The Skull Thread

[Ensign Steve]

:news:

For too long, interesting skulls have been relegated to toil in obscurity in post-slutting and counting threads, in weirdliness and oddities threads, and, in the worst miscarriage of decency, miscellany and lolcats threads. I am fed up with it. I believe skulls need to be elevated in status so as to have their very own thread. Therefore, I give you:

:shakeskull: :skell: :keep: :skullove: :skulfire: THE SKULL THREAD:skulfire: :skullove: :keep: :skell: :shakeskull:

Post all your skull pictures and breaking skull news in this thread. :thankee:

[Ensign Steve]

I'll kick things off with the Skull Pinhole Camera:

http://www.geekologie.com/2008/09/24/skull-pinhole-1.jpg

This work entitled Third Eye, a study of "the beauty of decay," uses precious metals like titanium and silver to expose the memory of time onto film, sheering the 150 year old skull of a 13 year old girl.

Yikes!: A Creepy Pinhole Camera Skull - Geekologie (http://www.geekologie.com/2008/09/yikes_a_creepy_pinhole_camera.php)

Bonus fucking creepy photo taken by very same camera:

http://www.geekologie.com/2008/09/24/skull-pinhole-2.jpg

:wriggle:

[BrotherMan]

Skull flower by ~okaypants on deviantART

http://fc93.deviantart.com/fs15/f/2007/047/8/6/Skull_Flower_by_okaypants.jpg

[pescifish]

:shakeskull:

http://www.williams-sonoma.com/wsimgs/ab/images/p2/products/200838/0030/img46m.jpgChocolate Skulls, Set of 6

Sublime and spooky at the same time, these wondrously detailed confections are handcrafted from premium Guittard chocolate. Valerie Confections, an artisanal chocolatier in Los Angeles, created the assortment of miniature skulls for us, and they arrive in a coffin-shaped box. Included are milk, bittersweet and white chocolate. 3 oz. Set of six, two of each flavor. A Williams-Sonoma exclusive.
I just ordered these goodies for our October visit with SharonDee, so you will be seeing these in person soon!

[pescifish]

Ha! Speaking of recent catalog purchases... This guy is also on its way to become the latest addition to my undead decor.
http://a248.e.akamai.net/f/248/6062/6h/s7ondemand1.scene7.com/is/image/frontgate/detailFamilyTmp?$detail_family$&$imgsrc=is{frontgate/32197REA?scl=1}

[Legs]

http://www.qsov.com/Italy2005/018CapuchinCrypt1.jpg




http://www.geocities.com/trpjwig/rome/rome3.JPG


http://photos.igougo.com/images/p42059-Rome-Capuchin_Crypt.jpg

[Ari]

I'll kick things off with the Skull Pinhole Camera:
That is awesome!!

[mickthinks]

http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/gallery/files/1/7/8/4/hirst-love-of-god.jpg

For the Love of God, sculpture by Damien Hirst
platinum cast of a human skull covered with 8,601 diamonds (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_the_Love_of_God_(artwork))

[ceptimus]

A couple of skull 'optical illusions'.

http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=4203&d=1222291725
(Girl reflected in mirror).

http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=4204&d=1222291735
(Men and cat, at seaside).

[Ensign Steve]

It's neat. In the thumbnails it's all skull all the time, and in the inline attachments, you can really make out all the detail.

[Ymir's blood]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Gray252.png/250px-Gray252.png

[Ensign Steve]

Whassat?

[Ymir's blood]

femur

[Ymir's blood]

A couple of skull 'optical illusions'.

http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=4203&d=1222291725
(Girl reflected in mirror).
This image is an illustration of the danger of vanity. The girl primping in the mirror is turned into the image of a skull, that is death.

[BracesForImpact]

Skull motorcycle:

http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/73ab8405f8.jpg (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/)

[Ymir's blood]

I'll kick things off with the Skull Pinhole Camera:
The photograph is very cool. It's like cobwebs in the sky.

The camera itself makes me wonder who the girl was.

[Garnet]

Crystal skull:

http://trylobyte.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/skull2.jpg

[Garnet]

Diamond skull:

http://www.estatevaults.com/lm/%20Damian%20Hurst%20skull.jpg

[Garnet]

Skull ring with garnet eyes:

http://www.jewelrybyemmy.com/img/rings/skull_garnet_ring.jpg

:cool2:

[Dingfod]

http://www.gaiaherbs.com/images_herbs/chinese-skullcap.jpg

[Ensign Steve]

Whassat?

[Dingfod]

Chinese skullcap.

[The Lone Ranger]

http://www.cbu.edu/~aross/companat/shark-chondrocranium-ventral(dried)-CBU.jpg

It's the "skull" of a shark. Sharks have no bones so, technically, don't have skulls. (A shark's skeleton is made of cartilage, not bone.) Therefore, the "skull" of a shark is properly known as its chondrocranium.

Oh, and sharks do get cancer, just like all other vertebrate animals. While it's true that cartilage is a lot less prone to become cancerous than are many other body tissues, even bone, that's because cartilage has no direct blood supply and therefore grows very slowly as a rule. Slow-growing tissues with no direct blood supply rarely become cancerous. So taking "shark cartilage" pills will not reduce your chances of getting cancer. All it will do is make you a little poorer, some quack a little richer, and some poor sharks dead.

[Ymir's blood]

http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=4205&stc=1&d=1222309396

[Dingfod]

http://www.templelooters.com/evil/images/gabm-68.jpg

[Kael]

I'll kick things off with the Skull Pinhole Camera:

http://www.geekologie.com/2008/09/24/skull-pinhole-1.jpg

:eek:
Wow, this looks like a skull-probe from Warhammer 40k (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Warhammer40000)... That's awesome on so many levels.

