Exciting discoveries in the fields of science and technology are happening every day. Nanotechnology advances are producing new materials with expectation-defying qualities. Biomedical breakthroughs are facilitating drug discoveries that save lives. Gene-mapping and gene-editing, climate change, and planetary discoveries are transforming our world - and the role we play in it. In this fascinating and fast-changing landscape, effective science communication is essential. Scientists and researchers need to share their findings with the public. And the public needs information so they can understand, assess, and participate. Medical illustrators (also called scientific illustrators) play an important role, As the old saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words, an expertly rendered illustration or animation can convey immediate understanding of high-level concepts in a way an article can't.