Symmetrical Cloud Skulls

Today's spectacular scenes are from Robyn J. Rivers in Fayetteville, Tx. She adds a touch of symmetry to her cloud and sunset pics to create these. You don't have to use your imagination to see the skull formations in these clouds(unlike some simulacra).  Thanks for sharing your bright idea with us, Robyn!

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Honey Skull

Barry Thomson created this Honey Skull using Photoshop. You can see some up close and progress photos on his blog. Prints are available here.

I love seeing amazing digital work that is highly detailed. The shading really helps define the honeycomb and skull shape. The details of the bees makes the really appear to live on this unusual hive. I love the taste of honey. One of my favorite ways to enjoy honey is when it's still on the honey comb. I fondly remember go to the state fair and buying honey combs thick with delicious fresh honey. The glistening honey of this skull makes me want another right now!

Photastic Skull

"At work or play, I use my skull each and every day". That's the motto of David Machen of Woodward, Toronto. The skull he's using today is a HydroCal casting from his studio-made silicone mould rubbed with silver polish and enhanced with some basic photo editing with his phone.

Of course we love the skull it's self, but there's a lot to be said for presentation.  It's amazing to see all of these beautiful images created with just our phones.  Heck, even I took this one myself.  Great work on presenting your "fantastic photo", Darren!

Shades and Perennial Skulls

Things are looking up here at Skull-A-Day. In fact our future's so bright, our skulls gotta wear shades. Well, at least today's skull from Pat Henzy is feeling the positive vibe. Both of these submissions are mixed media of pens, pencils, and photoshop.

Congrats are also in order for Pat who recently completed a 365 challenge with a drawing a day featured here.  There are lots of other skulls and crazy stuff to check out.  These two pieces are great examples of how multiple media styles can combine for harmonious skull unity.  Thanks for sharing, Pat!

Day 181 Skull

Cassy Stranahan, has been working on a 365 (366) day project and often works from Noah's book 365 A Daily Creativity Journal. June 29th (Day 181) was skull day and here is what she did.She  arranged text in a graphics program and then put it through a Photoshop filter or two.

Doing a daily project is of course how Skull-A-Day was born. I love seeing other people's daily projects and the occasional skulls that come from it. This creation plays with letters and filters to create the skeletal shape. Playing with how you view a common item, will change your perspective on how you view the world around you. Art is a great way to unlock your imagination.

"Santa Muerte" Skull

Donna Neal from Austin, Texas, submitted an image from her Santa Muerte series. She explained how it was created, "I shot all the elements for this digital print. Composited this one in Photoshop."

I'm not normally a fan of digital composites, but I like the arrangement, subject matter, and texturing of this one. The skull texture reminds me of lace, which goes well with the vintage feel to the flowers. The flowers clinging to the skull reminds me of stories where bodies are found when new home owners digging in a garden. Though that has never happened to me, I always fear that when looking to purchase an old house with a large yard.

Super Artboy Dancing Skull Saturday

If "artboydancing" isn't a name that catches your eye, then perhaps his photo skull renditions will. While working as an artist and photographer in Berlin he was introduced to our site and instantly fell in love(thanks).











Unfortunately I couldn't post all of the great images that artboydancing sent to us so I tried to pick a diverse group. This also reminds us that no matter who you are, or where you come from, or what time you lived in, skulls are a part of all of us so be sure to keep yours safe. Thanks for sharing!

Muerta Bride

This drawing is abuzz with beauty being displayed by the wonderful colors from Nicholas Ivins. As the story goes, "The medium is ink, marker, and Photoshop. It’s the largest drawing I’ve ever done at 24" x 30". It was a housewarming present for my sister and her new home."



I think Nicholas is gonna be on my guest list whenever I decide to finally have a house warming party. This beats the hell out of any candle holder I've ever seen. It's for certain that it will brighten your sister's house and hopefully liven her days while she lives there. Thanks for bringing us into her home with this blushing bride, Nicholas.


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Photo Manipulation Skull

Photo Artist Jim from New Zealand told us: “Here is a picture of a stone and a broken egg I found in nature. I played along with a dodging tool and voilà!”


Zirconium C says:

“Skulls one of the hardest things on earth but you still can't cook on it.” I truly enjoy the balance of fragility with this piece. The bright lighting on the egg instantly draws one there and as you slowly pull away do you see the graveness of the situation. Thank you for submitting your work for us to share.

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Egg Skulls

Today's submission if "From Russia With Skulls" courtesy of Anton. These appear to be done through the magic of photoshop, but they're in the same league with other skull eggs I've seen.



