I’ve been thinking of doing this for a long time, and today I did. I’ve had a skull up on my desk for years as an anatomical reference, especially for the more difficult ideas I come up with. It’s sometimes a pain to hold onto it, or try and balance it on the big pile that usually sits on my desk, so I decided to try this.
I picked up a cheap “goose-neck” lamp at Target ($10), one that clips on to the side of the desk. I snipped the wires for the lamp, cut some of the lamp shield off of it, and bolted (with the remnants of the shield) the skull onto the now-empty goose-neck. With a little more wiring around certain parts, and a wire to hold the jaw down if I need it, and BANG! Anatomical skull reference.
Now I have a nice reference skull that I can move around into the position or angle I need with little fuss. I can also (with a slight bit of work) take the skull off and put on a styrofoam manikin head that I picked up for a couple of bucks last halloween, as a different sort of reference.
Now that it’s finally done, I’m off to do some sketching.
