Youtube Channel Idea: Decorative Forensic Facial Reconstruction

Someone should do this. We’ve all seen forensic facial reconstruction artistry—it’s not really referred to as an art but one could easily peg it as such—for human remains, especially for prehistoric or non-modern-man/hominid species types. Why not transfer that skill to decorative skulls, like ones made for Halloween costumes or year-round decorations (people do that) or knick-knacks with skulls on them? I once had a chrome skull coffee mug holder in my old Dodge Caravan that attached to an AC vent. He had a name but I forgot what it was. I miss that guy.

It would be interesting to see how an artist would treat the really stylized skulls, and explore what the physiology of the “person” could have they had the meat on them. Naturally, I’d think doing the reconstruction materially instead of digitally would be more striking, so there’d have to be some 3D printing work if the guy wanted to reconstruct a skull from 2D artwork or the like. Skulls like these ones, this one, or even this one could yield some interesting ideas.

This channel would have a similar appeal to those vintage or abandoned item restoration channels, even though many of those are faked easily. Too, nearly all of those advanced-bushcraft, “African tribesmen build modern working waterslide park out of bamboo, soda bottles, and old clothes” ingenuity-p0rn videos are faked. The only real one is Primitive Technology, and thankfully he’s the most popular while being the least flashy. Who knew that people lie on the Internet for money and attention? Decorative forensic facial reconstruction content would be fake by definition; the real result is seeing how all those crazy skulls could look in real life if they belonged to a live, probably misshapen person.