{"id":12206,"date":"2006-11-15T12:47:01","date_gmt":"2006-11-15T12:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.adobe.com\/jnackdev\/2006\/11\/of-skulls-skaters.html"},"modified":"2006-11-15T12:47:01","modified_gmt":"2006-11-15T12:47:01","slug":"of_skulls_skaters-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/2006\/11\/15\/of_skulls_skaters-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Of skulls &#038; skaters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, I know that 11-year-old mallrats &amp; their feckless Hot Topic enablers have all but stomped the life out of skull imagery, but dammit, there are some good bits left: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iwantyourskull.com\/\">I Want Your Skull<\/a>  pulls together &quot;Art, design, toys. All things skeletal.&quot; [<a href=\"http:\/\/drawn.ca\/2006\/11\/13\/i-want-your-skull\/\">Via<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>The site turned me on to Brian Morris&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ooo000ooo.com\/\">excellent skull-heavy artwork<\/a>.&#160; He shares more work through his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iiillliii.com\/blog\/\">blog<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Marc Ecko&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/images\/B000H72GZ8\/ref=dp_image_z_0\/102-6530932-0426507?ie=UTF8&amp;n=3367581&amp;s=jewelry\">Better Off Dead watch<\/a> = fun, morbid bling.&#160; My wife is all over it.  I&#8217;m sure it would go well with this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.we-make-money-not-art.com\/archives\/009119.php\">skull disco ball<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&quot;You call yourself a Misfits fan?&quot;&#160; <a href=\"http:\/\/modblog.bmezine.com\/2006\/11\/13\/you-call-yourself-a-misfits-fan\/\">Mr. Facial Skull-Tat does<\/a>, and no one will question him.&#160; The first commenter captures my sentiments exactly. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.boingboing.net\/2006\/11\/14\/realistic_skull_tatt.html\">Via<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>A woman gets sketched from the bones up <a href=\"http:\/\/fcmx.net\/vec\/get.swf?i=003702\">here<\/a>. [Via Reen Bodo] <\/li>\n<li>I stumbled across a  gallery of Cameron Stewart&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-engine.net\/forum\/messages.php?webtag=ENGINE&amp;msg=3906.1\">incredible&#8211;and intense&#8211;artwork<\/a> from <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dccomics.com\/comics\/?cm=6135\">The Other Side<\/a><\/em>, the Vietnam war story he created with Jason Aaron. <\/li>\n<li>Charles Anderson&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csaimages.com\/modart.asp\">Mysterio Collection<\/a> offers stock art done in the style of Mexican horror pulp.&#160; Viva <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csaimages.com\/results.asp?image=777775&amp;wwwflag=1&amp;imagepos=10\"><em>pelo peligroso.<\/em><\/a>  [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.boingboing.net\/2006\/11\/13\/mysterio_stock_art_f.html\">Via<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>[Update: These handsome <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boingboing.net\/2006\/11\/30\/sterling_skull_cuffl.html\">skull cufflinks<\/a> will set you back a cool $225.]\n<li>Growing up, I <em>delighted<\/em> my parents for several years by covering my bedroom door with skateboarding stickers&#8211;always heavy on the skull imagery.&#160; Powell Peralta&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.retroskatestickers.com\/gal\/powellperalta.html\">Bones Brigade<\/a> and Jim Phillips&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.retroskatestickers.com\/gal\/santacruz.html\">Santa Cruz<\/a> art were among my faves.&#160; Along those lines, I got a kick out of this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/epidemia\/66573326\/\">tribute<\/a> to Jim&#8217;s iconic <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jimphillips.com\/skate\/jimpix14.htm\">screaming hand.<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Speaking of skating, DX Interactive has posted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dxinteractive.com\/skatetricks\/\">The A-Z of Skateboard Tricks<\/a>, a Flash-based gallery of 3D-rendered moves. [<a href=\"http:\/\/pixelfumes.blogspot.com\/2006\/11\/awesome-interactive-flash-displays-3d.html\">Via<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[See also <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.adobe.com\/jnack\/2006\/10\/i_want_your_sku.html\">previous skullduggery<\/a>] <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, I know that 11-year-old mallrats &amp; their feckless Hot Topic enablers have all but stomped the life out of skull imagery, but dammit, there are some good bits left: I Want Your Skull pulls together &quot;Art, design, toys. 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