Saturday - June 5, 2010 (6:31 pm)

>>View the skull3sixfive project on flickr

In the fall 2009 I decided to pick up my very dusty watercolours and create a paintings for my wife and two sons as Christmas presents.

They turned out really well and I was very inspired to return to some tactile artistic endeavours. My profession as a Creative Director allows me to develop many digital projects but it was very rewarding to create something more tangible and real!

This planted a seed in my brain... around the same time I stumbled upon a website: skull-a-day where Noah Scalin created an artistic skull each day of the year. This  became my inspiration to create a small art-piece each day with the focus on skulls.

When I was younger I often drew skulls and have always had a fascination with them and the human form/condition. By removing the "what should I draw" element it became much simpler to just create something new each day.

So on January 1^st, 2010 I embarked on my skull-a-day voyage! I am nearing the half-way point and have successfully stayed true to the theme!

Is it challenging?

Yes... some days it feels a bit like a chore and the quality is reflected in the product. I have also found my distal interphalangeal joint in my index finger (last joint nearest the finger nail) has become very sore. Stands to reason - I have never drawn a picture every day for over 150 days straight! I have been trying to compensate by holding the pen/pencil etc. differently.

Other days it is exhilarating and extremely rewarding!

I have been posting the drawings to a flickr account since its inception - usually placing new ones up on the weekend. Through this process I have connected with others around the world with similar projects. One individual in England started the same day as I for the same reasons as I - he was also inspired by the skull-a-day site! We had never spoken before - just met traveling down the same digital highway!

Well the project goes on - I look forward to the completed book, 365 different drawings, sketches, paintings - all of skulls... one years worth... a day at a time.

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