[CONTEST] Win a Set of Skull LEGO Heads from Crazy Bricks

THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED! Thanks for participating.

CrazyBricks makes custom and unique plastic-injected parts compatible with everyone's favorite miniature figures and LEGO® bricks. They make everything from specialty arms to zombie Gingerbread Men! They have recently released Skull Heads for LEGO figures. They want to give away a set of head to one lucky Skull-A-Day fan!

Here are some ideas of how you can use the skull LEGO heads.

PRIZE INFO: A complete set of 9 Skull LEGO heads in a choice of color. The set can be either White, Tan, Red, Clear, or Glow in the Dark.

HOW TO ENTER: LEGO figures are meant to go on adventures in the large LEGO universe. To enter this contest, leave a comment answering this question. If you were to win these Skull heads, what adventures would they have? For example, I'd make them into pirates and man a ghost ship. Also tempted to have them in castle, for some haunted fun.

CONTACT INFO: The winner, chosen at random, will be contacted via email by one of the Skull-A-Day editors within 7 days of the end of the contest. If that winner doesn't respond, another winner will be chosen. With your comment, please INCLUDE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS!!! Entries are only valid with this information.

WHERE TO ENTER: All entries must be made on this blog post, on Skull-A-Day.com. You CANNOT enter this contest by commenting on Facebook, Twitter, or Google+.

CONTEST CLOSES: 11:59:59 PM Eastern USA Time Friday, April, 18, 2014.

NUMBER OF WINNERS: One

PRIZE SHIPS: This contest is open to all skull lovers around the world.

IF YOU DON'T WIN: Don't fret. Crazy Bricks is offering 10% on all orders, if you use "skulladay" at check out. You can see what else Crazy Bricks is up to on their Facebook page and Flickr.

[BONUS] Lego Skull Instructions

The wonderfully talented Clay Morrow, whose awesome Lego work will be featured on this site soon, has kindly taken the time to make a set of DIY instructions for my very own 308. Lego Skull! Download them HERE (PDF).

When I originally built this I just worked with a bunch of random used bricks I bought online. I had no pattern and really couldn't explain how it was made. It was a real treat to have Clay disect the piece and rebuild it digitally (and make a few improvements along the way). If you're a Lego fan I hope you'll download the instructions and give this a try. If you make your own of course I'd love to see the results!

Thanks again to Clay for his extra effort on this. Be sure to check out all the marvelous Lego creations he's been making lately HERE.

Lego Goat Skull

This awesome piece of construction is courtesy of "The Scale Works" in Amsterdam. An agreeable note was included, "Lego is a great way to experiment with three dimensional form without getting your hands dirty or having to throw away mistakes. It's the ultimate in recyclable material."

Aaah, legos. We've seen your glory before. How many a young person has benefited from your sturdiness and versatility? Like all classic art mediums, the countless designs are only limited by the imagination. Maybe if we all share this with others then lego art might become the next great stye and we'll see it in museums someday. I'm gonna share this with two lego lovin' guys I know named Matt and Ray for starters. What will you do......?

Help make the Lego Skeleton a reality.

Skull-A-Day friend Clay Morrow AKA Choking Hazards (who kindly created the instructions for my Lego Skull), is trying to get his Lego skeleton design to be released as an official Lego product and he needs your help! Just give his project a vote HERE. And if he gets at least 10,000 votes it'll become a reality!

Braincase VII

Whew, there's been an avalanche of awesome submissions in the last week (especially thanks to the new visitors courtesy of Yahoo! and USA Today)! I'm slowly digging my way back to the surface and I promise they'll all get posted eventually, so be patient. Here's a recent(ish) batch to keep your skull addiction satisfied...

Linda discovered this skull in her handspun yarn!











Tony made this excellent illustration!












Fayette pointed out these spiffy yarn pirate knitting needles on Etsy (where there a ton of other amazing skull crafts can be found as well!)





T.W. sent in this awesome picture of a 20's/30's car turn signal!












Kris and Christian captured this spooky image in Leipzig!









Krissy Sandvik made these lovely hair clips (be sure to check out her other fabric work as well)!











West Schomer carved these wicked cool skull beads out of bones purchased at a pet store using a Dremel tool!








Mica found this cool eco-skull available on T-shirts and Stickers from Eco-Noize.









Kieran O'Neill was inspired by the United Skull of America to create the United Skull of Africa! Previously: United Skull of Europe and United Skull of Latin America.









Angela and her boyfriend discovered this cute skull while playing with glowsticks.











Gerry found this guy hiding on a ship in the Hamptons.












Nora spotted this image in a bathroom of Por Que No? Taqueria in Portland, OR.











Szablocs sent this excellent picture from Romania!









Kaitlen reminded us of the classic "All Is Vanity" illustration by Charles Allan Gilbert.











Beonder 13 said "the kids around the corner had this in their driveway".