[Kyuss Apollo]

Not much on this computer...only two measley skull pictures.

Still, quality skulls, my friends. Parasauropholus and human skulls.

Sometimes I think we should have a large sinus cavity sticking out the top of our heads--and I could sell my old snorkeling gear on eBay.

Of course, if we ALL had a huge nasal crest on the top of our heads, no one would NEED my old snorkeling gear now would they...

Damn it!!

[Dingfod]

Double plus good:

http://skyscraper.fortunecity.com/andreessen/804/other/skeletor.jpg

[fragment]

http://www.residents.com/RZPhoto/page1/files/page1-1003-full.jpg

the residents (http://www.residents.com/)

[Legs]

More skull illusion thingies

http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/cog_blureffects/amour_pierrot.jpg



http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/cog_blureffects/Gossip.jpg




http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/cog_blureffects/au-revoir.jpg




http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/cog_blureffects/face_women.jpg




http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/cog_blureffects/dali-voluptate-mors.jpg



http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/cog_blureffects/dali-ballerina.jpg



http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/cog_blureffects/judge_cover.jpg

[The Lone Ranger]

Not much on this computer...only two measley skull pictures.

Still, quality skulls, my friends. Parasauropholus and human skulls.

Sometimes I think we should have a large sinus cavity sticking out the top of our heads--and I could sell my old snorkeling gear on eBay.

Of course, if we ALL had a huge nasal crest on the top of our heads, no one would NEED my old snorkeling gear now would they...

Damn it!!

:psst: It's actually Parasaurolophus, not Parasauropholus.

The nostrils of Parasaurolophus were at the front, just like any other dinosaur's. So even though the nasal cavities extended into the impressive head crest, the crest couldn't have been used as a snorkel. It was probably used as a resonating chamber to amplify the animal's calls.


Most of the lambeosaurs had some pretty impressive headgear, but for a dinosaur with a truly bizaare skull, you can't beat Oviraptor, in my opinion.

http://www.dinosaur.net.cn/Museum/images/Ovi_skull_R_ring_sm.jpg


Cheers,

Michael

[curses]

Loads of wolf skulls here (http://www.flickr.com/photos/naamah_darling/sets/72157604066735860/).

[Ymir's blood]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/07/health_facing_up_to_death/img/1.jpg

[Master Taran]

http://www.fellowshipfoundry.com/images/K641.jpg

[Ensign Steve]

http://i35.tinypic.com/20rs8wm.jpg

[Chris Porter]

http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/gallery/files/7/5/3/skull.jpg

[Legs]

http://asapblogs.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/06/21/ripleys_believe_it_o_cart_2.jpg

[pescifish]

Ah...hahahahaha....

[Ensign Steve]

:laugh:

[pescifish]

I will find the skullIwillfindtheskullIwillfindtheSKULL
:crazy:

[Master Taran]

NSFW!!!!!

http://www.killsometime.com/Pictures/images/xrayBlowjob.jpg

[Ensign Steve]

:lol: Nice!

[curses]

:rofl:

Edit: Fear my evil etsy.com search results for sugar skull (http://www.etsy.com/search_results.php?search_type=tag_title&search_query=sugar+skull). You may want to hide your wallets and paypal accounts from this one.

[Ensign Steve]

Only 33 shopping days left until dia de los muertos. :wriggle:

[Ensign Steve]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Calavera.jpg/530px-Calavera.jpg

[Dingfod]

http://www.great-bradley.suffolk.gov.uk/Great%20Bradley%20church_files/graveyard/grave190b.jpg (http://www.great-bradley.suffolk.gov.uk/Great%20Bradley%20church_files/graveyard/grave190a.jpg)


Another with skull and crossbones. (http://farm1.static.flickr.com/224/470088328_1ebdf96c6d.jpg?v=0)

[Dingfod]

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/06/11/article-1025743-0190985A00000578-830_468x627.jpg

[Shelli]

http://vwallguitars.com/images/uploads/Jackson_SL2H_Skulls.jpg

http://static.desktopnexus.com/wallpapers/13442-bigthumbnail.jpg

http://chipps-cheerleading.info/sb/topten1.jpg

http://eater.com/2006_11_goldbar_skulls.jpg

http://www.rorschachentertainment.com/shop/images/uploads/goth-n-skulls.jpg

http://www.blackrayne.com/images/fabric/skullsncats.jpg

http://www.blackrayne.com/images/fabric/skullsnbones.jpg

http://www.blackrayne.com/images/fabric/glowingskellys.jpg

http://www.dragon-mania.co.uk/Images/Larger%20images/img_skulls_NEM4061.jpg

http://www.dragon-mania.co.uk/Images/Larger%20images/img_skulls_NEM4036.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_scQG3wZxdPI/Rx4bLn6PUKI/AAAAAAAABQg/QvN8JfCavAs/s1600/Vibe%2BGT%2Bskull-with-blue-real-fire.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JQQplR9PGkw/SATcypvPrzI/AAAAAAAAAIo/Vq26tqnLdZU/s1600/skull-a-day.gif

[Shelli]

