It's not a criticism to be curious!
I fancied doing something a bit different and animal skulls appeal to me. I think there's a great beauty to their shape.

It's hard to put it into words but in part it's that they just have a sort of simple (but at the same time intricate) beauty to them.

Sounds quite a collection. I'd like to try my hand on a few more of these replicas before I consider getting a real one (though I probably would do something slightly less garish/more respectful to its original owner!). I think the challenge depends on how you paint them. It helped that I had it planned in advance and the airbrush did the majority of the work for me on this one but on the next I might try something more intricate.

I haven't used the thing in years so I got a bit carried away with the old airbrush. I'm planning to do more though so I'll be exploring other options...

I've got a BSc(hons) in neuroscience. Studied at UCL. I did consider anatomy as an option when I was choosing my degree but I wanted to learn more about how the brain worked.