurosurgery?, ?Lectures in Anatomy: Anatomy of the Skull?, ?Color Illustration for Print Workshop?, ?Ophthalmic Illustration Workshop?, "The Salon, Revisited?, "Color Techniques", ?Airbrush Workshop,??Frank H. Netter, MD: The Man and his Work, The Brödel Memorial Lecture?
American Medical Writers' Association, "Working with a Medical Illustrator"
Academic Presentations at Other Institutions: "Frank Netter, MD: Man and Mentor" History of Medicine Society, University of North Carolina; Bowman-Gray School of Medicine; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; University of Alabama-Birmingham School of Medicine; Eye Foundation Hospital; New York University School of Medicine; University of California- San Francisco; Oregon Health Sciences University
Supervisory (Full Time Equivalents): LuceStudios, Inc. (2.5); Visuals for Medicine (3.5); Medivisuals, Inc. (3)
Volunteer and ProBono: Café 458; Women?s Cancer Advocacy Network; Virginia Organ Network; Habitat for Humanity; Cubmaster, Cub Scouts of America; T-ball and soccer coach; Rowing instructor; Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters: Radio Co-Host; Georgia Heart Association, The Pine Street Foundation, American Red Cross, Virginia Blood Services, Virginia Organ Network
Leadership: American Medical Writers'
Association, Professional
Liaison to AMI, Association of Medical Illustrators, Liaison to AMWA, Workshop Leader,
Exhibition Juror; GATech Track
Letterman; HS: Senior
Class President, Defensive Captain, AA Football Champions
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Traditional Illustration Media Fluency
Painting: transparent watercolor, gouache, oil, alkyd, acrylic, inks, airbrush
Drawing: graphite, carbon dust, ABDust, ink and brush
Model making: malleable media and polymers, wax, greenstuff; casting in resins
Fine Art Media Fluency
Printmaking: etching and drypoint, stone and plate lithography, serigraphy, engraving, woodcut
Painting: oil, alkyd, acrylic, watercolor, gouache, egg tempera, inks, airbrush
Drawing: graphite, carbon dust, silverpoint, charcoal, conte, pastel, ink, duotone
Sculpture: myriad malleable media modeling, stone carving, woodcarving, molding and casting in wax, MMA, resins, polymer; fabrication in sheet steel, jewelry, holographic models, fiberglas, wood
Photography: PR, portrait and studio, surgical, stereography,
Other: Sign painting and calligraphy, ceramic printing, embroidery design and digitization, glass
Digital Media Fluency
Computer Platforms: Unix, IRIX, WinNT, XP, Apple OSX, iPhone
Partial Listing of Software at fluency: Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, AfterEffects, Premiere, Streamline; Softimage3D, Alias/Wavefront, Metaballs3D, Poser, Painter, PAR, Dynabrush, DPaint, Eddie, Amazon; Quark Xpress, Elastic Reality, Portfolio, Final Cut Express, GoLive, ImageReady, Axel, Blender, Gimp, 3DStudioMAX, Rhino, ZPaint, Quantel Paintbox, AniMorph, QTVR, HTML, MakeHuman, Audacity, SVN, Version, Brackteer, OpenEXR, OsiriX, SketchUp, DAZ, Equinox, Celtx, Compositor, GraphicConverter, InkScape,
Note: many more softwares and development SDKs at occasional-use since 1979
Medical Imaging and Media Fluency
Microscopy and photomicroscopy, Zeiss, Olympus; Stereo biomicroscopy and slit-lamp photography, Zeiss, Olympus, Nikon; Indirect ophthalmoscopy, Zeiss; Surgical/operating microscopy, Zeiss, Olympus; Indirect Fundoscopy and Fluoroscein Angiography: Zeiss, Topcon, Opticon; Videography formats: Hi-8, Beta, DV, digital editing; Hardware: Canon LX1, Nikon, Sony: performed 3D reconstructions in: Siemens, GE
Image fluency: MRI, MRa, fMR, CT, PET, plain radiography, angiography, contrast neurography, ultrasonography, SEM and Transmission EM; Nuclear Medicine; Medical records: Surgical OP Notes, Radiology Reports, Discharge Summaries
References
Upon Request