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/8121/deathheadln5.jpg

http://www.zhippo.com/PhilYoungNoregretsHOSTED/images/gallery/red-skull-zipper-tattoo-m.jpg

http://z.about.com/d/tattoo/1/0/u/y/hiram051505i.jpg

http://www.paul-miles.com/images/tattoos/Paul-Miles-Tattoos-Wolf-Skull-Finished.jpg

http://bp2.blogger.com/_scQG3wZxdPI/Rtyid1GdWOI/AAAAAAAAAz0/Y0KwgmPIIEU/s400/220158933_9464634e3d.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_scQG3wZxdPI/RtyieVGdWRI/AAAAAAAAA0M/FvuqiaX5_II/s1600/filipskull.jpg

http://bp3.blogger.com/_scQG3wZxdPI/Rtyi5FGdWVI/AAAAAAAAA0s/IsQzOyHGDf4/s400/MattColor78.jpg

http://bp2.blogger.com/_scQG3wZxdPI/Rtyi41GdWTI/AAAAAAAAA0c/tZBgixCoKGQ/s400/MattColor55.jpg

http://bp0.blogger.com/_scQG3wZxdPI/Rtyi5VGdWWI/AAAAAAAAA00/_L2khRB0fc0/s400/ryanskullil4.jpg

http://bp3.blogger.com/_scQG3wZxdPI/Rtyi5FGdWUI/AAAAAAAAA0k/-JExW66GpLE/s400/MattColor57.jpg

http://bp0.blogger.com/_scQG3wZxdPI/Rtyi5VGdWXI/AAAAAAAAA08/xZh0jSvfAL0/s400/ThiefColor49.jpg

http://z.about.com/d/tattoo/1/0/C/r/103104g.jpg

http://z.hubpages.com/u/110872_f520.jpg

http://z.about.com/d/tattoo/1/0/U/n/1/081907d1.jpg

[Shelli]

Source: Skulls - California Academy of Sciences (http://www.calacademy.org/exhibits/skulls/index.html)

Warthog skull
http://www.calacademy.org/exhibits/skulls/random/warthog.jpg

Jaguar skull
http://www.calacademy.org/exhibits/skulls/random/jaguar.jpg

Green Sea Turtle skull
http://www.calacademy.org/exhibits/skulls/random/green_sea_turtle.jpg

Giraffe skull
http://www.calacademy.org/exhibits/skulls/random/giraffe.jpg

Owl Monkey skull
http://www.calacademy.org/exhibits/skulls/random/owl_monkey.jpg

Rhino skull
http://www.calacademy.org/exhibits/skulls/random/rhino.jpg

Malayan Tapir skull
http://www.calacademy.org/exhibits/skulls/random/malayan_tapir.jpg

http://www.calacademy.org/exhibits/skulls/random/elephant.jpg

http://www.calacademy.org/exhibits/skulls/random/zebra.jpg

[Ensign Steve]

I like the :turtle:

[Ymir's blood]

http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=4250&stc=1&d=1222647502

[Master Taran]

http://static.i85media.com/dumbphotos/photos/People/370-uglytattoo.jpg

[JoeP]

Painting by Frans Hal, of Five 'new' paintings by Frans Hals discovered - Freethought Forum (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17797) fame:

http://www.abcgallery.com/H/hals/hals29.JPG

[curses]

:redx:

[JoeP]

r u talkin' to me?

One o' them no hotlinking sites perhaps? The image shows up when I use a different browser ... but it might be cached somewhere else ... Was this Watser?'s problem? too?

http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=4266&stc=1&d=1222787120

[Dingfod]

http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2008/09/knifeheadPA_450x250.jpg (http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?Miracle_of_knife_victim_stabbed_in_the_head&in_article_id=332552&in_page_id=34)

[Ensign Steve]

For some reason that picture looks funny to me when it's next to your avatar. :giggles:

[Dingfod]

* Dingfod laughed out loud.

[Dingfod]

Turn around, turn around. There's a thing there that can be found.
Turn around, turn around. It's a human skull on the ground (http://www.local6.com/news/17587744/detail.html?rss=orlpn&psp=news).
Human skull, on the ground, turn around.

They might be giants, what are we going to do unless they are?

[Shelli]

iiiiiiiiit's.... HAPPY BUNNY!! :bunnythrust:

http://happybunny.orbitearthstores.com/images/SkullLarge.jpg

[Shelli]

A :skull: toaster? :chuckle:

http://www.geekologie.com/2007/02/skull-toast.jpg

[Watser?]

Vincent van Gogh - Skull with burning cigarette

http://www.canvasreplicas.com/images/Skull%20with%20Burning%20Cigarette%20Vincent%20van%20Gogh.jpg

[mickthinks]

HAMLET: Let me see.Takes the skullAlas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one now, to mock your own grinning? quite chap-fallen? Now get you to my lady's chamber, and tell her, let her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must come; make her laugh at that.

[Watser?]

Albrecht Dürer - Jerome

http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=4268&stc=1&d=1222817381

[Ymir's blood]

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd254/lukeprog/018Bruegel-TriumphOfDeath.jpg

[Garnet]

http://www.t-shirthumor.com/Merchant2/graphics/fullsize/bnhd_lg.gif

[curses]

Turn around, turn around. There's a thing there that can be found.
Turn around, turn around. It's a human skull on the ground (http://www.local6.com/news/17587744/detail.html?rss=orlpn&psp=news).
Human skull, on the ground, turn around.

They might be giants, what are we going to do unless they are?
+1 for the TMBG reference.

[mickthinks]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Holbein-ambassadors.jpg
The Ambassadors - Hans Holbein the younger (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ambassadors_(Holbein))

The most notable and famous of Holbein's symbols in the work, however, is the skewed skull which is placed in the bottom centre of the composition. The skull, rendered in anamorphic perspective, another invention of the Early Renaissance, is meant to be nearly subliminal as the viewer must approach the painting nearly from the side to see the form morph into a completely accurate rendering of a human skull.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Skull-Ambassadors.jpg

[Ensign Steve]

http://www.kozoo.net/envelop.jpg

[Ensign Steve]

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/825/escher2079twoneye1mo7.jpg

[pescifish]

{dead WaMu envelope}
Heh. Looks like my doodling during our team and staff meetings.


