Painting Body: May 2013

Friday, May 31, 2013

Skull Appreciation Day 2013 Face Off Show Opening

If you are in the Chicago area tonight, stop by the opening of the Skull Appreciation Day 2013 Face Off Show at the International Museum of Surgical Sciences. In addition to lots of great skull artwork, you'll get to meet most of the Skull-A-Day team, and the Street Anatomy team. Admission to the museum is FREE on opening night! The opening is from 5pm - 9pm. There will be free beer, wine, and anatomical food throughout the evening. Also, a DJ will be spinning tune in the Hall of Immortals. If that doesn't keep you busy enough, there is an audience participation portion where you will be able to create your own skull art during the night! Hope to see you all out there...of course come introduce yourself! We love meeting you all!

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

Thursday, May 30, 2013

Face Off: Skull-A-Day Co-editors' Skull

Since the Skull Appreciation Day 2013 Face Off show opens tomorrow, we're giving you a sneak peek at the skull we created for the show. This skull was created by Abby "Azurafae" Davis (top left), Justin "Tatman" Lovorn (top right), and Noah Scalin (bottom). Noah digitally matched up the sections to create the final piece.

My skull quarter was inspired by the decay of nature. I used some of the plentiful fallen azalea flower from my neighbors (per their permission), bare ground of my garden, and unused play sand. There might be an inchworm hiding among the flowers. I used sand buckets to collect the flowers, and a sand shovel to arrange the sand.

Justin explained that his skull is "my simple tribute to Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman who just passed away. My love of skulls goes hand in hand with my love of metal and I wanted to remember him in the most appropriate way I could think of."

Noah revisited his ornamental skull from year one. He rearranged the ornamental pieces, to fit the skull template, so his half would line up with our quarters.

Want to see some more Face Off skulls in portion (and meet Noah, Justin, and me), head to the International Museum of Surgical Sciences in Chicago, IL for the opening on Friday, May 31, 2013 from 5pm-9pm. If you can't make it to the opening, the show will be up till August 25, 2013. Also, we'll be posting images from the show, after we all return from Chicago. We know that everyone can't join us, and as always love sharing great skull artwork!8

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Southwest Print Pictorial

I was asked by a few people on the website Reddit to show how I created one of my last manicures but I didn't have much time to show the steps in nail polish...so I hand drew something really quick to share with them. And I figured I might as well share with you all here! It's a very crude and somewhat messy pictorial, but I wanted to share it here with you all in case you were wondering and wanted to try it yourself. Let me know what you think! :)

Happy Polishing! :)

Created Skulls

Cordell and from Champaign,IL sent us a collection of skulls created using objects they found around them.

Lincoln C says:

Thank you for your sharing your work with us and reminding us that the ability to create is all around us and the first step in the process is to just start looking.

Wondrously Polished and Lulu*s Necklace Inspired Tutorial!

Hi everyone! I am so sorry for being MIA! I have been really busy this week. I'm up visiting the parental units and I'm having to be social instead of spending hours doing my nails ;) I forgot to share the latest tutorial I put together for Lulu*s! Relaxing makes me scattered brained!!

My inspiration for this mani was a really funky and cool necklace from Lulu*s. Honestly, I struggled with this one! It may not seem it, but this is a fairly simple design and I stressed like crazy about whether or not it worked with the necklace. Anywho! I'm hoping to have some more stuff for you all soon! I've been slacking D:

FACE OFF Artist Spotlight: Street Anatomy Artists

Over the last five days, we've shown you the five Skull-A-Day artists for the Skull Appreciation Day 2013 Face Off show. Noah Scalin of Skull-A-Day and Vanessa Ruiz of Street Anatomy, as co-curators of the show, both chose 5 artists. Since we've shown you the five artists chosen by Noah, it's time to show you the five artists chosen by Vanessa.

Vanessa Ruiz of Street Anatomy created this "Street Skull" to pair with Noah's "The Visible Skull", for the Skull Appreciation Day 2013 Face Off show poster. Head to the bottom of this post to see the collaborative poster. Before you do that, see who the artists are for the Street Anatomy side of the Face Off show.

Tom French is from Newcastle upon Tyne, England. "His works are predominantly figurative. He carefully combines detailed photorealism with strong elements of abstraction and surrealism, focusing on the reflection of the conscious and subconscious mind. French's work often treads the fine line between the beautiful and unsettling, combining technically tight, classical charcoal drawings with carefree, loose and ostensibly unfinished abstract forms. By fusing the technical with lively abstraction French brings life and movement to his compositions. His work seamlessly merges the use of academic tradition with contemporary urban realism." You can see more of Tom's work on his website, Vimeo, and blog.

"Semblance"

Emilio Garcia is from Barcelona, Spain. "Emilio, concerned with the digitalization of our society, saw his culture moving slowly away from the tangible. As reaction to this, he left his multimedia career and embraced the tactile. Drawn to the fascination of plastic, he started a new stage with the Secret Lapo Laboratories, a space for plastic experimentation, where he can give capacity to his artistic restlessness, far away from bits, clicks, databases and scripts. Out of this desire to make form with his own hands, the Jumping Brain viral was born. As his first independent project, the Jumping Brain has become an overnight sensation." You can find more of Emilio's work on his website, store, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

"Skull Brain Graphite"

Ali Gulec is from Istanbul, Turkey. His skulls are all experiments in design. His most outstanding artwork are the skulls. He combines various elements to form stunning skulls. His work is a modern take on surrealism and pop art. You can find more of Ali's work on his website, ikiiki, Society 6, and Twitter.

"Jungle Skull"

Nicolas Obery is from Paris, France. His digital monochromatic and high contrast work used fine details and and hazy smoke to create fantasy images. His work features a wide range of subject matter, but of course our favorites are his skulls. You can find more of Nicolas' work on his website, Twitter, and Facebook.

"Fantasmagorik - Skull Forest"

RX Skulls (or Arrex) is from Portland, OR. He is a street artist, who uses a skull to represent himself. He uses a multi-step process to turn his skull sketches into screen printed stickers, which he uses for his street art. This is a great interview about this man of mystery and his process to create his work. You can see more of RX Skulls' work on their shop, and Facebook.

To see all 10 artists' work close up, come to the Face Off show. Details below.

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

Look Into Your Own Heart

"Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart.

Who looks outside, dreams, who looks inside awakes."

- Carl Jung

via Yogaholics

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Kids Decor, 2013,غرف اطفال

بعض الافكار لغرف لديكور غرف الاطفال 2013

Kids Decor, 2013,غرف اطفال

Kids Decor 2

Some ideas for decor Rooms Kids 2013

Kids Decor, 2013.غرف اطفال

Kids Decor, 2013,غرف اطفال

Kids Decor

Kids Decor is one of the most important decorations in your apartment. Because it involves creativity and needs imagination, such as the children's imagination. So it spins fantasy where anything that fit the moon with the sun but it is consistent.Here are some types of decorations kids from our implementation we put between your hands.
يعتبر يكور الاطفال من اهم الديكورات فى شقتك .لما فيه من ابداع ويختاج الى خيال واسع كخيال الاطفال .لذا فهو يدور فانتازيا يصلح فيه اى شىء القمر مع الشمس لكن يتناسق . ولكم بعض انواع ديكورات الاطفال من تنفيذنا نضعها بين يديكم .

Kids Decor, 2013,ديكور اطفال