This model shows the external anatomy of the human heart.  The annotations reflect general features of the heart, with 3D models on coronary vasculature of the heart soon to come.


The model was created from scratch in ZBrush as part of my MSc Medical Art course at the University of Dundee.  It is part of a educational resource project to aid students' learning in the vasculature of the heart, where a 3D printed model has also been created to be used as a comparison for Dundee University's Thiel Cadaver Facility, where the hearts can become quite flat during embalming. 


The project is in collaboration with Mr. Luke Reid, Lecturer in Human Anatomy at the University of Dundee, who confirmed anatomical accuracy of the model. Credit also goes to 3D4medical as my main source of reference and inspiration.

Cardiac Anatomy: External view of human heart

This model shows the coronary arteries of the human heart.

The model was created from scratch in ZBrush as part of my MSc Medical Art course at the University of Dundee. It is part of a educational resource project to aid students’ learning in the vasculature of the heart, where a 3D printed model has also been created to be used as a comparison for Dundee University’s Thiel Cadaver Facility, where the hearts can become quite flat during embalming.

The project is in collaboration with Mr. Luke Reid, Lecturer in Human Anatomy at the University of Dundee, who confirmed anatomical accuracy of the model. Credit also goes to 3D4medical as my main source of reference and inspiration.

Cardiac Anatomy: Coronary arteries of the heart

Micro CT scan of a raven skull from the D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum at the University of Dundee.

DUNUC 1715 & 1715/1. Corven corax - Raven.

Scanned with a Nikon XT H 225ST micro CT scanner. The resulting file is exported as an stl. and imported in to Zbrush. Texture is added from photographs using the Spotlight function and Polypainting.

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Raven skull

Micro CT scan of a young chimpanzee skull from the D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum at the University of Dundee.

Pan sp. - Chimpanzee. DUNUC 2404 & 2404/1. Length=15cm. Acquired by D'Arcy Thompson from William Cross of Liverpool in 1886. Writing to his grandfather, D'Arcy noted: “I yesterday received a chimpanzee, one of the most manlike of apes; it is the rarest and most valuable specimen I have yet had... One of the young Doctors came and helped me to remove its brain at 11 o’clock at night. It was in beautiful condition. I shall be able to make a whole series of preparations besides cleaning the skeleton and stuffing the skin.” The stuffed skin and the brain are also still in the museum.

Scanned with a Nikon XT H 225ST micro CT scanner. The resulting file is exported as an stl. and imported in to Zbrush. Texture is added from photographs using the Spotlight function and Polypainting.

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Chimpanzee skull

Micro CT scan of an Indri Lemur skull from the D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum at the University of Dundee.

Indri Lemur (Indri indri) - also known as Babakoto. DUNUC 2289.

Scanned with a Nikon XT H 225ST micro CT scanner. The resulting file is exported as an stl. and imported in to Zbrush. Texture is added from photographs using the Spotlight function and Polypainting.

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Indri Lemur skull

Micro CT scan of a rhinoceros beetle from the D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum at the University of Dundee.

Rhinoceros Beetle (Dynastinae) - DUNUC 2836. Length: 7cm.

Scanned with a Nikon XT H 225ST micro CT scanner. The resulting file is exported as an stl. and imported in to Zbrush. Texture is added from photographs using the Spotlight function and Polypainting.

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Rhinoceros beetle

Surface scan of the skull of a young bull African Forest Elephant from the D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum at the University of Dundee.

African Forest elephant - Loxodonta cyclotis - skull of a young bull. DUNUC 1971. Width=72cm.

Scanned with an Artec Eva surface scanner. The resulting file is exported as an obj. and imported into Zbrush. The texture is captured during the scanning process and converted to Polypaint in Zbrush.

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African Forest Elephant skull

Surface scan of the skull of a bear from the D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum at the University of Dundee.

Ursus arctos - Brown Bear. DUNUC 2030. Length= 43cm. Acquired by D'Arcy Thompson in Kamchatka, Siberia, during his Bering Sea expeditions of 1896-7.

Scanned with an Artec Eva surface scanner. The resulting file is exported as an obj. and imported into Zbrush. The texture is captured during the scanning process and converted to Polypaint in Zbrush.

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Brown Bear skull

Surface scan of the skull of a juvenile Gorilla from the D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum at the University of Dundee.

Originally acquired for the Anatomy department of University College, Dundee.

Gorilla - Gorilla sp. DUNUC 13182. Length=27cm.

Gorilla Skull

Surface scan of the skull of a Saltwater Crocodile from the D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum at the University of Dundee.

Crocodylus porosus - Saltwater Crocodile. DUNUC 1520. Length=70cm. This is one of the species featured in D'Arcy Thompson's famous transformation diagrams in On Growth and Form.

Scanned with an Artec Eva surface scanner. The resulting file is exported as an obj. and imported into Zbrush. The texture is captured during the scanning process and converted to Polypaint in Zbrush.

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Saltwater Crocodile Skull

Micro CT scan of a bat skull from the D'Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum at the University of Dundee.

Tadarida brasiliensis - Mexican or Brazilian free-tailed bat. Length: 17mm. DUNUC 2281.

