David J. Blum

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Varying Degrees of Hypoplasia and Its Effects on the Airway, Summer 1999
Digital Illustration using Adobe Photoshop and traditional pencil sketch

This illustration is currently used in a learning module for a bronchoscopy simulator dealing with difficult airways in youth.

David John Blum
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The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,
Department of Art as Applied to Medicine
Master of Arts in Medical and Biological Illustration, May 25, 2000.

Iowa State University
Bachelor of Arts in Biological/Pre-Medical Illustration, May 1998.

1999:
Medical Illustrator Intern
HT Medical Systems, Gaithersburg, MD
Research and digital illustration for medical simulators.

1999:
Web Master
Department of Art as Applied to Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Update departmental website and help students build and maintain webpages within this site.

1998:
Scientific Illustrator
Chichaqua Bends Studio, Ames, IA
Illustrator for biological laboratory manual.

1997-1998:
Scientific Illustrator
Engineering Animation Inc., Ames, IA
Research, storyboarding, and digital illustration for animation and multimedia projects.

1997:
Muralist Intern
Buchanan County Conservation Center, Ames, IA
Creation of mural painting and construction of 3D diorama.

1993-1997:
Manager and Head Mechanic
Out-N-About Gear, St. CLoud, MN
Manager of Outdoor Retailer and Repair Center.

Histology Lecture Slide, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1999.
Biology: Laboratory Manual. 5th Ed., Dolphin, Warren D., WCB/McGraw Hill. Dubuque, IA 1999.
GNSI Annual Meeting Website, 1998.

Ten years experience with traditional and digital with expertise in:
Silicon Graphics, Macintosh, and PC operating systems; Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects, Adobe ImageReady, Adobe Pagemaker, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Macromedia Fireworks, Macromedia Director, Corel Freehand, Metacreations Painter, Kinetix 3D Studio Max R3.1, Vislab, Maya, AlphaMania, PhotoCaster, Quark Xpress, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Excel software; and HTML and JavaScript programming languages.

Senior Art Exhibit, St. John's University, 1995.
Annual Salon of the Association of Medical Illustrators, Atlanta 1999.
Graduate Art Exhibit, The Johns Hopkins University, 2000.

Certificate of Merit, Association of Medical Illustrators National Meeting, Atlanta 1999.
Alan Cole Research Scholar, Vesalius Trust, 2000.
Annette Burgess Award, The Johns Hopkins University, 2000.