Drawing Skulls And Skull Art

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Drawing Skulls: The Image Of Evil

Skull drawings are synonomous with tattoo designs, they can be depicted in many forms of tattoo, tribal and custom designs are quite popular in this specialist area of tattoo art.

In this lens I would like to explore the many ways that a skull can be percieved and seen as art, plus there is the usual drawing tutorial that I like to do on all of my art lenses.

For me drawing skulls is one of the best exercises any artist can do to flex their artistic muscles and plus there are many variations of skull art, from abstract art to cartoon skull art, the popular iconic image of the skull is almost anywhere in the area of fantasy art and imaginative art creations.

Join me on a lens of discovery of varying forms of skull art from all over the world.

See how to draw skulls here - How To Draw A Skull

Note: This is an ever changing lens on the topic of skull art and will be subject to change and upates from time to time.

Illustration of the Skull of a Bushman of the Hottentot Tribe Africa






The precise skull drawing of a human skull is one of the best examples I found on the internet, it gives a side profile view, but it also adds some relevance and mystery to it.

The way you see a skull should be of a design format that you are comfortable with drawing, for me it is the comic book style of drawing that really inspires my art further, at the moment I have no aspirations to make my art photo realistic, but just to be insprational and the way I wan to see it.

All artists have their very own style that they cling on to and most often is the case that their art style suits what they are drawing.

Skull art is very popular in tattoos and comic books, if you try and study the skull in these different media you will find this image popping up all over the place.

Drawing Some Skull Art

My Skull Art YouTube videos 

Various skull drawing videos that I created on my Youtube channel

Aswell as skull drawing, there are a range of fantasy art drawing videos over there on my fantasy art drawing youtube channel. so take a look at some of the others if you wish.
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Skull Art Inked Drawing Video

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Demonic Skull Art Video

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Flaming Skull Art Design Video

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Drawing A Skull 

They come in all shapes and sizes.

But more importantly there is a simple way of drawing a skull from all angles that I find easy to remember, it's the up down left right principal,

what's this you may ask, well, when you draw anything most of the time it is almost symmetrical on both sides, so if you were to draw your heads from the side profile it would look the same facing the other way, the proportions will be the same whatever way you see it and the up down methods is the extra way of percieving more added depth and perspective, although features aren't symmetrical when viewed in some ways they are often.


When I draw a skull, I start with a loose oval shape that is the underlying structure you want to achieve, then when you re ready you need to quickly mark in the eyes and some rough features, don't worry too much about where everything should be properly placed as this is just your designing stage, you are allowed to change things at this point.

See how to draw a simple skull design - Drawing A Skull (Just in case you missed it!)

Skulls And Crossbones on Amazon 

Various skull related books and other piraty products.

Variations Of Skull Flickr Photos 

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Bottle and Skull by The Written Geek™

Bottle and Skull

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Skull Tattoos 

Amazon has Skull Tattoos?

Even I was surprised by finding tattoos on Amazon just like eBay, but having thought about it they have to compete now as the internet is fast becoming the place to find things to buy online.

Skulls (Tattoo Strips) by DK Publishing

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Skulls and Bones Tattoos by Frank Daniel

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A few More Links To Drawing Tutorials 

With various links to many styles of skull art and fantasy art creatures

Skull drawing from me, artist Wayne TullyDrawing More Skull Art

How to draw a grim reaperGrim Reaper Art: How To Draw The Grim Reaper

Drawing a Goblin How To Draw Goblins

Drawing a demonic face How To Draw A Demonic Face
Skull Drawings In A Cartoony Style
Cartoon drawings of skull heads.
An Animal Charcoal Skull Study
A very detailed drawing, done in charcoal of an animals skull.
Skull Drawings Done In Different Media
Acrylic paintings and skull drawings.
Human anatomy for the artist. Anatomical supplies.
Human anatomy supplies for the artist. We offer a fine range of skulls and skeletons. Everything for the study of artistic anatomy.
Goth Stuff | Fantasy skull drawings | Art and posters
Goth Stuff, fantasy skull drawings, art and posters.
Skull T-shirts, Skull Art, Skull Apparel and Wicked Cool Skull Gift Ideas
At SkullJunKie.com you will find my original hand drawn artwork of skulls and skeletons. I also have added a few designs here and there without skulls. To see all the designs and products available click here : SkullJunkie.All of my designs are available on clothing for everyone ! Men, women, matern
skull fink!
A truly great skull art inspirational blog sketchbook that must be seen an enjoyed.
The Skull Art Of Eric Talbot.

Skull Art On eBay 

There is always various skull art on ebay to find and buy

Skull art ranging from the arty to the truly fantastic fantasy art designs, pick up a bargain!

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Skull Designs on CafePress Buttons 

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NatalieNiemi wrote...

Cool lens, and great artwork! I too, am an artist, and I love me some skulls. :) I've lensrolled this to my Hauter Than Hell Rock Star Apparel lens, http://www.squidoo.com/HauterThanHell

Good work! Rock on!

ReplyPosted April 29, 2009

Laniann wrote...

Good instructions on drawing the skull. Very clear and easy to follow - anyone can do it with your instructions. 5*'s for you.

ReplyPosted April 02, 2009

annanelson wrote...

Several of my pieces consist of skull and skeletal themes. View my lense if you have time.

Thanks,
Anna

ReplyPosted February 14, 2009

Mortira wrote...

Thanks for the great info! I'm rolling this over to my Hallowe'en lens - skulls make great decoration!

ReplyPosted September 27, 2008

vojin wrote...

nice drawing lesson. thanks

ReplyPosted August 30, 2008

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