Love the classic paintings. Ymir's blood's Triumph of Death is like "Where's Waldo?" for skulls. Wheeee! :yup:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/610sz6MbTGL._SS400_.jpg

[Shelli]

Ooooo.. purty! :=D

[Legs]

:unknife:

Skull

[Dingfod]

http://senatesite.com/blog/uploaded_images/skullvalleyroad-774941.jpg

[Master Taran]

http://www.niccishoes.com/shoeshop/images/P/skull.jpg

[Legs]

http://www.halloweenmania.co.uk/images/skull-tea-cosies.jpg

[Ensign Steve]

:aww:

[JoeP]

Today is Little Miss JoeP's birthday (she's 14). I made her a cake (and then we eated it).

http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/gallery/files/6/5/pict4529a_original.jpg
(those are glace cherries that were his eyes)

http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/gallery/files/6/5/pict4533a_original.jpg

[Ensign Steve]

:golfclap:

[Legs]

Love the skull cake! :hungry:

[Smilin]

Ditto! :yum:

[curses]

What happens when you combine Chuck F and Ymir's blood?

http://www.gaelsong.com/images/uploads/145209_1121_popup.jpg

From here (http://www.gaelsong.com/product/145209/Samhain)

[Ensign Steve]

:rofl:

[JoeP]

Want.

[Smilin]

:lol:

[Ymir's blood]

those are glace cherries that were his eyes
Of his bones are icing made?

[JoeP]

Exactly!

[Ymir's blood]

This isn't a skull, but on the Tarot card, Death carries it as a flag.

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn259/pitshade/deathpatch.jpg

The material it's painted onto came from a pair of thrift store pants I couldn't wear. It's going to be the patch for the back of my denim jacket.

[Ensign Steve]

Neat!

[Legs]

Seriously, who says "neat" anymore? :giggles:

[Tanda]

http://www.chairblog.eu/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/sensory-deprivation-skull-chair-5.jpg

[Ensign Steve]

Seriously, who says "neat" anymore? :giggles:

http://wegotusafamilyhere.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/sweater-guy.jpg

[Legs]

Groovy!

[Tanda]

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/slompy/skull-6.png

[JoeP]

Fab!

[Tanda]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0OXYBDjaqVw/RylEWYExZeI/AAAAAAAABXQ/t_O1qtkcX4M/s1600/skull150.jpg

[Legs]

Suitcase Skull (http://www.wftv.com/video/17668555/index.html)

[Master Taran]

Suitcase Skull (http://www.wftv.com/video/17668555/index.html)Now that was a bone head idea. :shakeskull:

[Ymir's blood]

Suitcase Skull (http://www.wftv.com/video/17668555/index.html)

Another reason not to travel by air. :\

[Dingfod]

Turn around, turn around. There's a thing there that can be found.
Turn around, turn around. It's a human skull on the ground (http://www.local6.com/news/17587744/detail.html?rss=orlpn&psp=news).
Human skull, on the ground, turn around.

They might be giants, what are we going to do unless they are?Clyde Snow, perhaps the most famous forensic anthropologist in the world, is on the case. News link (http://www.newson6.com/Global/story.asp?S=9165432&nav=menu682_2)

[BrotherMan]

My current avatar:
http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/image.php?u=284&dateline=1223645273

Which is all mine. I maded it myself. In Photoshop! His nose was made from an exclamation point! Like this one!

[JoeP]

Well done BrotherMan!

Everyone, look at the lovely avatar BrotherMan made!

:P

[BrotherMan]

After this I'm not thanking you anymore.
:brooding:

[Ensign Steve]

I think it's cool! :^^

[JoeP]

I do too
:psst:

[BrotherMan]

:shakejoep:

:cheer:

[Watser?]

Good photoshopping BM :thumbup:

[BrotherMan]

From the ELE applications file:

The Pint Sized Pirate!

:cheer:

[Ensign Steve]

http://www.instablogsimages.com/images/2008/10/24/recycling_NOrtl_69.jpg

Eco Arts: Scary Skull Crafted From Old Kitchen Utensils - Ecofriend (http://www.ecofriend.org/entry/eco-arts-scary-skull-crafted-from-old-kitchen-utensils/)

[Legs]

:spend:

[Ymir's blood]

Eco Arts: Scary Skull Crafted From Old Kitchen Utensils - Ecofriend (http://www.ecofriend.org/entry/eco-arts-scary-skull-crafted-from-old-kitchen-utensils/)

Someone should animate that (Terry Gilliam style) eating the kid.

[Shelli]

The Skeleton Church (http://www.getwonder.com/2008/06/awesome-the-skeleton-church/)

The Sedlec Ossuary ( Kostnice Sedlec) is a Roman Catholic Church in Sedlec, The Czech Republic, famous for its unusual, organic decorations.

Unlike other churches that like to use religious paintings and religious jewelery as decorations, this one uses between 40,000 and 70,000 human bone.

http://www.odditycentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/bone_church3.jpg

See more pics of the church here. (http://www.getwonder.com/2008/06/awesome-the-skeleton-church/)

[Ymir's blood]

livius started this thread (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?p=63318) about a similar church in um, I think it was in Egypt.

