Matthew Box is an watercolor artist who has created a skateboarding video by using his brushes to paint every single frame of some Jason Dill footage, according to a story in The Atlantic.
It’s an old animation technique called rotoscoping, but I didn’t know that at the time though. It’s essentially tracing over stills of footage. While I was experimenting with this technique I used different colors and really enjoyed how it had a psychedelic feel. That’s when I came up with the name Acid Drops for the project. It was a lot of painting but I’m kind of an amateur insomniac. It gave me something to do when I couldn’t sleep and it’s quite addictive seeing something you’ve painted come to life.
The short is called Acid Drops. For the rest of the interview, click the link.
For the past year photographer Julian Bleecker has been documenting women skateboarding with the hope collecting the photo in a book titled, Hello, Skater Girl. Like many independent artists, he has turned to crowd source funding site Kickstarter to raise money for the project.
I’ve been working on this project since November of 2010 and plan on finishing by the end of 2011. I’ve already made two “prototype” books as a way to experiment with design, layout and to communicate my intent for the project and to test the way that the photography works within the context of a book.
With 11 days left in his Kickstarter project Bleecker is only $1,800.00 short of his $13,000 goal. If you’d like to support the book and the girls in it, click here. For a pledge of $60 you’ll get a 16 x 20 archival quality print plus a limited edition Kickstarter art edition book.
Artist Michael Sieben (of Internet Shack fame) believes Shaun White and Target have appropriated his original designs and used them without payment or attribution on Shaun White’s kids clothing line. Yesterday he used his Vice.com column Kill the Engine to outline the similarities between Target’s clothing and his art in a piece titled Who Shaun White Is. Here’s Sieben’s take away:
As a freelance graphic illustrator, it has always been my dream to land a large commercial account that would catapult my career into the mainstream collective conscious. And I think that these t-shirts might have just done that. . . BUT… I totally didn’t have to deal with filling out a bunch of contracts, or worry about invoices, and I for damn sure didn’t have to think about collecting royalties. And what would I have done with all of that money? Seems like a huge headache to me. So I got all of the benefit of having my imagery available at one of the largest retail outlets in the United States without having to deal with any of the financial benefits. Total win for me.
There will be a preview of the show on December 22nd beginning at 3pm. The first 300 people through the doors on the 22nd will receive a special edition print that will be numbered, hand-finished, thumb printed and signed by the artist. The show will officially open on December 25th and run through the 29th.* As usual, there will be free posters and postcards for everyone.
The show is located at 960 N. La Brea Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90038 and will likely be a spectacle, at best. For more info click the link.
German artist Frank Kunert builds small surrealist models and then photographs them as if they are full-sized. In this piece Tennis-Halfpipe he does what Sole Tech’s Pierre-André Senizergue is trying to do with his PAS House in Malibu. But Kunert goes for the simple, direct approach, plus tennis.
On Saturday, January 7, 2012 Laguna Beach, California’s AR4T Gallery will host the opening party of a photography exhibit titled Still Life With Wood.
The exhibit features a collection of work from some of the best men to ever point highly polished glass at a rolling slab of maple: Grant Brittain, Dave Swift, James Cassimus, Miki Vuckovich, Jon Humphries, and Atiba Jefferson. The show will also feature the art of Jay Croft and music by el mysterioso.
We really shouldn’t have to say this, but put this in you calendar and be there. Seriously. Party begins at 7 PM and will spill out onto the street no doubt. AR4T is located at 210 North Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, California.
Artist Ron Cameron whom most skateboarders know for his Blockhead Skateboards graphic Nothing Is Cool and his founding design work with the clothing brand RVCA, has a solo art show opening Sunday, December 11, 2011 at Epidemic in Palm Desert, California.
And if you’re really into making a day out of it follow the jump for even more skateboarding action at the Palm Springs Skateparks. [click to continue…]
Transworld Snowboarding Magazine turned 25 years old this year and to commemorate the anniversary the magazine staff chose to run a photo of legendary snowboarder Craig Kelly (RIP) shot by Bud Fawcett in 1989. Here, Bud tells the story of the photo. This is about as OG as it gets. For more photos from the shoot click here.
Vans and DQM are presenting a photo exhibition featuring the seminal skateboard images of MOFO, Craig Stecyk, Tobin Yelland, and Lance Dawes on Thursday evening December 1, 2011.
“Pave The Way” showcases the legendary work of C.R. Stecyk III, Mofo, Tobin Yelland and Lance Dawes, chronicling their lives and iconic careers shooting some of the most pivotal photographs throughout the history of skateboarding and beyond.
Tonight (Sunday, November 13, 2011), Kien Lieu and Invincible Skateboards will host the launch party for a collection of limited edition skateboards featuring the art of photographer Grant Brittain and three other artists at San Deigo, California’s Tiger!Tiger! Bar.
