For this one I returned to the material and technique of my very first skull: orange paper cut with large scissors while looking at a model skull. This is the same kind of paper from before (and the very last piece of it I had sitting around) and the same scissors and model skull as well. An interesting side note, the model I used for the first skull was never used again as a model for the rest of the project (until now).
I made a point of not reviewing the first skull right before making this, so hopefully it would be less influenced by what I had done previously. I did however intentionally flip the direction so that they could be nice bookends to the project.
So how was this a different experience a year later? I took longer! Mostly because I was paying more attention to the nuances of the model as I found myself trying to emulate it more closely.
I looked back at the original now that this is done and I'm surprised at minimal and stylized it really is. And it has such a sweet expression, while this one seems much more serious. What do you make of the differences?
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How wonderful to get up this morning and find all these skulls waiting! Thank you!!
Love the revisit to #1 - very poetic
Congratulations on your birthday and your wonderful achievement. your skulls have gone from strength to strength over the past year. you were also incredibly generous to share your project with the hundreds of people who sent you photos and their own art work (mine included)! this bonus skull compared to your first one just shows how really working at something improves the skills. i love 365.25! and i will keep visiting your site. can't wait to see what your next project will be.
So as it began, so shall it end? I think its excellent that you did this 1/4 skull. Not only for us, but for you as well. Look how far you've come. It just goes to show that with practice you truly do get better at things. Like you said, seeing the more subtle nuances of the model and such. They are both excellent! And its so cool to be guided back to the beginning for those of us that came in later. It just gives me hope that one day, I, too, will be able to draw, skullpt, cut, etc. a skull out of anything. Kodos.
The first one reminds me more of a monkey skull, whereas #366 is more human.
Your work evolved, Noah!
I was wondering today if your project would qualify you to be a certified medical illustrator.
You should contact the Association of Medical Illustrators and find out ;-)
yes, #366 is more human-seeming, i agree.
And love the "bookend" concept, Noah. You're a genius!
Carry on, then.
(oops, i meant #365.25! sorry.)
I think your page is Phat and Creative, Inspiring and I'm just learning to blog, I wish I could get my sight as tight as yours.
Congratulation for all of your works. I'm a pre-columbian skulls collector, here is my website for curious => www.ab-skulls.com
I'll link this blog on my links page as fast as I can.
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