Like fragile little eggs, our skulls are especially sensitive to outside forces that might damage the precious contents inside. Unless you're like this guy I knew in the Navy who could crush cans on his head. Come to think of it, he wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed so maybe his skull was working extra hard to preserve whatever was left in there. Anyway, thanks for the great pic, Anton!


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Toxic Skull

Aaron Miranda, "drew it in photoshop using vectors".

I love how sinister this colorful skull looks. With "Toxic" across the top, it is suitable as a modern poison label. I like the repetition in the background, using another color scheme. However if I was in college and had roommates, I might slap this on the good stuff, just to protect it. I see this working great as a fabric print. I'd like to see the repetition in just one color scheme. I would make a skirt out of fabric like this.

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Reflective Skull

The image of a skull can cause one to reflect on the life that skull might have led. It might cause reflection of one's own self. To feed those thoughts Chad & Brandy Danathar bring us their "Reflective Elements" of stone, wood, and water. A photoshopped skull for you to reflect on.



If history is destined to repeat it's self then perhaps we should all take time to reflect on it. That is, after we take time to enjoy this skull again. Thanks, Chad & Brandy!

Muertos Skulls

Nicholas Ivins had this to say about his two submissions, "I've enjoyed your blog for some time now and wanted to submit a Day of the Dead themed piece I did earlier this year. The medium is ink, marker, and Photoshop. Size is 20.75 x 26.5"."

"Also, here is a photo of me and my mate at the Day of the Dead festival in Hollywood this past weekend. An amazing event! I'm on the right. We usually smile a lot more. Or at least we did when we were alive."

For the 1st piece, I like the use of repeated and brightly colored Dia de los Muertos milagros. I also like the adornment of the calavera. The placement of the items around the calavera remind me of Egyptian Pharaoh burials. They would be surrounded with thing from their life that they would need in the after life...jewelry, pottery, food, etc.

For the costumes, of course, I'm a huge fan of dressing undead. The colors match with each person, but they are used differently and equally beautifully done. I like the choice of elegant outfits. They really tie in well with the face painting. You can find more of Nicholas' work at his DeviantArt Page

Scratch Shop Skull

Garrett Weider is an artist from Cleveland, OH who found our blog via the good folks at Mental Floss. Like a lot of you, he liked what he saw, so he scratched out this skull using photoshop.

I really like this piece for it's simplicity in colors and for the way it counteracts that with all of the seemingly random lines that come together to bring us the ever familiar image that we all know and love. Thanks, Garrett!

Natural Skulls (Helped Along)

A frequent contributor here President Wishnack sent us this: “I just picked up a new job in the Financial District and my office has a nice view of the Bay Bridge. It also has a nice view of this skull skyscraper! This is about 50% real and 50% edited to look like a skull-- but it was close enough that I saw a potential skull before taking it to Photoshop.

Greg from Australia wrote: “When I pulled an Oreo apart, the filling looked like it had eye sockets, so I helped the resemblance along to make an Oreo skull. The picture shows the before and after.”

Manipulated C says:

Inspiration comes in many different ways, seeing something in an alternative composition is just one way in which our minds help us to comprehend the world we experience. Sometimes all it takes is a a little push with our mind to make great things happen. Thank you for submitting your work, and keep pushing greatness.

Tuesdays With Tatman #37

I may be a day late for National Flag of Canada Day, but that won't stop me from paying homage to my neighbor to the North (or as some people may call it- America's hat).



O Canada! You are a great country. Whether you're doing a great job of hosting the Olympics, or just circling the pond for a friendly game of hockey, you truly know how to spread brotherhood and friendship. Thanks for being so understanding of your spoiled neighbors to the South(or as some call us- Canada's pants).

Each Tuesday in the 3.0 year will bring a new Tuesday With Tatman. As a tribute to the Skull Master's astounding feat let's all get creative and try something new(and hopefully skull related).
In all seriousness, I mean no disrespect to the country of Canada in general. It's a really nice place, eh.

Chaos Skull

This paint shop skull comes from Leonardo of Brazil. He made this(and a few other skull images) for use on his music blog.



I like the black flame/smoke effect. It's like Death is finally leaving the corpse before it becomes a vicious zombie. Thanks, Leonardo.

Gambler’s Skull

Pablo from Nottingham & Leicester, England, UK said he created the image in Photoshop from images found on the web and a bit of Photoshop creativity.
High Roller C says:

When making a collage there I got some advice “You got to know when to crop em, know when to paste em.” This is a pretty amazing work. At first I had trouble seeing the image, but found that if I squinted at it I could see the image clearly. Thank you for submitting this work, and show us that luck could be a skull tonight.


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