Sunday Simulacra - Version 7.13

Today's simulacra are really leaving their mark....

This paintball splash skull was shot by Riki from Toulouse, France....

...and this perky chap was snagged by Job.

I guess some skulls make their presence a little more known that others. Have you captured your own sneaky skull simulacra? If so then be sure to submit it to us. We be as thankful as we are to Riki and Job. Thank you!

Skull of Skulls

Today's "Skull of Skulls" is from Mark Taylor of Luton, UK.

A time consuming doodle that's strangely reminiscent of another skull of skulls I've seen before. Thanks for sharing yours with us, Mark!

Sunday Simulacra - Version 7.4

Today's simulacra are happy little accidents.

First up is a past contributor Ryan Kinney of HEYMAN! Productions in Ashtabula, OH who told us: "I found this skull on the back of a ruined photo. While cleaning out a friends barn, I discovered a pile of old, wet, moldy photos. All the ink had ran on them and I found this guy on the back of a photo where the ink had transferred from another photo in the stack."

Next up is Jim in Indiana who wrote: "Obviously a lethal strain of bird droppings."

Neighborly C says:

Another week of absolutely perfect simulacra.  It truly is amazing to see the our community able to surprise us week after week with new simulacra.  Thank you both for sharing your finds with us.

Remember to keep sending those pictures in, we always love seeing what our skull hunters find. Anyone is welcomed to participate, it's fun and it's easy- if you see a simulacra skull, photograph it and send those pictures in to our submissions address with a little something about what it is really and maybe a little about you.

FACE OFF Artist Spotlight: Meyoko

Berlin-based Melissa Murillo AKA Meyoko is one of the 10 featured artists in the Skull Appreciation Day 2013 FACE OFF exhibition co-curated by Skull-A-Day and Street Anatomy.

Meyoko's work resides in the darker side of Art Nouveau. Executed in freehand, with a fountain pen her works are open doorways to a microcosmic wilderness populated by divine entities and mythical creatures which intermingle and amalgamate to one another until they ultimately resemble, abstract and hybrid worlds partly vegetal – partly animal. Forests made of luxuriant hair are inhabited by tattooed flowers and plants; by ravens and hummingbirds with strange silky bodies in place of feathers.

Meyoko attempts to dissect the depths of human nature itself and she does it with surgical precision. Her work often incorporates emotions such as melancholia, vulnerability, the fear of abandonment yet she confronts them with dogmas such as utopianism, heroism or humanism to achieve a poetic narrative dialogue.

To see some of Meyoko's amazing artwork in person, visit the FACE OFF: Skull-A-Day VS Street Anatomy show at the International Museum of Surgical Science May 31 till August 25, 2013.

FACE OFF: Skull-A-Day VS Street Anatomy

May 31 – August 25, 2013

Opening reception: Friday, May 31  5–9 PM

International Museum of Surgical Science

1524 N. Lake Shore Drive  Chicago, IL

FEATURING

Mike Egan

Tom French

Emilio Garcia

Ali Gulec

Joshua Harker

Meyoko

Nicolas Obery

RX Skulls

Dan Springer

Rob Tarbell

Ink Skull

Vienna, Austria based artist Michael Tripolt, a member of the Austrian art- and design collective ATZGEREI, sent us this ink-drawing he completed in April 2013.

Sigmund C says:

There is a dream like feeling to this piece, it has part feeling of woodblock print and part feeling of a comic illustration.  I am imagining that this skull as having been discover floating in outer space many millinium from now by a space archeologist. Thank you for sharing your work with us.

Dynamite Skull Drawings

Nick Simon of San Diego, CA is blowing up the gray scale with these 2 dynamite skull drawings.

"Geo-Skull"- Graphite drawing

"Paradox"- Ball point pen drawing

My mind is obliterated with the fact that these excellent drawings are nothing but shades of graphite and ink.  The textures are amazing and I urge you to see what all Nick is capable of here at his site.  Thanks for the sweetly shaded submissions, Nick!

[CONTEST REMINDER] Win a Dia de los Muertos Pendant from Azurafae

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[CONTEST REMINDER] Win a Dia de los Muertos Pendant from Azurafae

THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED! Thank you for participating.

Don't forget you have until 11:59pm Eastern USA Time Friday, February 8, 2013 to make an entry comment to win a Dia de los Muertos Pendant from Azurafae. 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+]

"Handle With Care" Skull

HAPPY SKULLTASTIC 2013!!!

Mike da Ponte is combining the strength of steel with the fragility of glass to create some of his works, most especially this gruesome looking figure titled "Handle With Care".

The rugged and abused exterior really carries a lot of character.  A story yearns to be told of how this skull was left for dead under a now uninhabited building, but it's tale will never unfold.  Plus, this totally looks like a Slipknot album cover or something to that effect.  Thanks for the hardcore submission, Mike!