If it were only that simple. My good friend and illustrator extraordinaire, Taylor White, recently busted ass in what some would describe as an epic acrobatic gravity defying swan-dive into the Norwegian snow via snowboard. The end result was a broken wrist and 8 weeks recovery time. It just so happened that this feat occurred the week before she was due for a visit to the U.S. of A. I was thusly wrangled into making this old school plaster cast (they do things funky in Norway apparently) into an awesome work of art. The end result can be seen beloooooow!!!
She is now a lefty…
The meaty side…
The final detail. In spite of injury, she is still drawing and posting her rad left-handed squiggles!!!! So check out her RAD blog for more RAD work!!!!!!!! !!! !
UPDATE: Since i’ve had a few curious inquiries, I drew the bones and muscles on the plaster using micron pens, it took about an hour to do, and the bone color around it was a mixture of acrylic paint and matte medium, to make it pop more. I doubt this would have worked well on anything other than an old-school plaster cast (they don’t make them this way in America anymore apparently, they usually cover it with that really ridged & extremely textured plastic that comes in all colors), but maybe if you do break something you can request plaster, it’s a great canvas!
DOUBLE UPDATE: Taylor is back in action folks, look out. Alas, the back of the cast was sacrificed, but the skeletal part remains intact, score.
daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn. nice work heather!!
Awesome… also very clever!
I thought this was great.
lovely! makes a broken bone something desirable
)
boney old you
I approve of this endeavor.
A-MAZING! Wondering what medium you used…
I cannot stop thinking about how awesome this would be as a shirt. (you should make one!
) The detail is stunning. Good job!
I used micron pens to do the outline and hatching, and then painted the negative space with a bone colored mixture of acrylic paint and matte medium to make it stand out a bit more. Thanks for all the kind comments!
Fab! I saw this on the MUNI and was very impressed. Very nice to see it shared with the rest of the Internet!
This almost makes me want to break my arm.
Almost.
Beautiful work.
nice work
I´m wishing to broke a bone to paint this on it!!
I luv oddities like this,cool.
Gaul banget ki tenan.
Neng nggonku rak ono sing koyo iki!!
Kreatif ndes!!
Excellent anatomical drawing. I love the humor of it however i hope a speedy recovery is in “hand”.
Casts should come like that.
Nice work!
The cut dotted line was the perfect touch. Nice art work. She might end up keeping the cast longer than expected, just to enjoy it. Thanks for sharing!
I love you Heather Tompkins! Your drawing cured my scurvy!
Classe A!
heather, that is SO COOL! i know who to go to if i break a bone and need a cast! ;D
wow… me LIKEY! ;D I agree w/lbrmusic (casts should come like that) friggin awesome.
nice! very cool.
Cool. I predict a rash of fake casts (ez on and off) this summer.
Awesome.
what no fracture in the bone?
yes, nothing can break an artist’s spirit
very interesting and ingenious. i know, boredom helps. And i, too, am transformed to be a lefty……
i swear that if i ever need a cast for an extended period of time, i’m going to find you and pay you to do this for me. (rad as helll!)
good job. (:
that would be so marketable. super talented!!
You might also want to present how it went broken, so you don’t have to explain to everyone every time again.
Cool, yet mildly creepy. I like it.
As an amature artist I can appreciate the time and effort, but not sure I could do so well as a lefty. I myself was in a cast for uppper arm to fingertips for 4 months, covered in blue hardening tape. You should have them carefully remove it to keep the creative work, sometimes the are nasty after removal however. Great work. Will look for more your your work in the future. Joy
What i can only say is I admire soo much..
Nice and quite hard work.
Wait, you don’t get plaster casts in the USA? No writing and drawing on casts? You should go back to it, if only for that reason
this wins the award for one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen. awesome job!
You drew a left arm in a right one. The bony side is the anterior vision (palmar) in an anatomic position of a left arm, drawn in the posterior side (dorsal) of the right arm. And the fleshy side is in the correct side (palmar) but drawn in the right arm.
GREAT WORK!
Super post, Need to mark it on Digg. Thank you
lol, Very interesting!
Awesome!!! That’s so neat that casts are made a different way in other countries… It’s kind of disheartening to know that everything has come to plastic nowadays…
Though, it’s great to see artwork on casts! It’s really unique in my opinion! Great work, too!
Wow! Great work…
he must have been bored!
Taylor is a girl, juuuust for clarification.
I’m just curious.What did the doctor say?
That is awesome. To bad casts get all smelly, not sure if anyone would want to keep it after it comes off!
Nice.
Love it, rich design, well placed idea
This is the reason I read blog.heathertmopkins.com. Love the posatw.
Really cool. There are some really thoughtful people with good imaginations and skill who probably have created a cottage industry for themselves.
Ben Koshkin
Pretty Impressive….great creativity….xray over..plaster…cool man
Wow… thats what I call creativity at its greatest! Looks pretty cool man
Excellent article. You are really talented. Great job.