Thoracic Park

Because I’m on this movie kick (and I need to be off to watch another one), I share with you this painting that I did as an undergraduate, at about the time Jurassic Park came out.

The original painting of the logo for "Thoracic Park"
The original painting of the logo for “Thoracic Park”

The idea originated in my vertebrate comparative anatomy course. As I recall, we were in the middle of dissecting a dogfish shark, and we started joking about Thoracic Park, and how we needed to make a department T-shirt. I did this painting probably within 24 hours, but it never became a T-shirt. We suddenly became worried about licensing issues and it got back-burnered, then forgotten.

But it’s back.

And because George Lucas can do it, here it is again, enhanced with modern technology (aka Photoshop):

"Thoracic Park" logo, with a little Photoshop improvement.
“Thoracic Park” logo, with a little Photoshop improvement.

 

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