No this isn't a fancy papercraft of the famous Grim Fandango hero but an installation I saw today of a local Torontonian artist, Roger Hupman. His website is adorned with 100 different paper mache skulls that he created after going down to Mexico and being inspired by the Day of the Dead festival. (He apparently didn't attend the festival but saw many altars and paraphenalia dedicated to the holiday all over the country.)
Grim Fandango takes it's inspiration from the Aztec mythology for the afterlife. This isn't the only parallel between Hupman's work and the much overlooked adventure game. Two skulls in particular, #47 and #60, look like the skeletons found in the game because of the way they were made.
These ones were made like paintings. With the paper spread flat, painted on and then wrapped to create a cylindrical head, much like Calavera's. I'm so tempted to commission my own personal Grim Fandango death mask! Or skull, whatever you want to call it.
On a non-video game note, check out the crystal ball skull and the siamese twin skull.
Halloween is right around the corner...
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