Grab-A-Skull... It's Skull Appreciation Day!

179 Skulls & One Hand / vector illustration

June 4th is Skull Appreciation Day!!!! 

Why do I appreciate skulls?

• Any infrastructure protecting the brain from my own clumsiness is much appreciated
• Provides a nice solid foundation for cute a hairdo
• Very photogenic in x-rays images
• Keeps my brain from pushing my eyeballs out of my head when I sneeze (ok - not so sure if that's true but wouldn't want to find out)

Behold... My Limited Edition Skull Appreciation Button

Limited Edition Skull Appreciation Button / photo-booth image

Getting Ready for Skull Appreciation Day...

28 Skulls & One Hand / illustration

This illustration reminds me of the IFC Portlandia sketch "Put a bird on it" but with skulls instead of birds.

I just received my "Skull Appreciation" button in the mail... Pretty cool! Thanks Noah!

Skully Scones In SFO - It's Almost Skull Appreciation Day!

SFO Skully Scones / photograph

No Hands here but I could not resist - My trip to Spain started at San Francisco International, where I saw (and ate) one of these yummy berry scones. They had the skull-a-day vibe going on... with a touch of ufo

Crappy Toy Tuesday

Crappy Toy / vector illustration

Not all toys are happy - some are crappy.

Easter Bunny Finger Puppet Show

Easter Bunny Finger Puppet Show / vector illustration

I took multiple anatomical liberties with the bunny skull because I wanted the illustration to have a somewhat playful undertone. Happy Easter!

Bad Egg?

Creepy Easter Egg / vector illustration

I'm Crushing Your Head

I'm Crushing Your Head / vector illustration

I'm Still Crushing Your Head... But With A Pink Background Now / vector illustration

12 Choices For Head Crushing / vector illustration

Fauna Friday

Fauna / vector illustration

Former Fauna

 

Moose / illustration

Meandering Sans-Purpose

Ode to Skull-A-Day... Boo! / vector illustration

Rough study: Two hands reversed out of circle. I thought the initial symbol would look happy but then I noticed a skull shape taking form so I swapped the smile for skully teeth. The happy version on the left looks a cross between an extraterrestrial and Squidward without a nose.

Hats, Hands, & Skully Teeth / vector illustration

I Hate Clowns / vector illustration

There is a fine line between Peruvian bowler hats (very cool) and little clown hats (creepy). 

Repetition of shape: the negative space created by the fingers (rounded triangles suggesting eye location) is again repeated in a bow-tie directly below the head... interesting in theory but the execution is a one-way trip to clown town...

Conclusion: The Peruvian bowler hat only works without the bow-tie.