[Legs]

:romeinaday:

[Shelli]

:gooduse:

[Legs]

Horse Girl and I went to that Church last Nov :longing:

[Legs]

I took this pic at Disneyland Paris :wriggle:

http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/gallery/files/3/1/5/2007dlp121.jpg

[Legs]

http://www.craphound.com/images/disneypiratetee.jpg

[Ensign Steve]

Weird!

[Legs]

You are!
:mickey:

[Ensign Steve]

NO YUO
:goofy:

[Ensign Steve]

http://www.paulinsect.com/shows/poisonldn_pmates/Images_Large/image_01.jpg

Source:
P.INSECT (http://www.paulinsect.com/shows/poisonldn_pmates/poisonldn_pmates.html)

[JoeP]

http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=4430&stc=1&d=1226566923

[Ensign Steve]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mPNcJDuQGtc/SRyVk7k8cPI/AAAAAAAAAjk/DWXXz1iwD_o/s1600-h/a211_f5.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mPNcJDuQGtc/SRyVbE_98kI/AAAAAAAAAjM/vnAmUat6B0Y/s400/a211_f8.jpg

Pirate bento!

Edit: What, no hotlinking? Well fuck them. It wasn't that good anyway. How hilarious that they block hotlinking to photos they stole in the first place. :pirate:

Edit again: And now the second one shows up. What ever!

[Legs]

http://stylespy.instyle.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/31/corumskullwatch.png

[Wonderbread Leotard]

Skull Bike (http://hackedgadgets.com/2006/11/11/skull-bike/)

http://hackedgadgets.com/wp-content/skull_bike_02_6.JPG

http://hackedgadgets.com/wp-content/skull_bike_02_1.JPG

http://hackedgadgets.com/wp-content/skull_bike_02_2.jpg

[Legs]

:shudder:

[Wonderbread Leotard]

Some of the comments are hilarious, like: I’m surprised this bike wasn’t under the “dumb bikes”. I mean who would want to cruise around looking like they’re having anal sex with a skeleton.Is that skelton…. male r female???am i the first to notice there are NO BRAKES?

[Ensign Steve]

http://budk.com/images/250/14XL1073.jpg
Tomahawk Skull Gauntlet - The BudK Catalog (http://budk.com/tomahawk-skull-gauntlet/p/14%20XL1073/c2p/hp/)

[Legs]

:stunned:

[Dingfod]

I looked at a used Ford pickup today that had a skull shift knob and metal brake, clutch, and accelerator pedals with skulls with LED eyes on them. If I were to buy it, those are going up on eBay.

[Shelli]

http://lh6.ggpht.com/abramsv/R-q89vXRgZI/AAAAAAAAMo4/LJHf1btNfWI/031_pics.jpg?imgmax=512

[Legs]

http://outdoortravels.com/files/nz_mntsmrs_17_skull.jpg

[Watser?]

http://www.museumkennis.nl/sites/nnm.dossiers/contents/i003632/mammoet_olburgen.jpg

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_5jpgtjKL0fk/Rv6RyhIjOeI/AAAAAAAADOU/9BAWlMY4hrU/s640/DSCF0010.JPG

[Dingfod]

Skull with built-in sauna:

http://wwwimage.cbsnews.com/images/2008/11/17/image4612109.jpg (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/11/17/ap/strange/main4612108.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4612108)

[ceptimus]

http://ceptimus.co.uk/freethought/images/dali_soldier_warning.jpg

Dali made this painting to warn soldiers about the risk of catching venereal desease.

[Dingfod]

Just saw Mystery Men again last night.

http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/b/bowler.jpg

[Ymir's blood]

Dali made this painting to warn soldiers about the risk of catching venereal desease.It was immediately obvious as a 'vanitas' style picture. However it also makes me think of a glob of mucous, which might be even more disturbing to the soldier...

Just saw Mystery Men again last night.

http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/b/bowler.jpg
Love that movie. :thumbup:

... and Janeane.

[Ensign Steve]

That's a great flick.

[Watser?]

Janeane :smitten:

[Dingfod]

Hey, I saw her first.

I also love the Herkimer Battle Jitney.

[freemonkey]

http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/gallery/files/1/5/skull.jpg (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/gallery/showimage.php?i=5549&c=87)



:duckride:

[BrotherMan]

AFLA... urk.

[Legs]

Jeweled Skulls (http://www.yeeeeee.com/2009/01/11/jeweled-skulls-27-pics/)

[JoeP]

Some of those are a bit odd - not really skully - but some are awesome

http://yeeeeee.com/imagebank/Skulls/amy_sarkisian_skull_804.jpg

http://yeeeeee.com/imagebank/Skulls/red.jpg :larrow: fave

[Legs]

My fav was this one... I like my skulls flashy.

http://yeeeeee.com/imagebank/Skulls/det_jaw.jpg

[livius drusus]

Breaking skull news! Geronimo's descendant sues Skull and Bones for Geronimo's skull and bones (http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/1934).

[BrotherMan]

http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs23/f/2007/352/8/b/8b04a825bf58c02a.jpg

Oh, sorry, misread the title.

[Dingfod]

My fav was this one... I like my skulls flashy.

http://yeeeeee.com/imagebank/Skulls/det_jaw.jpgPerfect for Mardi Gras.

[Leesifer]

Thanks for the bump liv and also thanks for reminding me about The History Blog. Now bookmarked again. :sheepish:

[Shake]

Well, here's a skull with some impressive attachments:
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y184/shake69/100_0499.jpg

And here's one that's just plain impressive:
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y184/shake69/TRexhead.jpg

[livius drusus]

Holy shit is that mooseasaur for real?

