Sunday, December 23, 2007

Braincase XXII

It's another Submission-o-Rama! (received 11/12 - 11/18)

Todd found another awesome skull-themed free font at dafont.com!






Chuck took this pic of a nice bit of skull graffiti in Paris!















rrloop sent in this happy fellow!















Jason shared this fantastic carved wax skull by Dustin Sampson of Spokane, Washington!














Jim Reynolds made some terrific Halloween decorations using both of my stencils!























Mike has lots of lovely skull art for sale on his Etsy page!























Grajeda shared several excellent photos from this year's Dia de Los Muertos in Mexico City!






































Todd Gardener showed of his fun/creepy clown vs. skeleton art!





















Gary did a great job making this desktop pattern (be sure to click the art to get the full sized tileable version).














Milt spotted this awesome statue in Prague!















Jay made these fabulous works by mashing-up molds of various toys and figurines.



















Eric Jackson of Grove City, Ohio shared this wicked sticker from Cissbury Leathers.













John Dixon, art director for Men's Health magazine, shared this wonderful illustration by Julia Hoffman to illustrate the number of men who will die in the U.S. in 2008 and the causes!












Lien aka Leonardo sent this cool blood print made in the process of getting a new tattoo!










Tatman made this awesome level for the online game Bloons which you can play HERE!











Moose found this sexy [not nude but not exactly safe for work] bikini accessory.










Moreism+re shared this great piece by Mike Peter Smith.












Ian did a fine job using adding highlights to my stencil!














Candice J. Fong created this bling update of the classic vanitas paintings in her art class (32 in x 40 in Oil on Canvas with Rhinestones)!











Frank found this skull-y screensaver (.exe file) at Free Horror. [I don't own a PC so I can't see what this looks like or guarantee that it's free of viruses so download at your own risk]










Artist Ashley Blalock made this absolutely fantastic filet crochet skull!














Tracy in Yorba Linda sent in this this superb apple skull made by Shelby, age 11 (who was even inspired by a T-skull #2 worn by Tracy to read Poe's The Raven!).










Mim found this cool poster in Paris!














Franklin shared this mysterious video titled "post mortem fame cassaro vivo ou morto sorria" ["post mortem fame cassaro alive or dead smile!"]...






Artist Larry Pearson finished his fabulous Hand of Fate Skull, which was inspired in part by Skull-A-Day (and is even dedicated to the fans of S-A-D, yes you!).









Lex10 sent an update on his albino pumpkins (which appeared in the last Braincase).










FINALLY a few items that were given to me...

My friend Chris sent over this batch of cute Dia de Los Muertos images colored by students studying Spanish at Pocahontas Middle School in Richmond, Virginia!...



Alex mailed me this wonderful print (and matching sticker) he made by hand in his relief & lithography class!...



My agent Kate got these keen fabrics for me at the Bust Craftacular!...



My friend Rob Tarbell made this simply amazing piece for me using my stencil. The image is actually made from smoke that is captured on the paper! See more of this type of work as well as his other awesome pieces on his site.



And last but not least I was honored to get a note from Joe Dante (yes, the director of Gremlins and more!) thanking me for promoting his site Trailers From Hell on Skull-A-Day! If you are a film lover and you haven't yet checked it out yet, do yourself a favor and spend some time on there now, it's really a treat.

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Thanks again everyone!

Submit your own found/made skulls at the address in the upper right-hand corner of the site. Please be patient it will take around 5-6 weeks for new submissions to be posted. Be sure to include what name and link you would like included and if you found it online a link to the source as well. Also if you're sending tattoos be sure to include the artist's name and location, so we can give them proper credit. I won't repost items I've received before so be sure to check previous Braincase posts.

Don't forget you can see your items in the sidebar right away if you post them to Flickr and include the tag "skulladay".

Saturday, December 22, 2007

202. Rub-On Type Skull


12pt Helvetica Rub-On Type on Board (5in x 5 in). I was surprised to find this product is still being made (and sold at craft stores), I remember it from the pre-computer days of graphic design when mechanicals were done by hand (and also as a toy in the 70s and 80s).

Friday, December 21, 2007

201. Tin Can Skull

Hammered, Bent, and Cut Tin Can. I only cut myself twice making this one.

Thursday, December 20, 2007

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

199. Soundproof Skull


Cut and Carved Acoustical Tile (15.5 in x 16.75 in). My good friend Charlie dropped off this tile he found in the trash yesterday, thus saving me from having to figure out what to make a skull out of today!

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

198. Emerging (or Sinking) Skull

Sculpted Pottery Clay, Unfired (approx. 6 in x 4.5 in x 1 in). I took this right after I finished, before I removed it from the work surface.

Monday, December 17, 2007

197. Tooth Skull A.K.A. Cavity Creep

Human Tooth Carved With Dremel Tool (approx. 3/4 in x 3/8 in x 1/2 in). This is one of my actual wisdom teeth. I had them pulled when I was in high school and held on to them ever since (though two were lost at some point). In an odd coincidence I had a dental check-up this morning, so I got to tell the dentist that I drilled a skull into my tooth before I came there. If you don't know what a Cavity Creep is watch this...

Sunday, December 16, 2007

196. Glass Mosaic Skull (Unfired)


Arranged Glass (approx. 4 in x 6 in). My stained glass teacher had a holiday party tonight where all of her friends were invited into her studio to make art! She provided scrap glass and tools and let people make what they liked on precut squares. Of course I used the opportunity to make today's skull. She'll fire everyone's finished pieces in the kiln soon and I'll post my resulting piece when I get it back!