And finally the mysterious Citizen Agent (A.K.A. "C") has transmitted this news article of questionable veracity (if you're not familiar, it references this recent bit of news):

Second Giant Lego man washed up on Dutch beach
Posted Fri Aug 10, 2007 6:03am AEST

A second giant, Lego man has been fished out of the sea in the Dutch resort of Zandvoort.

Workers at the same drinks stall rescued the second 2.5-metre tall model, which had a skull head and skull picture torso.

"Here we go again I thought as we saw something bobbing about in the sea again and we decided to take it out of the water," said a stall worker. "It was another giant Lego toy, although this one was a bit creepier then the last"

A woman nearby added: "This is the second time this week that one of these has washed up. It is beginning to look like Easter Island around here."

The toy was later placed in front of the drinks stall next to the other. The worker added: "I am still waiting the thing to crack open and 1,000 little lego men to jump out and kill us in our sleep, like in that movie Troy."

-Reuters

As always a huge thanks to everyone for sending stuff in, I really appreciate it! If you want to submit your own found/made skulls send em to the address in the upper right hand corner of this site. (As of now expect a 3-5 week delay before they end up online.)

3D Lego Skull

Jerry Loo from Singapore, created this 3D Lego skull. He explained, "It is based on my interlocking skull puzzle design. I am a puzzle collector." I love seeing what people build with Legos. This creation gets added to the growing list of Lego skulls we've featured.

We want to share your skull art! Be a part of the Skull-A-Day project. Details are HERE.

Lego Skull

I'm not sure whether to thank Craig Horky for this sweet ass Lego skull, or the friend who suggested that he submit it. It's reminiscent of another Lego Skull that we've seen here before

This somewhat random assortment of parts seem reflective of our own DNA being the building blocks for our physical structure.  The smaller parts make the whole; which is why it's important to not forget them.  Thanks to you and your friend for the flashback, Craig!

[Flashback Friday] 308. Lego Skull

Welcome to another addition of Flashback Friday.** This year the guest editors, Azurafae, Tatman, and myself, Citizen Agent, are taking turns counting down our personal favorite 17 skulls from the Original 365.25 Year. So please join us as we visit the archives and add our additional commentary on some of the original pieces.

#14: 308. Lego Skull

Zack C says:

I just realized that a number of my favorites have to do with manipulation of a child’s toy into a skull. I let the psychologist handle that that one for me. I have always been impressed by this one by the fact that you were working with a random assortment of bricks and were able to come up with something so perfect. I remember after this one was posted I explored the custom set creator tool over at Lego.com. Perhaps it was me working in a computer program rather than with actual 3-D trial and error, but I never was able to have the same amount of success engineering my masterpiece.

**Flashback Friday was a weekly countdown of the fan selected top 52 skulls of Skull-A-Day 1.0. Each week during year 3.0 The Skullmaster posted the original skull along with some additional commentary in order from lowest to highest rated, with the #1 skull appearing in the last week of year 3.0, all 52 can be found here.

[CONTEST REMINDER] Win a Set of Skull LEGO Heads from Crazy Bricks

Don't forget you have until 11:59pm Eastern USA Time, TODAY, Friday, April 18, 2014, to enter the the current giveaway. Crazy Bricks is giving away a set of mini Skull LEGO Heads lucky Skull-A-Day fan. You can find the original contest post by clicking the side bar ad, or this link.

[NOTE: If you are reading this on Facebook or Google+, you must go to THE ACTUAL BLOG POST HERE to enter this contest! You CANNOT enter this contest by commenting on Facebook, Twitter, or Google+]

[CONTEST REMINDER] Win a Set of Skull LEGO Heads from Crazy Bricks

Don't forget you have until 11:59pm Eastern USA Time, Friday, April 18, 2014, to enter the the current giveaway. Crazy Bricks is giving away a set of mini Skull LEGO Heads lucky Skull-A-Day fan. You can find the original contest post by clicking the side bar ad, or this link.

[NOTE: If you are reading this on Facebook or Google+, you must go to THE ACTUAL BLOG POST HERE to enter this contest! You CANNOT enter this contest by commenting on Facebook, Twitter, or Google+]

Student Skulls

Teacher Rebecca Flowers sent in a couple pictures of skulls made by Walker Upper Elementary School students. They were visited by our very own Skullmaster last month you can see their formal thanks here.

Ms. Flowers told us: “One is made out of pencil eraser tops and the other is made out of Legos. The Lego creator ran out of white Legos and improvised with a red Lego bandanna on his skull.”


3rd period C says:

What a perfect way to celebrate a Friday! I love being able to feature the work of up and coming artists as well as see the inspiration of our daily influence on the future of art and culture or as Richard Florida may see them future creative class types. Thanks again for sharing this work.

** You can flashback to more skull erasers and legos at the links.

Skull Appreciation Day Daily Button Giveaway

To be entered in the drawing just leave a comment below stating: What are some of your favorite flashbacks? Mine are here.