[Dingfod]

That's just a moose skeleton. They're huuuuuge.

[Leesifer]

A Møøse once bit my sister...

[Shake]

Holy shit is that mooseasaur for real?

Actually it is! I don't recall whether this was a modern day moose, but this was taken in one of the Smithsonian museums in DC, last time I was there. The T-Rex head was on display at the local community college a couple of years ago. I noticed it in between classes one day.

[Shake]

Møøse bites can be pretty nasti

[Dingfod]

Skull table lamp:

http://www.coolhunting.com/images/frankielamp1.jpg
CLICK IMAGE FOR LINK (http://www.coolhunting.com/archives/2009/02/brazilian_desig.php)

[tyciol]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Gray252.png/250px-Gray252.png

http://rivendell.fortunecity.com/might/139/img/femur.gif

[The Lone Ranger]

Moose are pretty impressive, but the Irish Elk (Megaloceros giganteus) had an even bigger rack.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Irish_Elk_front.jpg/800px-Irish_Elk_front.jpg

[Dingfod]

http://www.kidrobot.com/prodimages/5118-DEFAULT-l.jpg

[Ensign Steve]

I like it!

[Dingfod]

Dan Akyroyd loves Crystal Head Vodka
http://www.ravensbarrow.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/Crystal%20Head%20Vodka.png (http://crystalheadvodka.com/)

[Dingfod]

http://dawn.cbcr3.com/nmc/6/6346/Images/Gob_new_cover.jpg

Also appearing here (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?p=685696#post685696).

[BrotherMan]

Can't hotlink to the image, but here (http://comicartcommunity.com/gallery/details.php?image_id=33433&mode=search) is a cool one.

[trientalis]

My choice for Most Beautiful Bone, which, in keeping with the thread, just happens to be located in the skull is the sphenoid (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphenoid_bone).

Wouldn't that look just fabulous in lucite? There's something interesting to see from every angle.

[Tanda]

This one's pretty unique!!

NSFW-

http://www.thestranger.com/blog/files/2006/06/Dali_women_skull.jpg

[curses]

I found something for Yb's bathroom.

http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5329&stc=1&d=1240440808

[Ymir's blood]

Makes me think of the handlebars on a bike.

http://ironwindmetals.com/catalog/images/DeathTakesARide.jpg?osCsid=543d5f178919cdc343d64a4daa152cb4

[Ensign Steve]

It's kind of a cheesy contribution, but this thread needed a bump.

http://www.geekologie.com/2009/07/16/skull-phone.jpg

*Ring* Hello -- Death?: Novelty Skull Phone - Geekologie (http://www.geekologie.com/2009/07/ring_hello_death_novelty_skull.php)

[BrotherMan]

Now that's bling.

[Watser?]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1X4Wk_G_kZU/Sl4qRSB3fzI/AAAAAAAAAMo/kqXbgybLvSU/s400/hard+boiled+egg+skull.JPG

[The Lone Ranger]

My choice for Most Beautiful Bone, which, in keeping with the thread, just happens to be located in the skull is the sphenoid (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphenoid_bone).

Wouldn't that look just fabulous in lucite? There's something interesting to see from every angle.

Ah, the sphenoid; that's definitely my favorite bone! So delicate yet so strong. So symmetrical and so beautiful; it looks like a butterfly.

In my Human A&P classes, I always wax lyrical when showing and describing the sphenoid. Once, during a review session, while trying to get students to name bones, processes, foramina, etc., I simply said, "This is my favorite bone." The whole class immediately replied, "the sphenoid!".

[Ensign Steve]

Found in my caramel popcorn.

[Ymir's blood]

Looks more like this guy:
http://trekmovie.com/wp-content/uploads/corbomite/balok_puppet.jpg

[ITSOZAZ]

i like this one...

http://zedomax.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/pill-skull-2.jpg

[Demimonde]

Today I got to walk into a giant skull! :flowerdance:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3496/3824335501_da8c0b6998.jpg

It was at the Kimball Art Museum. There is a fantastic exhibition going on right now callled Butchers, Dragons, Gods, and Skeletons. Filmaker Phillip Haas did media art installations for five of the works in the Kimball's collection. The skull film was shown on four screens inside the skull, each screen running a different perspective of the same narrative. It's tough to explain. The narrative was both the story of what the painting presents, as well as its creation, overlaid intertextually. It was magical.

This is the James Ensor painting that the skull installation was centered on:

http://www.artmuseumtouring.com/images/Museums/Kimbell/ensor_350.jpg
Skeletons Warming Themselves, 1889

Which is one of my faves!

Here is a shot of one section of the film:

http://envymags.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dallas_art_august2.jpg

(Which really doesn't do it justice)

Here is a picture of the room that did an interpritation of Apollo and the Contients by Giovanni Tiepolo that liv would go ga-ga over:

http://blog.livedesignonline.com/briefingroom/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/tiepolo1.jpg

Three walls and the ceiling were all projections, with the fourth wall covered by a mirror. The ceiling did a slow detail of all of the figures in the original, before finally uniting them in a glorious whole, the full fresco. The walls had the artist on one side painting, across from him was a woman reclining and gazing into a mirror, which the artist on the opposite wall was reflected in. Really amazing.

liv would also love the The Death of Pentheus.

Here is a local link (http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/2009/07/27/review-butchers-dragons-gods-skeletons-at-the-kimbell/) that does a far better job of describing the different things, and has clips of the different installations. My particular favorite was Annibale Caracci's The Butcher Shop.

