Atlas with Human or Animal Form: Outstanding Illustrations by Fernando Vicente
Fernando Vicente Sánchez is a Spanish painter and illustrator, born in Madrid in November 1963. His early work as an illustrator was published in the early eighties in the Madriz magazine,where she would work on an ongoing basis both in the field of illustration as a cartoon. Continue reading »
Amazing Anatomical Photographs from Alec Fraser’s Handbook of Brain Surgery, 1890
Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library
It is difficult to categorize these photographs as art, since they are educational material. However, they are prepared, preserved, and photographed so carefully and even maniacally that one cannot help but see the whole thing as an art object. The photos were taken for The Handbook of Brain Surgery by surgeon Alec Fraser. Continue reading »
This Man Has a Damn Creepy Collection of Anatomical Exhibits
The owner of the Scioddities Instagram channel is very fond of people. Most of them disemboweled or spiked. He has managed to amass a large and truly frightening collection of rarities. Continue reading »
Pictures Of The Way This Thai Teacher Is Teaching Anatomical Drawing Are Going Viral
Wannarit Karin is a Thai artist and the founder of the ART of Anatomy academy in Bangkok. The man is a very dedicated teacher and recently the photos of his amazing anatomical drawing lessons went viral all over the internet. Continue reading »
Design Duo Creates Chairs Inspired By The Human Anatomy
Daishi Luo and Zhipeng Tan are the members of a creative design duo which creates furniture inspired by the human body, including tall spinal chairs with pelvis seats and other stuff you might find odd. Continue reading »
Weird Kafka-Style Anatomies, Fantastic Creatures And Fancies Chart By Camille Renversades
Fantastic creatures and fancies chart by Camille Renversade, French chimérologist. Inspired by the old school boards, like the old Deyrolle boards that used to be found in all schools. Disturbing, do these creatures exist or not then? Continue reading »
Taiwanese Teacher Uses His Awesome Drawings Skills On The Chalkboard To Teach His Students Anatomy
For many teachers, textbooks and online sources are some of the resources they usually use in class but not for this Taiwanese teacher who believes that drawing is the best approach to learning in his classroom. Continue reading »
Detailed 3D Illustrations Of Anatomically Correct Cartoon Character Skulls Labeled As Scientific Specimens
Prague 3D illustrator Filip Hodas, aka hoodass (previously), has created “Cartoon Fossils”, a brilliant series of highly detailed 3D illustrations that show the anatomically correct skulls of famous cartoon characters as labeled scientific specimens. Continue reading »
Artist Discusses Gun Violence With Stunning Artworks Of ‘Anatomy Guns’
Artist Noah Scalin has created an amazing series of artworks entitled Anatomy of War that consists of human, ‘anatomically correct’ guns. Scalin’s creations come of a mixture of polymer clay, acrylic and enamel and aim to humanize guns in order to discuss gun violence in a more sensitized and complex way. Anatomy of War provokes the viewer and motivates people to think of all the lives lost by guns, replacing the bullets with human organs. Continue reading »
Artist Merges Humans, Flora And Fauna In His Marvelous Anatomical Illustrations
With graphite and acrylic, Italian artist Nunzio Paci creates illustrations that mix together the elements of anatomy and floral arrangements. This, in turn, creates abstract compositions that leap off the page. Continue reading »
The Anatomy Of The Songs Graphically Explained By Artist
Illustrator John Atkinson reveals the anatomy of different styles of songs. John lives in Ottawa, Canada. His work can be seen in numerous publications worldwide. Continue reading »
Bear Sculptures Embroidered with Anatomy
Bears are seemingly turned inside-out with embroidery of their anatomy in stunning lifelike sculpture by Deborah Simon. Measuring about two feet square, the sculptures reveal internal organs, musculature, skeletons and nerves. The series highlights how human desire for their pelts puts these majestic creatures in danger.
“Bears are the ultimate stuffed animals; both the iconic plush toy and the prized taxidermy specimen for hunters,” says Simon. “Most of the sculptures deal with vulnerability; the vulnerability that the animals face from environmental degradation, conflicts with people, suburban sprawl and poaching. I particularly find the dichotomy between the defanged, declawed childhood toy and the fierce reality of a top predator fascinating.” Continue reading »
