Not sure how I found Stephan Balleux‘s archive of densely gobbed, skeletal and amorphous works. Probably FFFFound!… Wherever I sourced it, I’m certain it was one of his uniquely rendered skulls that initially caught my eye. Armed with paint thick enough to pass as sculpture, sculpture precisely rendered enough to be CG and with plenty of actual CG thrown in too, Balleux has amassed quite an intriguing and inspiring collection of low/high brow art. Intentionally synaesthetic stuff that’s both intimately personal and universal at once.

Stephan Balleux: Cipher, Bullet Proof’s Anatomy & PaintingPainting Project.

Speaking of skulls, no mention of them would be complete without pointing to the Skull-A-Day project. A repository of daily cranial content either found or created by it’s founders, Another Limited Rebellion, including a rad looking paper skull project with articulated jaw that’s just begging for customization. I also found an open dir full of rad S-A-D weirdness. Check it — Theme songs no less.

ALR / Skull-A-Day: Papercraft Skull (109kb, PDF)

And of course, no mention of paper projects (skulls or otherwise) would be complete without mentioning the Readymech series — which includes FWIS‘s own downloadable take on brain-casings, readymade for print-and-fold DIY goodness.

FWIS / Readymech
Series 001: Skeletron (Black, 81.3kb, PDF)
Series 001: Skeletron (White, 80.2kb, PDF)
Series 002: Thunder Eater (589kb, PDF) & Headhunter (140kb, PDF)

via: Stephan Balleux / Skull-A-Day / FWIS / Readymech / FFFFOUND!