IMPORTANT: Don't forget to include a way to contact you!
(Either your e-mail in the post OR make sure your profile has an e-mail link for you. If all else fails drop us an email to our submission address with your profile name. )

NOTE: If you're reading this on Facebook, be sure to leave your comment on the original Skull-A-Day.com post if you want to be actually entered in the contest

DIY Digital Skulls

Our friend Eike in Germany, the creator Skull of The Year Awards, shared two nifty free image-making programs that are available online, which of course he used to make skulls that he shared as well...

First up is based on an amazing German art project called Blinkenlights where a real building was turned into a giant digital display! Even though the project is over, you can still get a taste of it with their Blinkenpaint program, which allows you to make images by virtually turning on and off lights in a photo of the building.

Next is LEGO Digital Designer, a nifty tool for making your own virtual creations out of the world famous building blocks! If only I had found this when I made my own Lego Skull...

I hope you'll give them a try and hey, if you find some other great free online image-making tool and you create a skull with it, send us the results!

Lego Portrait Skull

Jennie Kadrioski says, "I was sitting on the floor with my son and his Legos one day, and, bored with making trucks and tiny houses, found inspiration in both Allan Bedford's Unofficial LEGO Builder's Guide (which contains a fine chapter on mosaic) and Skull-a-Day. My son was so enamored with it, he wouldn't allow it be dismantled for days!"

308. Lego Skull

Stacked Lego Blocks (6in x 5.5 in x 5in [15cm x 14cm x 13cm). You knew I'd eventually get around to this. Legos are another favorite childhood toy of mine. Even though my folks still have my old set I actually bought a random assortment of used white ones on Ebay to have enough to build this.

[UPDATE] There are now downloadable instructions for this skull available HERE (PDF).

Duplo Lego Skull

Henry Ryder made this skull with Duplo Legos, which are larger than regular Legos.

Here at Skull-A-Day, we love Legos...and most toys. We're giant kids...but good at being adults too, of course. I love seeing these classic kid's building blocks made into anatomical skulls. They are way past my skills of making a house out of Legos. Perhaps my daughter and I need to play with her Legos and see what macabre creation we can make.

[BONUS] The Gift of Skulls - Seattle

During my recent trip to Seattle I was given several lovely skulls:

First from Ben and his 3 year old son Sagan...

I was staying at their house and I discovered this Lego quartet waiting for me when I got back from a long day out and about. The little white skull to the left is actually a musical shaker that Sagan likes to carry around and call Mr. Skull!

Then from internet friend Camel...

A lovely painting he made that came in a handmade box.

And a homemade skull mold with plaster cast. Now I can make my own custom skull chocolates!

Thanks guys!

Choking Hazard Skulls

Clay Morrow, the creator of Choking Hazards recently helped our Skullmaster map his original Lego skull here. Today, we have the pleasure of sharing one of Choking Hazards original skull design.

If you would like to attempt this skull, the instructions can be found here.


Warning C says:

It is appropriate to have you make a skull out of a choking hazard, they belong together like schrot und korn. I find Legos such an amazing phenomenon. The engineering skill involved in making something that doesn't end up looking like a cube anyway is awe inspiring. Thank you for being a friend of the Skull-A-Day community, and thank you for this wonderful work to share.

Skull-A-Day Press: WonderHowTo

WonderHowTo gave a nice mention to the DIY Lego Skull Instructions that I recently posted...

See the full article HERE.

[BONUS] 2 For 1 Halloween Pumpkins

Since Halloween holds such a special place in the hearts of many Skull-A-Day readers I assumed a bonus post was in order. Besides, I couldn't go out on the Crappy Halloween note...no offense to your great work, Mr. Gary Colins.

The first pumpkin comes from prior submitter, Greg Santicles. He made this for a company Halloween party. It's good to see that some companies still know which holidays to throw parties for.



And this second pairing is even more additional bonus with a built in 2 for 1 because Halloween rocks like that! Coming simply from 'W' at thinkingbricks.com is this nice pumpkin pair telling us "Attached is a picture of 2 life-sized skulls I made for Halloween, one is a programmable mechanical LEGO skull and the other is a Jack O'Lantern simply made from 2 misshapen, discarded pumpkins. The top pumpkin was shaped like an apple, the bottom pumpkin's top was severely sunken. It reminds me of the Ghost Rider's flaming SKULL (from Marvel Comics). It TALKS too... not the pumpkin, the other one!"



Check out this special Halloween message straight from the creator.

Clearly skulls are the reason for the season! HAPPY HALLOWEEN, EVERYONE!

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[BONUS] Gifts Fit For A Skull

I just had to share a few of the great skull-y art gifts I was given for my birthday this past week...

Artist Rob Tarbell made this incredible piece for me! It's part of his Struggles series of works made from old stuffed animals that have been infused with porcelain slip and fired. Many, like this one, wear a mask made from another stuffed animal's head, but so far this is the only one with a special skull face...


My godsister had an amazing airbrush artist at the beach make this special one-of-a-kind shirt for me in honor or my current project League of Space Pirates!...



And my friend Holden, who is nine, made this terrific custom Lego skull for me!...