Anatomy and Art

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Medical Instruments

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These are just a couple of drawings I did this summer for a class.  The focus was on medical instruments.  I thought I would go ahead and post them here.

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August 17th, 2010 at 1:04 pm

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Eye and Nose Anatomy

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We were asked to sketch out the eye and nose with anatomical labels for my anaplastology class this week.  I thought I’d share my drawing here.

I know it’s a little busy.  But if you’re studying these structures too, hopefully it can help us both.  If you’re having trouble reading any of the labels, try clicking on the image for a clearer view.  My references include Netter’s Anatomy Flash Cards, Fundamentals of Facial Prosthetics, The Anatomy Coloring Book, and Wikipedia.

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July 7th, 2010 at 12:08 am

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Sayaka Isowa’s Conjoined Twins

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One of my classmates created this, and well, I just think it’s wonderful.

Her name is Sayaka Isowa, and she keeps her own blog at http://sayakaisowa.wordpress.com/

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October 29th, 2009 at 8:16 pm

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A touch of silly

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Lately I’ve been trying to play catch up with my classes, after missing some days with a cold.  So it seems like time to pull out this old piece of silliness.  I have no idea who originally drew this.  It was sent to me by a friend who knew I was studying anatomy.

Yeah.

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October 19th, 2009 at 11:10 am

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Drawing Science

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I was just thinking a bit about how one conveys science in art, and I thought of this picture of Tesla.  I saved it a long time ago.  I think I originally found it in a Google image search.  I love how it not only shows us a picture of Tesla, but also his work, and manages to be this interesting energetic drawing all at the same time.  I suppose it’s very editorial in nature.

Unfortunately I have no idea who the artist was.  If someone reading does, please chime in with that information, as I would be interested to see what other work this artist has done.

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September 15th, 2009 at 6:08 pm

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Making Marks on Paper

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Artists generally start simply, by making marks on paper.  Whether someone hands us a crayon as children, or we pick up a pencil or pen, this is usually how it begins.  And it is a good beginning.

It occurs to me that I haven’t posted any of my own work yet.  But what to post?  Where to begin?  So I decided to start simply, and post some drawings.

The first two were done shortly before my entry into the biomedical visualization program at UIC.


The last two were done as part of my studies out at UIC.  You can tell that the lines are cleaner.  I learned a lot of tricks to add to and clean up those marks on paper with a computer.

The last image here was done in pen and ink traditionally.  That was an especially fun way to make marks on paper.  You get to use a special paper and everything.  The image itself is of a nephron, which is the smallest functional unit of the kidney (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephron).

So that’s a taste of my work.

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July 22nd, 2009 at 9:39 am

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