medecine

I will never, never be employed in the medical field.  That being said, I will always have a strong afinity for medical diagrams, especially if they are misleading or display theories which have since been disproven.  I am enamored with natural history, and I place human civilizations within that category.  Here is just a small selection of medical diagrams, charts, and other related ephemera, false, accurate, or once thought to be.

My favorite part about science class is always the drawing of diagrams.  It is very interesting to me to see human representation of the perceived universe, especially ephemera from the past, which exhibits knowledge of the time that has either since been expounded on or ridiculed.  A most interesting way to observe such an unpredictable organism as humans and humanity is to look at its self-proclaimed knowledge, and how it is illustrated.  A particularly interesting category is that of medical diagrams, which carry on their own a very potent appeal. . . .

cryptid diagram by Walmor Correa,  http://www.walmorcorrea.com.br/php/inicio.php

Tibetan vein chart

i want candykiller

 

     

Candykiller limited edition letterpress print

  I am a great fan of great genre blending, and little seems to go more seamlessly together than artist Candykiller's combo of classic toon characters with gore and dispair.  Perfectly rendered and yet entirely unique, this work ranges from the adorable to the disturbing - my two favorite categories, of anything.  Candykiller employs all types of well-executed print-making techniques, and recently has come out with a line of plush and vinyl toys that no kiddie of adult should be without.  The prints feature delightful characters I can only hope will soon be part of larger narratives, but even if not, I hope that Candykiller keeps the treats coming.

Beautiful sketches

Impressive sketchbook

Adorable dismembered toy bear

Another impressive Candykiller letterpress print

Impressive sketchbook ii

Plenty of drippy-eyed cartoon glory

"Smokin'" poster, yes it is

Grab bag .4

Unfinished bed sketch.  This is unfinished because I was too interested in the bed and couldn't decide on what would go on it, or under it.

Watercolor and india ink, a wintry couple with branches.  This is from my first semester at art school, so it is a bit old.

Peeling, unable-to-be-saved pangolin stencil, for trays. Who knows why I decided to cut all of those tiny scales out of newsprint instead of something sturdier. 

Selections.1

  Every new job I am assigned in Special Collections is new and completely different from the one before it.  However, I have to say that graphic materials are my favorite things to look at.  They are trickier to light and photograph than three-dimensional objects, but paper ephemera from the past never ceases to interest me.  This entry features the best of the correspondence to Walter Jaeger over the years he spent overseas, mostly in France, during World War I.  It is a small part of a much lager collection of artifacts, including uniform items, a set of bloody longjohns, honor pins and several albums of photographs.

 

Many of the postcards were in a similar vein to this one: chauvinistic postcards printed with hopeful and patriotic sayings to be sent to the soldier at war.  As it happens, most of the postcards have no more than a quick and to-the-point sentence written on the other side, with generalized best wishes.

This card I like only because of the landscape in the background, but I don't know what about it appeals to me so. It seems very stylized and of-the-era.

illustration - Byron Eggenschwiler

I just now stumbeled upon this artist
                                          http://www.byronegg.com/#

His name is Byron Eggenschweiler and I dig his vibe. 

grab bag.3

Cameo in gilded frame, I made it some months ago

sketch for pinup with marionette

first illustration class, freshman year at MICA.  I think this might be gouache.  We were told to make abstract forms and then return later to find narrative imagery in them.

Let me be frank - LISA Frank

Among the many artists who captivated my heart in childhood (Elvis Costello, Graham Base, Patsy Cline), one stands out to most people as the pinnacle of syrupy sweet girly girl art, and she is Lisa Frank.  Everyone I knew in elementary school - or anyone the was anyone - had a Lisa Frank binder, folder, pencil box, eraser set, or some other permutation of frothy eyelash-riddled LF school supply.  I remember there being debates as to whose paraphernalia was more cute, more rad, more effective due to added sparkles or artificially colored animals.  Something about the computer-generated flawless eyelashed animals and the psychedelic other worldliness was incredibly powerful to certain people, and I was put under her spell along with an entire generation.  In more recent years Frank's art has shifted from the simple delight of lovable animals playing in a rainbow environment to predictable Bratz(tm)-esque big-eyed girls and breeches on the shore of Christian imagery (see Lisa Frank Best Friends crucifix below).  This comes is an unfortunate evolution, though not entirely unpredicted.  Nevertheless, miss Frank remains an important part of my girlhood whose art (the old stuff at least) I can still appreciate today for it's over-the-top saturation.

http://lisafrank.com/

ultimate Lisa Frank eraser collection

these yo yo hip hop fresh beat dropperz are ready to take you to party town

Trippy landscape accentuated by cosmic fluff and northern lights, and friends too good to be true

Glitter leopard on jungle log

I only want to see iridescent animals, not angels

 Foolish-looking rainbow leopards

Friends of Jesus Forever.  Now that I look at it more closely, I think someone may have made this with stickers, but it informative all the same.