Michael Paulus: Skeletal Systems

I haven't been posting as regularly as I'd like recently, as I'm busy prepping for a research trip. Still, I couldn't resist telling you about the work of Michael Paulus. Paulus, a micromedia artist working out of Portland, has created a series called "Skeletal Systems" which features anatomical sketches of cartoon and comic characters.

Included in his series of 22 are renderings of Charlie Brown Characters, Powerpuff Girls, Schmoo, and some WB characters. My favorite, though, is the Betty Boop and I certainly hope Paulus does more.

Here's an excerpted description of the project:

These Icons are usually grotesquely distorted from the human form from which they derive. Being that they are so commonplace and accepted as existing I thought I would dissect them like science does to all living objects - trying to come to an understanding as to their origins and true physiological make up. Possibly to better understand them and see them in a new light for what they are in the most basic of terms.

I hope to return to a regular schedule of posting soon.