Dead Roses and other skull art

[buckobeck]

Thanks Burpee and Gray.

[buckobeck]

New skull done in Xara. Hope ya'll had a merry Christmas.

[gray]

What, no eye balls? Looks good Mark.

[graphicsbag]

Good stuff bucko. Playing around with some sugar skull ideas.

[Burpee]

That skull kind of reminds me of Mexico's Day of the Dead skulls.

[buckobeck]

Hi graphicsbag, gray, and Burpee.

Thank you all for stopping in. Nice skull graphicsbag. I agree with Nancy, smacks of Mexico's Day of the Dead. Very cool.

[graphicsbag]

You are both absolutely correct. During the Day of the Dead and other holidays, people make "sugar skulls". They are little skulls molded out of a mixture of sugar and meringue powder. They are decorated in many different ways but typically they are very colorful and bright.

For those of us who like skull art, its a good way to incorporate other influences into our art.

Here's a link to some good sugar skull info:
http://www.mexicansugarskull.com/

[buckobeck]

Interesting information about sugar skulls, thanks graphicsbag.

Attached is the latest edition in my skull series. This one is called Seven.

[gray]

The colours and eagle head all go together well, Mark. It looks great.

[buckobeck]

Howdy Folks. I haven't been to the forums for awhile (busy ya know), so I thought I stop in and look around, drop a few posts, and play catch-up.