Patreon Anniversary Special Offer!

2/14/2022

         

I'm celebrating my fifth year on Patreon this month!  

 

In honor of this milestone, I'm running a special offer for new and existing patrons! Starting today if you pledge $10 or more you'll get a limited edition print of my piece #Still_Life. This archival 9 x 9 in. print is signed and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. In addition you'll become part of my exclusive Team Art community of supporters who get access to content available nowhere else. Folks who pledge $25 or more will also get a surprise item of my choice from my archive! This special offer will be available to claim only until MIDNIGHT Eastern Time on Monday, February 28th.

 

Why sign up to be my supporter on Patreon?

 

Patreon is a way for creators to make more meaningful direct relationships with fans of their work. As the social media landscape becomes more fractured and difficult to navigate I'm putting my focus on sharing my process and inspiration with my supporters through this more intimate platform. On my Patreon page I have an exclusive feed, where you get behind-the-scenes look at the work I'm making as well as other content available nowhere else!

Here's what one of my supporters had to say about his experience: 

“I’ve been following Noah since his Skull-A-Day website days, and it’s wonderful to continue to access his art through Patreon. I really enjoy seeing and reading about his creative process, but seeing Noah’s art installed is the biggest thrill. It removes that feeling of distance and disappointment that I am never likely to see his art work in the flesh, when I can interact with Noah and his work online.”

– Beck Archer

Don't miss out on this limited time offer, find out more HERE.

Everyday Skulls

With the 10th anniversary of my original Skull-A-Day project approaching I was excited to discover this new take on the concept on Instagram recently!

Brandon Geist in Coney Island, NY is creating Everyday Skulls...

Why did you decide to do this project? At the end of last year I left my job running RollingStone.com, completely burnt out and in desperate need of a breather. One thing in particular that I missed in the hecticness of that job was any time, energy and brain power to be artistically creative, so as way of kicking starting my creative juices, I came up with this project for myself. I've always doodled skulls in spare moments and meetings, etc., so my original thought was to draw a skull a day, but that seemed too obvious and too in my wheelhouse, and so thinking about it a little more, I came up with this concept. The concept was also loosely inspired by Helen Altman's "Spice Skulls" piece, which I saw a number of years ago at the Museum of Arts and Design in NYC; thinking about a daily skull art project for myself reminded me of that piece, which helped direct me to the Everyday Skulls idea.

The general rules are that the mediums should be something mundane and everyday and not purchased explicitly for the project, and also that any particular skull should be made solely from that one medium, some of the skulls push the lines a little in terms of this rule, but in general, I've tried pretty hard to abide by it because, in many ways, the constraints are what bring out the most creativity in the project.

How has doing a yearlong/daily project affected your life? It's been mostly fun, but occasionally feels almost like a job that I need to get done. (The number of times I've realized I haven't made a skull yet at 11:30 p.m. and scrambled to get one done...) And as I've gone on, it's definitely gotten a lot harder 1) as obvious mediums are used up, and 2) as my own standards for entries increase (I've rejected more than a few skulls as just not good enough). It has been fun, though, especially as my 5-year-old daughter has gotten interested, in helping think up mediums and make actual skulls...but mostly in consuming the skulls made in edible mediums. Seeing friend and family get caught up in the project has been cool, too, and also seeing some of my more artistic friends surprised by my dedication to my project and the creativity of it (one such friend described it as "borderline insanity"—in a complimentary way) has been fun. Maybe more than anything it's changed the way I look at the world: Now I see skulls everywhere.

See all of Brandon's skulls HERE.

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@KellyNoggins Skull Project

C.S. Kennedy in New York City is creating the @KellyNoggins Skull Project, 365 skulls created with Post-it notes and a pen...

Why did you decide to do this project? Some days I have a lot of time to develop and create, while other days I have very little. It's interesting to see how allowance of time directly influences the quality of work.

How has doing a yearlong/daily project affected your life? I love looking for inspiration for the project in everything I do. It helps me see world through a new lens, and because of the subject matter - reminds me of the fragility/value of life.

Follow C.S.'s progress HERE. 

365 Days, 365 Skulls, 1 Book!

This site is a direct result of my original yearlong daily project Skull-A-Day that I started way back in 2007 and I'm very excited to announce that at long last there is going to be a book of the all 365 of my original skulls from that year! But it'll only happen with your help...


You can read more details and reserve your copy of the book HERE. And please spread the word, the more people that know about this the more likely we will be to succeed in reaching our goal. Thank you!

Skulls in NYC

Krause Gallery in NYC will be exhibiting a selection of objects and images from my daily art project Skull-A-Day this month!

The show opens Thursday, November 17th with a reception from 6–9pm.
If you're in the area I hope you'll come by and say hi!

The show runs through mid-December so even if you can't make the opening there'll be plenty of time to see the work in person.

Krause Gallery
149 Orchard St.
Lower East Side, NYC
212-777-7799

Wed-Sun 12-6pm
Mon-Tue By Appointment

image: Nude Skull

[BONUS] Rich's Skull-A-Day Book

Recently Rich spent a year making a skull a day and now he's created a lovely digital book of his entire year as a free downloadable PDF! Get your copy HERE.

Neenah Likes 365

Neenah Paper featured an interview with me on their Against The Grain blog...

Read the entire article HERE.

skull3sixfive

Sean Smith in Calgary, Alberta, Canada was inspired by my Skull-A-Day project to spend 2010 creating his own skull3sixfive!...

Why did you decide to do this project? I wanted to return to some more tactile drawing instead of only digital art. I used to draw skulls all the time when I was younger so this seemed like a good fit. 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.

How has doing a yearlong/daily project affected your life? It has been an amazing 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!

The project ran to its completion [on December 31st] and I am both glad and disappointed to be done – an amazing journey!

See all of Sean's Skulls on his Flickr page HERE.

Quilters Needed

If you're up for a bit of creative quilting we could use your help at Skull-A-Day. Our editor Abby has come up with a wonderful fundraiser: She's asking that people make a 12" x 12" quilt square featuring a skull of some sort and then send it to her to incorporate into a quilt that we will then auction off to raise funds for the domestic violence organization Becky's Fund. If this is something that interests you, you can find more details HERE. 

And for inspiration check out Sarah of Rabbit-A-Day's own unique contribution which she made a part of her project!

Canada & the UK like 365 Skulls

Two great international online mentions of my 365 Skulls in 1 Minute video...

Strombo in Canada

Who Killed Bambi in the UK

DudeCraft, HolyKaw, & Neatorama like 365 Skulls

There have been several nice mentions of my 365 Skulls in 1 Minute video online!

DudeCraft

Neatorama

HolyKaw

I hope you'll watch it and get inspired to make your own project (and maybe even a video too!).

365 Skulls in 1 Minute

To celebrate the release of 365: A Daily Creativity Journal this month I made this little video which shows all of the skulls I made during my yearlong Skull-A-Day project! I hope you enjoy and get inspired...