Gorgeous neck anatomy tattoo taken from Atlas of Anatomy by Jean Baptiste Marc Bourgery. Bennett Barch got this tattoo after spending years in medical school and residency, “I decided to get the tattoo as a symbol of the effort I put into my career.” I think I like the line version as much as the color. Well done!
The tattoo was done by Chicago-based tattoo artist, Scott Fricke.
It’s been a while since we’ve posted an anatomy tattoo. Thankfully Steven Fowler was kind enough to share his with us. Done by James Buie at Inksmit and Rogers in Jacksonville, the anatomical heart tattoo is a momento of Steven’s heart condition when he was younger and also as a reminder that the past made him who he is today.
Spotted this gorgeous tattoo on Chicago-based artist, Cassie Phillips, at an art show/launch party last week. I noticed the Sylvia Ji on her arm from across the room as she painted a huge canvas during the event. How fantastic to have a Sylvia Ji on your arm! I know you guys would appreciate.
Since I came back from London, I’ve been trying to hit up the Chicago art scene more and I love the inspiration I receive from it. You never know who you’re going to meet/discover just how many artists uses anatomy in their work.
Here’s one of Cassie’s Day of the Dead infused pieces.
See more of Cassie’s work on her site, cassphillips86.com.
And if you don’t know who Sylvia Ji is, please treat your eyes to her work on sylviaji.com.
Holy mother of anatomical beauty, this is one for the bookmarks button.
Fernando Vicente is the artist behind these dissected figures.
And if you have a look at his blog, it seems that the images are loved so much they have become tattoos.
Now, I know this amazing artist had featured a few times on Street Anatomy before (Bionic Women and Fernando Vincente: Vanitas) but I just thought I had to bring him up again with a few personal favourites.
Tattoo by Terri at the Army Navy Tattoo in Newport News, VA.
Every once in a while, as an artist, your work can make an unexpected positive impression on a viewer, so much so that they desire your work to become a permanent part of their body. I had that experience recently, when a reader of Street Anatomy asked me a while back to use an anatomical heart illustration I did in grad school, for a tattoo on his chest.
His name is Anthony and he is a biology undergrad who is applying to medical school. Anthony actually got the tattoo the same day as his MCAT! He hopes to someday specialize in interventional radiology, cardiology, or neurology.
I wish him the best of luck and am honored to have a piece of my art as a permanent part of his body!
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