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How does one get to be the "artist" in astronomy article "artist renditions"?

• kryptn 5y ago
  Looks like they have a position open for an Interactive Web Developer [1] but it seems like the header animation is sourced (and attributed) from a youtube video from 2018 [2] [1] https://www.quantamagazine.org/about/ https://www.quantamagazine.org/about/ [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4a45z36EU4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4a45z36EU4
  • wumpus 5y ago
    That animation was made by an EHT collaboration scientist, Andrew Chael. The EHT has outsourced some animations to a firm named CrazyBridge, but only occasionally.
• mhh__ 5y ago
  If you've read Brian May's (of Queen fame) PhD thesis, he is the artist of his own pretty sketches
• RosanaAnaDana 5y ago
  Well if its anything like biology, your first bet would be to get a degree in astrophysics. Doesn't necessarily need to be an advanced degree, but enough to know how to ask the right questions of those doing the work. Second step would be to maintain a continuous love for art/ drawing/ illustration. Third step is to get your work out there/ build a portfolio. Several colleagues of mine have ended up down the road of scientific illustration in biology. Most of them had BS in biology, botany, zoo, etc.. Also: https://work.chron.com/become-scientific-illustrator-17160.html https://work.chron.com/become-scientific-illustrator-17160.h...