Two screens facing each other, with the artist and easel set up on one side, and the butchers seting up the tableau and goofing around. The beautiful detail shots of marbled beef on one screen, while the texture of cadmium red oils and white and yellow on the other was really cool. Then the interplay between subject and artist was grand.

[JoeP]

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0906/Navires013_audrin900.jpg

[Ymir's blood]

All I see is a cupcake. :dunno:

:wink:

[BrotherMan]

Something a little odd here (http://thecontaminated.com/cartoon-characters-skeletons/).

http://thecontaminated.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/bugs-bunny-skeleton-4.jpg

[Sock Puppet]

http://images.chron.com/apps/comics/images/2009/10/12/Monty.131.g.gif

[Ensign Steve]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v467/metalchick666/blog%20stuff/1814176730_617f224c44.jpg

MOAR (http://growlingbelly.com/2009/07/skull-cake-collection/)

[ITSOZAZ]

hey i should include my avatar and other m.c. escher skulls...

http://www.artinthepicture.com/artists/MC_Escher/skull.jpg

http://www.poster.net/escher-mc/escher-mc-eye-7400027.jpg

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_0uFdJk1NW3E/RuwaPpaN2WI/AAAAAAAAD3k/sLbP6AqagXE/M+C++Escher+Skull+1917.jpg

oh and i stumbled upon this cool one...

http://brainden.com/images/orosz-skull.jpg

[JoeP]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v467/metalchick666/blog%20stuff/1814176730_617f224c44.jpg

WANT

[JoeP]

Skulls and Bacon (http://skullsandbacon.blogspot.com/)

[JoeP]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v437/SecretCode/screencaps/Screenshot.png

From Ubuntu Satanic Edition. More wallpapers here (http://ubuntusatanic.org/screenshots.php), some of which have skulls, and one of which is NSFW.

[Legs]

http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/gallery/files/3/1/5/pumpkincarving-raven.jpg

[Dingfod]

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd45/TrilB/snapdragon1.jpg

[BrotherMan]

Found in a theatre:

Apologies for the blur. Finicky camera phone.

[Demimonde]

http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs267.snc1/9416_282685155117_559405117_8830530_4350303_n.jpg

A mural, by an artist named Ramiro, in Dallas.

[Ymir's blood]

Wow, she looks so lifelike!

[Dingfod]

http://www.marsanomalyresearch.com/evidence-reports/2006/102/2-102-skull-closer-views.jpg

[BrotherMan]

:freakout:

[Ensign Steve]

http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs267.snc1/9416_282685155117_559405117_8830530_4350303_n.jpg

A mural, by an artist named Ramiro, in Dallas.

I love it.

[Dingfod]

http://kotv.images.worldnow.com/images/11422910_BG2.jpg

[Ensign Steve]

http://www.geekologie.com/2009/10/30/death-furniture-1.jpg

I'm Digging It: Anatomical Furniture Designs - Geekologie (http://www.geekologie.com/2009/10/im_digging_it_anatomical_furni.php)

[Qingdai]

Strong bad, strong sad and homestarrunner go all Halloween macrame on us, with skulls!

http://www.homestarrunner.com/ween09.html

[Ensign Steve]

http://www.geekologie.com/2009/11/03/money-art-6.jpg

Laser-Cut Cash Rules Everything Around Me, CREAM, Get The Money, Dolla Dolla Bills Y'all - Geekologie (http://www.geekologie.com/2009/11/lasercut_cash_rules_everything.php)

[BrotherMan]

I found some neat lookin skulls at an icon site.

The first, candy looking one, is part of a pack called simply enough Skulls (http://pixelgirlpresents.com/node/7065).

The second one is one of many in the DeathZ ManY FaceZ (http://pixelgirlpresents.com/node/6715).

The other two were the only ones from other packs.

[Ensign Steve]

The first, candy looking one

That's a sugar skull (http://www.mexicansugarskull.com/).

You probably already knew that.

[BrotherMan]

I did
:loud:

[livius drusus]

I discovered a new artist yesterday. Well, not new -- he was working in the mid-19th century -- but new to me. His name is Antoine Wiertz. He was Belgian and what was once his studio is now a museum dedicated to his awesomely pulpy oeuvre, featuring many skulls/corpses/nekkid people.

Two Young Girls, or the Beautiful Rosine:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Antoine_Wiertz_Two_Young_Girls_or_the_Beautiful_Rosine.jpg/396px-Antoine_Wiertz_Two_Young_Girls_or_the_Beautiful_Rosine.jpg

Moar (http://www.darkromance.com/gothi​c-arts/paintings/g-antoine-wiertz​/index.html).

[Ensign Steve]

A is for Awesome, B is for Bowie, S is for ... (http://gizmodo.com/5417972/b-is-for-bowie-a-is-for-awesome-keyboard-stickers) well, you know.

[JoeP]

http://www.dockera.com/pics/fun/witch.jpg

[Ensign Steve]

:lol:

He's looking up "blood."

[Ymir's blood]

My number isn't listed. :nope:

[Ensign Steve]

http://ihasahotdog.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/funny-dog-pictures-no-mailman.jpg

[Shake]

I discovered a new artist yesterday. Well, not new -- he was working in the mid-19th century -- but new to me. His name is Antoine Wiertz. He was Belgian and what was once his studio is now a museum dedicated to his awesomely pulpy oeuvre, featuring many skulls/corpses/nekkid people.

