Street Anatomy

Updates

I apologize for the down time of Street Anatomy yesterday.  Apparently I have outgrown my webhost!  I’m in the process of switching over to a new host so please bear with me for the next couple of weeks.  There are lots of plan in the works for expanding Street Anatomy even more, so stay tuned!

Light up Anatomy

Heart (8h x 6w x 2.8d)

Got your digits (8.5w x 12.35h x 5.5d)

Sargent  (12h x 9.5w x 5.5d)

Miracle baby (8h x 6w x 2.8d)

Brain ( 8h x 6w x 2.8d)

Life (8h x 6w x 2.8d)

Chris Elsasser tells me that while he doesn’t do street art, he creates “indoor anatomical art with lightboxes” using his own designs or actual x-rays. They’re quite unique pieces that would make a great addition to any room.  Love the illustrations, design, and concept.

They’re available for purchase on his website, Munstre, along with prints, shirts, and accessories.  I’m thinking of getting a couple myself to add to my growing anatomical art collection.

It Happened on a Sunday…

“Cupid and Centaur” (1992)

A very interesting image by Joel-Peter Witkin, an American photographer with a fascination for the morbid, sexual, and unordinary.

As a child, Witkin witnessed a horrific car accident that would influence his work later on in life.

It happened on a Sunday when my mother was escorting my twin brother and me down the steps of the tenement where we lived. We were going to church. While walking down the hallway to the entrance of the building, we heard an incredible crash mixed with screaming and cries for help. The accident involved three cars, all with families in them. Somehow, in the confusion, I was no longer holding my mother’s hand. At the place where I stood at the curb, I could see something rolling from one of the overturned cars. It stopped at the curb where I stood. It was the head of a little girl. I bent down to touch the face, to speak to it — but before I could touch it someone carried me away.

Look through his portfolio and you’ll see just how this experience permeates through all his works.

[via Heather]

Fresh Anatomy Ink

A recent stream of tattoos to add to the Anatomy Tattoo Gallery. Thanks for the submissions!

Recently submitted ripped skin ink by Sebastian Rudat.

Submitted by Suren.  Here’s the fun story behind his tattoo—

It started as joke with a friend in class, we said we should get regular heart tattoos with blank ribbons on it so we  can put whoever’s name we wanted in it. So as I thought about it more, I really loved the idea and concept behind it. I chose an anatomical rendering of the heart because it beats out a plain old traditional heart, the details the vessels and everything was very intriguing. The blank ribbon is more of a statement and a mockery of the traditional tattoo. I wanted people to know that it was a bit foolish to tattoo another persons name especially if they’re not family, hence the blank ribbon. The anatomical heart itself is mocking the traditional tattoo, because indeed it is a real heart and not a valentines day chocolate box. More than a statement the tattoo has a fun spin to it. I can sharpie or pen in anyone or anything I want inside of it, whenever I want. No regrets, and that’s the fun part to the tattoo. All in all, I’m happy with my first tattoo.

I should have asked Suren to write Street Anatomy in the ribbon and then take a picture!

Illustration © Karen Bucher, inking done by Ben Wahh from Deluxe Tattoo.

I’ve had quite a few people ask me if I know any medical illustrators who do tattoo commissions.  I never really had an answer until I attended the annual Association of Medical Illustrators conference back in July.  To my amazement, I saw this tattoo submitted to the Salon (a showcase/competition of student and professional medical illustration work).  The artist, Karen Bucher, was asked to do this tattoo by a complete stranger.  She obliged and it ended up turning out really well.

If you’re interested in getting an anatomical tattoo and want it done accurately, try commissioning a medical illustrator.

If you’d like to submit your own anatomy tattoo, send a jpeg that’s at least 500px wide and a short explanation to misvan@aol.com and I’ll post it in the tattoo gallery.

Anatomic Fashion Friday

A more abstract anatomical shirt aptly named “In Us All” by Luke Ramsey.

I did this drawing after being on a herbal cleanse. I believe that it’s within “us all” to take good care of our body, mind and soul. So going without certain treats is a healthy choice once in a while. That said, I do have a hard time going without my fix for dark, fare trade chocolate. The characters in the design are hanging out after repairing the organs they live in.

Check out his blog, Luke Ramsey Bits and Bobs, for similar fun designs.  The shirt is available for a limited time over at Threadless for $20.