Scanned with a Nikon XT H 225ST micro CT scanner.  The resulting file is exported as an stl. and imported in to Zbrush.  Texture is added from photographs using the Spotlight function and Polypainting.  

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Bat skull

Surface scan of the skull of a Hippopotamus from the D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum at the University of Dundee.

Hippopotamus amphibius - DUNUC 1990. Length=60cm.

Scanned with an Artec Eva surface scanner. The resulting file is exported as an obj. and imported into Zbrush. The texture is captured during the scanning process and converted to Polypaint in Zbrush.

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Hippopotamus skull

This model depicts the muscles involved in the facial expression of rage. It was created using photogrammetry, via Agisoft Photoscan and ZBrush, of a wax sculpture I created in my first semester of my MSC Medical Art course at the University of Dundee. 

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The Anatomy of Rage

Surface scan of the skull of a Lion from the D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum at the University of Dundee.

Lion - Panthera leo. DUNUC 2021. Length=30cm.

Lion Skull

Micro CT scan of a half section of a nautilus shell from the D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum at the University of Dundee.

As an elegant demonstration of the logarithmic or equiangular spiral in nature, the nautilus is perhaps the most iconic image associated with D'Arcy Thompson's ground-breaking work in mathematical biology. 

Scanned with a Nikon XT H 225ST micro CT scanner. The resulting file is exported as an stl. and imported in to Zbrush. Texture is added from photographs using the Spotlight function and Polypainting.

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Nautilus Shell (sectioned)

Surface scan of a Galapagos giant tortoise from the D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum at the University of Dundee.

Chelonoidis nigra (originally catalogued as Testudo elephantopus) - Galapagos Giant Tortoise. DUNUC 1493. Length = 82cm.

Scanned with an Artec Eva surface scanner. The resulting file is exported as an obj. and imported into Zbrush. The texture is captured during the scanning process..

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Galapagos Giant Tortoise

This model shows the cardiac veins of the human heart.

The model was created from scratch in ZBrush as part of my MSc Medical Art course at the University of Dundee. It is part of a educational resource project to aid students’ learning in the vasculature of the heart, where a 3D printed model has also been created to be used as a comparison for Dundee University’s Thiel Cadaver Facility, where the hearts can become quite flat during embalming.

The project is in collaboration with Mr. Luke Reid, Lecturer in Human Anatomy at the University of Dundee, who confirmed anatomical accuracy of the model. Credit also goes to 3D4medical as my main source of reference and inspiration.

Cardiac Anatomy: Cardiac veins of the heart

Surface scan of the skull of an Indian Rhinoceros from the D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum at the University of Dundee.

Indian Rhino - Rhinoceros unicornis. DUNUC 2111 & 2111/1.

Scanned with an Artec Eva surface scanner. The resulting file is exported as an obj. and imported into Zbrush. The texture is captured during the scanning process and converted to Polypaint in Zbrush.

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Rhinoceros skull

Surface scan of a Walrus skull from the D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum at the University of Dundee.

Odobenus rosmarus - Walrus. DUNUC 2143. Brought back from the Arctic for D'Arcy Thompson by one of the Dundee whalers, c.1890s.

Scanned with an Artec Eva surface scanner. The resulting file is exported as an obj. and imported into Zbrush. The texture is captured during the scanning process and converted to Polypaint in Zbrush.

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Walrus skull

Micro CT scan of a penguin skull from the D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum at the University of Dundee.

Aptenodytes sp. - probably an Emperor Penguin. Length: 20cm. DUNUC 1803

Scanned with a Nikon XT H 225ST micro CT scanner. The resulting file is exported as an stl. and imported in to Zbrush. Texture is added from photographs using the Spotlight function and Polypainting.

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Penguin skull

Surface scan of the skull of a puffer fish from the Dundee College of Education collection in the University of Dundee Museum Collections.

Puffer fish (unknown species) - DUNUC 12332. Length=60cm. 

Scanned with an Artec Spider surface scanner. The resulting file is exported as an obj. and imported into Zbrush. The texture is captured during the scanning process and converted to Polypaint in Zbrush.

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Puffer fish

Surface scan of a mounted specimen of a Nine-Banded Armadillo from the D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum at the University of Dundee.

Nine-Banded Armadillo - Dasypus novemcinctus. DUNUC 1901. Length=30cm.

Armadillo

Surface scan of the skull of a right whale dolphin from the D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum at the University of Dundee.

Right Whale Dolphin - Lissodelphis sp. Length = 46cm. DUNUC 1961.

Scanned with an Artec Space Spider surface scanner. The resulting file is exported as an obj. and imported into Zbrush. The texture is captured during the scanning process and converted to Polypaint in Zbrush.

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Right Whale Dolphin skull

Micro CT scan of a Blaschka model of a Moon Jellyfish from the D'Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum at the University of Dundee. 

DUNUC 9318 - Glass model of Aurelia aurita (Moon Jellyfish). Width=9cm.

D'Arcy Thompson acquired a set of Blaschka's exquistely delicate glass models in 1888. In Growth and Form, D'Arcy refers repeatedly to the art of the glass-blower, perhaps thinking of these very models.  

Scanned with a Nikon XT H 225ST micro CT scanner.  The resulting file is exported as an stl. and imported in to Zbrush.  

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