Griptape Art

I recently got a new skateboard deck, just the deck, no trucks or wheels, and no grip tape. I thought, instead of doing a standard one colour grip job, I’d try and be a bit more creative with it. There’s a few really cool but elusive examples of people taking the initiative with their griptape, from Tetris patterns, cityscapes, graffiti painted on with paint markers and very graphic geometric approaches. Griptape comes in a great range of colours, and I’m surprised more people don’t take advantage of this, probably because most associate the bottom of the deck with art.

Heres my approach. As with all aspects of my life, permeated to some extent with snowboarding. I suppose I was just showing my board sports allegiances I plan to get a couple more decks, and try different colours. Because its quite a rough material, (and quite harsh on your hands!) you can’t be too detailed with your designs but I think it has a lot of potential as a strong graphic medium.

Wanna buy a hat?

Lego Stop Animation

This is the best stop animation I have ever seen! Its a recreation of the roof top scene in The Matrix, made entirely out of lego! Make sure you check out the comparison video…  amazing.

Project website: http://legomatrix.com/main.shtml

Quote/Chalk wall :)

My turn on the chalk wall this week

Snowboard Graphic

So The Hemel Snow Centre were running a board graphic competition. It’s sponsored by ‘Head’, and the winner gets they’re design printed on a Head deck as well as passes to the Hemel slope. Heres my entry . Only the base graphic is needed, (the on snow side) hence only one design. Winners announced in early Dec! *fingers, toes and eyes crossed*

I went for a patterned graphic instead of something more intricate, as this is generally reserved for the top of the deck. The base, in my opinion, needs to be bold and colourfull, and a little bit mad.

Online comp gallery

Space Station

Cool 3D animation of the construction of the ISS

 

Illustration

Thought I’d share this..   Drawn over several days, with Staedtler fine liner.

Stickers!

They’re here! They look great and are so precisely cut its unbelievable, thanks to B Smarter Graphics! Now everyone who orders a beanie gets a sticker

I’ve also been doing some research on materials for hat branding, and by research I mean speaking to Mother. She insists I need something called ‘edging tape’ that apparently wont fray when its cut..? I don’t know, I’m yet to find some. Also, being of the environmentally conscious type, I thought of possibly recycling my jeans and using the denim. We’ll see…

‘Epic Beanies’ Logo! Finally! :D

Ok! Finally!..  I have settled on a logo for my hat project/mini business, that I’m quite stoked on Please offer me feedback if you feel the need to. Im still a little concerned about legibility.. particularly with the ‘e’..  (my brothers reaction was… “amm.. 09iC? wah?”). I’m going to continue to clean it up, and I’m still trying to conjure up a single icon or symbol, apart from the logotype.. I was playing around with some of the shapes that were created just through making the logotype itself..   Also I’m planning to have some vinyl decals made, and eventually brand my beanies with little ribbons I think I’ll do this with screen printing methods, using some nice natural fabric, possibly hemp (8-D) or canvas .

Excited though! ..And Uni is imminent! HURRAH!  I feel like I’ve been off for eons!

Do excuse the theft-proofage.

Invitation

My brother was 18 last Wednesday, and was having a party this Saturday. So I was given the job of creating his invites.

Everyone came, and the party was a rager! \m/

Been busy :)

Sorry for my elusiveness lately, been busy with a multitude of different things, parents on holiday, American relatives over, baby sitting etc..  I thought I’d post this pic of some hats I’ve been working on. (Ungracefully through on my bed)

I’ve been kind of non-stop lately, and now I’ve run out of wool , getting more on Monday . Anyways, I’ve begun selling on eBay ! The black hat with the blue/pink spiral and the white pom can be purchased >>here<< go on, you know you want it..

As for branding etc, I’ve come up with some ideas that I’m really excited about creating on Illustrator, but as is always the way, my Mac has decided to go on the blink. I’m not sure if its the power cable or the batteries fault, it won’t charge past 36%, so I’m writing this in a bit of a rush before it dies. When the cable is in, it still looses power, when its off it charges verrrrryy slowly. The charge cable is all yellow and dented from heat, and I’m due another one. My battery has gone through 718 charge cycles, (apparently unheard of!?), but is still at 100% health according to my iStat widget.. soo… I don’t kno.. hopefully its just a new charger I need *fingers crossed*.

Tomorrow will be fun, I’m face painting at my baby cousins 2nd Birthday party, FUN!!

Room painting, (arty bit) will commence on Monday Hopefully this thing will have enough charge in it for me to show you! *fingers still crossed*

Enjoy the monsoon people!