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A skeleton like a poem

Category: Artists & ArtDesignEphemeraFilm, Video & MusicMedical Illustration and HistoryMuseum LustRetrotechnology and steampunkWords
Posted on: March 15, 2010 8:19 AM, by Jessica Palmer

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Delicious - and suprisingly convincing - x-ray images of animals with "skeletons" made of typography by Katerina Orlikova. Be sure to check out _Motion Picture, a running cat-like creature reminiscent of Eadweard James Muybridge's vintage motion photography.

Via Street Anatomy.

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Nice. Wonder if any of the language-oriented blogs I read will pick this up. Regardless, I read it here first.

Posted by: Adrian Morgan | March 15, 2010 9:45 AM

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Holy fucknoly! That is outlandishly coolio! I love letterforms!

Posted by: Comrade PhysioProf | March 16, 2010 8:46 PM

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