CYRUS C.

Link: http://vimeo.com/37742808
Anatomy is not only applying in illustration but also
animation. Here is the video about a creepy human skeleton inside animal
bodies. Everything in this video are like showing in X-ray.  I think his work is worth to watch especially
for students who are majoring in animation. Hominid is an animated teaser based
on the Hominid series of photo composites created from human and veterinary
X-ray films.
You can check out their project at hominidanimation.net/.

Here is a historical anatomical illustration that has inked
on human body!
The tattooist Rodrigo said ‘’ People think I’m crazy but I
really like Riemsdyk`s drawings and the history behind them.” Jan van Riemsdyk,
drew the above illustration in Anatomia uteri human gravidi (The Anatomy of the
Human Gravid Uterus), by anatomist William Hunter (1774).

Tattooist often take anatomy as their drawing subject. Glen Preece is a UK based artist and uses pencils and oil dry brush to create those photo realistic drawings. And now he is turning his realistic drawing into tattoo. He is currently taking tattoo design commissions and willing to become a tattooist himself.

There are some projects that leading kids to make art based on the human body and educated them with simple anatomy knowledge. This piece is from The Crafty Classroom. The teacher provided some materials like Thread , egg carton and noodle, just to name a few. There is a small foam noodle goes through the egg carton pods in order to show the flexibility of the spine.

It is designed by New York artist Jason Freeny. The Lego anatomy schematic is so cool and it recalls me a lot of my childhood memories. Everyone should have at least one lego set in their home and I think it is really successful anatomy design for teenagers to explore more about anatomy and art.

Although Rick Genest didn’t mean to be an anatomy artist but I still think the skeletal tattoos are worth to discuss. Rick Genest is a Canadian artist and fashion model born in Lasalle, Montreal. He collected tattoos as he backpacked through Canada. When he was in 19, he met Montreal tattoo artist Frank Lewis. Then Frank did the design on his body and it took 6 years to finish. I think his tattoo is one of the most popular anatomy artworks among the world.

It is the first time I saw geometric anatomy created with thread and nails. The structure of human bodies were well-definded by thread. You can even feel the texure and value although they are flat image.

This series called Musculante, which is created by Barcelona-based illustrator – Giselle Vitall. She incorporated anatomy into the web icons that are popular in internet like Facebook, Google and Tumbir.

She says of the work,

“Experimentar a fondo—las redes sociales nos invaden, no sabemos si ellas son parte de nosotros o nosotros de ellas. No sabemos tampoco, quien utiliza a quien. Basados en esto, supongo que deben de tener carne, mucosas y huesos, aunque no se, si sentimientos, como nosotros mismos!

Translation: Experimenting thoroughly—the social networks invade us, we do not know if they are part of us or we of them. We do not know either, who uses whom. Based on this, I guess they must have meat, bones and mucus, and even feelings, like ourselves!”

De Ciencias Naturales is the collection of collages created by Juan Gatti who is an Argentinean designer and fashion photographer.  He used classic anatomical illustrations surrounded by beautifully layered flora and fauna. She encompassed some of her previous works into this series.

Check her works out in this website: http://www.mfilomeno.com/juan-gatti/ad/personal/exhibition-ciencias-naturales.html

Samuel Hall combines anatomy and cartoon to create bizarre creatures. I’m really shocked when I first saw his work because of the details he put into his illustrations by using dip pen and ink only. I can’t imagine how hard it is.