UPDATE: I finally got the fired piece back! Check out the results HERE.

Braincase XXI

More super submissions from all over...
(received 11/5 - 11/11)


Dr. Caleb Leeke from Durham, U.K. sent an awesome collection of photos...

From a cemetery in Granada, Spain...















From Bywell, Norhumberland U.K....

















From Halifax, Yorks U.K....
















From the Bowes Museum, Co. Durham, U.K....













Rabbit bones, Co. Durham, U.K....
















from a bicycle...
















and a plastic simulacrum!















Scorched-Nemesis showed off his terrific new tattoo in process and finished.







jqmark spotted another nice yarn skull by Ben Cove











Terry Border (of Bent Objects fame) made this absolutely wonderful bread!












Amazingly Chris from Cambridge, MA managed to spot a skull in Istanbul that hasn't been posted yet!














Shawn from MAKE/CRAFT found this terrific sculpture made with beetle bodies and a budgerigar by Jan Fabre via bookofjoe.















Kim pointed out this cute, yet dangerous looking frog.










Bridgitte shared this happy picture of Mr. Bones!














Bonni Reid showed off more of her wonderful work!



















































My friend Sherry showed me this amazing chandelier in Amsterdam at the sfgirlbybay blog.













Lisa showed off her absolutely splendid Halloween costume which she got from the Arena Stage costume sale in Washington D.C.














Marin knitted this terrific scarf from a pattern at Knitty called "Yorick"!















Joseph made a couple of fantastic Lego skulls, including a cyclops one with hinged jaw!























...and also shared some of his own artwork!
















Shazam in France sent a bunch of great images including his own artwork...









a dust skull he made...













a flea market painting...














and a car in his neighborhood!












Christiane pointed out this fabulous mirror ball skull at a club in Switzerland










...as well as this fun bento art by kawaiikiki












...and this swell theater poster














She also suggested the following skull ideas for me...
-fluffy tapestry-skull
-cotton candy
-etch-a-sketch
-you could try to convince the inhabitants of a (big
enough) building to light their windows according to
get a skull
-paper marbling
-hard boiled egg (with or without the eggshell)
-glass bead weave (flat like the bracelets or 3d like
the animals on this site.
-a tissue paper hot-air balloon


Lee shared these wonderfully decorated sugar skulls!












Anthony sent this awesome baseball drawn on by student Tobey!












Lex10 sent these lovely albino pumpkin photos!












willy g. found this spooky simulacrum in Sydney, NS, Canada!












Mim spotted this Parisian skull at a T-shirt shop in Montmartre.














moreism+re shared this spiffy animation by the designers at Frack.














Tracy Edmunds in Yorba Linda, CA discovered this sneaky unintentional(?) skull advertisement!













Larry Pearson showed off his superb long horn skull!











Garage of Evil discovered this terrifying bubblegum skull!














My friend Carlos was left this skull by a bird on his windshield!














Kurt pointed out this excellent 3-D medical display illustration via Endgadget.













Jimmy at Salty Dog Kustoms in O.C.N.Y. made this awesome Dia de Los Muertos bowling pin!













Angelique shared an image of her cool doll!















Eric Reinertson was inspired by Skull-A-Day to draw this keen skull in MS Paint!












Roman75 in California was inspired by Skull-A-Day to make this genius "Windows Application Skull"!











Doug shared this great pic from his local Dia De Los Muertos celebration!










My friend Christi made this nifty pipe cleaner skull during a corporate training!













Pam sent this note...
"I want to start by saying how much I love your blog. I'm a huge skull fan for sure - tats and everything - but you are sooo damn talented and that's what makes your blog so great! The set up is beautiful and easy to read too.

Just one complaint. You seem to feel that you must preface your description of every submission with a complimentary adjective - EVERY one! To wit:
terrific
awesome
appropriate
keen
great
cool
cute
terrific
wonderful
lovely
cute
lovely
spiffy
wicked
nifty
wonderful
keen
amusingly appropriate
terrific
awesome
great
and excellent.

That's all from the last group. It therefore becomes impossible to read the descriptions as they feel forced. You thank submitters in the beginning before the posts and they know you're grateful - please cut down the flowery speech:)

That said - I still love your blog!"



Moose shared the fine work of Biddy Maroney













...and this tough bottle opener via bizarrearea.com














Arbyn Incubus let me know about this super cool free dingbat font!






Maeda Mameo in Japan shared this great image!











Vrinda made this neat image in Photoshop!













Frances spotted a sensational skull hiding on a ship in the former Aral Sea via this photo by lambro shown in geography class!








My friend Alex shared this awesomely icky image from Spiderz Rule!











Lautaro Mazzitelli saw this fantastic sculpture at a marathon in the Palermo neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina.









Thanks again everyone!

Submit your own found/made skulls at the address in the upper right-hand corner of the site. Please be patient it will take around 5-6 weeks for new submissions to be posted. Be sure to include what name and link you would like included and if you found it online a link to the source as well. Also if you're sending tattoos be sure to include the artist's name and location, so we can give them proper credit. I won't repost items I've received before so be sure to check previous Braincase posts.

Don't forget you can see your items in the sidebar right away if you post them to Flickr and include the tag "skulladay".