So this is what you find looking for new kinds of pr0n? :lol:

[BrotherMan]

One of my favorite things about OS X is the ease and flexibility one has in using icons for apps, files and folders. Every once and again I browse a few different sites looking to see what's new. I came across these and wanted to share.

http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/gallery/files/2/8/4/skull_alexanderatwidgetwidgetdotcom.png http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/gallery/files/2/8/4/palantir_alexanderatwidgetwidgetdotcom.png http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/gallery/files/2/8/4/gothic_angel_blackintoshatchellodotat.png http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/gallery/files/2/8/4/coffin_alexanderatwidgetwidgetdotcom.png

[Ensign Steve]

http://13.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktjdrmkUWS1qzam33o1_500.jpg

[BrotherMan]

OS Shaq :lol:

[Ensign Steve]

I think you mean Shaqintosh.

[BrotherMan]

THE OS THAT PITIES THE FOOL!

OS T, SUCKA!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v479/outersanctum/OS_T-1.jpg

[Dingfod]

http://www.foundmagazine.com/images/finds/full/thebestillustrationever.jpg
Source (http://www.foundmagazine.com/find/3770)

[Dingfod]

http://media.peopleofwalmart.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/685.jpg

[BrotherMan]

http://michaelmay.us/09blog/12/1201a_agnesquill.jpg

[Dingfod]

http://media.peopleofwalmart.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/771.jpg

[viscousmemories]

lol I thought "shouldn't this be in the People of Wal*Mart thread?" before I saw the logo.

[Ensign Steve]

http://imgur.com/73jxW.jpg

[Dingfod]

That's gnarly.

[Sock Puppet]

http://www.angryflower.com/trying.gif

[Ensign Steve]

:nope: You can't put .html files in the img tag.

[Sock Puppet]

Jeez, I fixed that within like 30 seconds.

[Ensign Steve]

:hoot:

[lisarea]

If the shadows could march (http://www.laluzdejesus.com/shows/2010/Transmission-Atelier/TA2010.htm)

[JoeP]

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01599/monkey-skull_1599074i.jpg

[BrotherMan]

http://thatwillbuffout.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/129142952988785614.jpg

[Kyuss Apollo]

http://www.supercoolbaby.com/archives/pictures/skull_romper.jpg

[livius drusus]

:aww:

[Kashmir]

http://www.btinternet.com/~reg.joy/images/Robots/T-800.jpg

[Ensign Steve]

I sneakily snuck this picture on my phone while waiting for my coffee this morning. I couldn't get enough of her dress. :aww: :skullove:

[Shelli]

Today's work wallpaper: Skull Wallpaper by ~charches (http://tiggermonkey.deviantart.com/favourites/#/d1bk24y) :skull2:

http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs25/i/2008/073/e/7/Skull_Wallpaper_by_charches.png

[Dingfod]

I sneakily snuck this picture on my phone while waiting for my coffee this morning. I couldn't get enough of her dress. :aww: :skullove:That's hotter than this attractive woman I saw at the county health department today who looked like she just stepped off the set of Mad Men, floral print dress, black-rimmed glasses, bobbed 60s hairstyle and all. Even her purse fit the style.

[BrotherMan]

http://cheezpictureisunrelated.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/129180898659630335.jpg

[Ensign Steve]

http://i.imgur.com/Awiic.jpg

Do you think it's safe to drink?

[Dingfod]

http://stilettorevolt.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/jesse_james.jpg

[Dingfod]

Here I am, getting Google Maps directions from La Pine, Oregon to Bend and what do I see right in the middle of the satellite view screen? A skull! Enlarge it and you'll see it too.

6708

[Ymir's blood]

Do you think it's safe to drink?:yup:

[Ymir's blood]

http://chzwhydoilivehere.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/129173996154030981.jpg?w=500&h=375

[livius drusus]

http://www.freethought-forum.com/livius/Prodromos.jpg

From an ossuary in the Skete Prodromos on Mount Athos. The inscription says in Romanian "What I am, you will be, too. What you are, I've been myself." Them monks sure know how to trick out some bones.

[Ymir's blood]

A rather popular inscription on mausoleums, tombs and various representations of mortality.

Other common phrases include
Memento Mori, "Remember you must die."
Omnes Vulnerant - Ultima Necat, "Each one wounds - The last one kills" (on time pieces)

[BrotherMan]

http://cheezpictureisunrelated.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/129210164458988259.jpg

[JoeP]

http://cheezpictureisunrelated.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/129210164458988259.jpg
130Gluuurk ... probably shouldn'ta eaten all that
http://cheezpictureisunrelated.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/129210164458988259.jpg

[Dingfod]

Slow down, Karl, 2012 will come soon enough!Shut up and enjoy the ride, Ms. Coulter.
http://cheezpictureisunrelated.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/129210164458988259.jpg

[BrotherMan]

http://www.geekologie.com/2010/07/01/chocolate-skull-5.JPG

An explanation. (http://www.geekologie.com/2010/07/id_dig_it_up_and_eat_it_a_choc.php)

[Dingfod]

For sale:
http://images.craigslist.org/3pe3o63lf5Y55T55P6a7dc7e1c69b5c611fad.jpg (http://tulsa.craigslist.org/for/1841985898.html)

[Ari]

http://j.b5z.net/i/u/2075403/i/nomskulls_648.jpg

[JoeP]

:^:
want

[BrotherMan]

I love the name! It's multi-entendred!

[lisarea]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/TFXi7f7TXvI/AAAAAAABdPI/1iCYNxdW82E/s400/hopkins_wastedyouth.jpg

If It's Hip, It's Here: Seeing Skulls. James Hopkins' Vanitas. (http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2010/08/seeing-skulls-james-hopkins-vanitas.html)

There are also a few related post links.