The Anatomy in Art Spotter

I'd like to introduce Heather Tompkins as the first official contributor to Street Anatomy!  For the past few months Heather has been routinely sending me links to images containing anatomy in art and design.

Her excellent eye for spotting good illustration and design is just one of the reasons I asked her to start writing posts for Street Anatomy.  Heather is also an extremely talented illustrator and filmmaker who's done her own anatomical work including illustrating an anatomical heart tattoo for a friend.

She IS what Street Anatomy is all about.

Her fascination with anatomy began at the age of 3 with a love for skeletons.

I wrote a story book as a kid about my skeleton friend and myself solving crimes or something Scooby Doo. I can't remember what happened, but my mom never fails to point out my love of skeletons, she still buys me skeleton themed stuff for fun sometimes. So anatomy was an early thing for me I guess. I never had the desire to study it, but I've always loved the look and archaic feel of anatomical art, something raw and exposed about it, and I love its intricacy. And I also have a massive obsession with hearts, real ones. It's all very dark and romantic and unexplainable really, think Frankenstein.

Heather is currently freelancing in and around San Francisco.

Take a look through her portfolio and also check out her anatomy related work below.