Thursday, April 2, 2009

More Than You Ever Wanted to Know About Elephants

BRUISE
A bruise, also called a contusion, is an injury to the soft tissue in the body in which the capillaries rupture and bleed into the surrounding area.  The outer layer of skin appears reddish-purple at first and then as the body metabolizes the escaped red blood cells, fades into a green/brown color.

                           


In my anatomy class, senior year of high school, I sat next to a girl who was a goalie on the school lacrosse team.  Almost every day, she would come to class and show me a new bruise she got during practices or a game.  She had the best bruises!  Honestly, I was jealous.  

                          

For all you artists out there who never got the same impressive bruises as the jocks in your class, the above picture is an example of the perfect way for you to create your very own, perfect bruise!

Also, black eyes are pretty great.  They're all the rage.  The new spring fashion.  Everyone has them:



                     


2 comments:

jessica rowe said...

my room mate just did some make up on my other room mate to look like a black eye just last night this wouldve been the perfect thing to show her. by the way that last picture made me blink like 20 times ahh

Erica said...

This is amazing! Ughh but the last one is kinda grosss :) Still, I'd love to do this sometime! Hahah the fake bruise, with the makeup, of course.