Anyone who grew up in the 1980's will remember Saturday morning cartoons and after-school cartoons. It was an absolute staple of one's youth in those days. Part in parcel with that were all of the breakfast cereal commercials that went with it; the result of the cer…
Showing posts with label Skate Art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Skate Art. Show all posts
The Cereal Bowl - Breakfast Cereal Parody Skate Art from the Early 1990's Onward
Anyone who grew up in the 1980's will remember Saturday morning cartoons and after-school cartoons. It was an absolute staple of one's youth in those days. Part in parcel with that were all of the breakfast cereal commercials that went with it; the result of the cer…
Locals Only: The Origins of the Iconic Dogtown Cross
Few logos rank as high up on the index of the culture of skateboarding than does the famous Dogtown cross. The logo itself is made up of a simple cross and frequently emanating from behind it are wings, rays of light, sometimes lightning bolts, a sun-like disc, and other su…
Pushead and Zorlac
When I was in the seventh or eighth grade I used to draw this graphic over and over and over. It must have appeared in every binder I had and also some of my friends lockers. I was always interested in drawing and art from a young age, and I think the way it got started i…
Vintage 80's Roskopp
One of the aspects I used to really appreciate on a number of older online skate sites was their "eBay watch" feature. I'm not even sure anyone is doing these anymore. Maybe things have moved far enough along beyond the initial collecting craze -- when these …
Rare Non-Dogtown Wes Humpston "Kona Boys" Deck
The following images present a view of one of Wes Humpston's rare, non-Dogtown designs of the 1970's: a "Kona Boys" deck art ridden by and made for Gunmar Haugo. The image quality is unfortunately not that great as it comes from a video still from the 1980…
Not Quite Bootlegs
Back in the day, we didn't have internet so you couldn't just pop online like you can now and check out the latest offerings of skateshops from Venice Beach to Europe -- and it was the same for punk albums and the like as well. (I remember how big of a deal it was …
Sean Cliver "Unless II" Deck from Paisley Skates
There is some really great new skate art coming out these days. We recently showed Andy Jenkins new Jason Lee 'Grinch Feast' deck put out by Primewood L.A., and continuing on with this Dr. Seuss theme, Sean Cliver and Paisley Skates have now released this little g…
Grind: The Graphics and Culture of Skateboarding (1995)
When did the first exhibitions of skate art and skate culture begin to take place? I don't proclaim to have the answer to that -- though it would be interesting to research it. However, one thing that can be said for certain is that it was at least as early as the autu…
Old School Dogtown Decks
Sometimes you don't need much in the way or words. Just images. Here are some old school images showing old school Dogtown Skates boards as designed and drawn by Wes Humpston and Jim Muir.
New Board Art: Jason Lee 'Grinch Feast' by Andy Jenkins
Andy Jenkins was responsible for the art and design of the original Jason Lee 'Grinch' board which needs no introduction here. It is one of the most iconic boards of the 1990's -- and also one of the most collectible today. Interestingly, Jenkins himself consid…
Treasures of the NHS Secret (Skateboard) Archives: Natas Art
Everyone knows Sean Cliver. Sean was one of the artists who came on board with Powell Peralta in the late 1980's and is responsible for graphics like the Ray Barbee "Rag Doll" and Steve Cabellero's "Ban This" deck -- not to mention numerous othe…
Most Iconic Skateboards of the 1980's?
There have been others who have created lists (always a risky business) of the most iconic skateboards of the 1980's of course, but let's face it, these things are rather subjective -- and I am going to put it out there right from the get-go: my list will be no dif…
Skate-Punk Culture as Seen in an Epic Topside
It is not too often that I focus on the topside of a board (though there are surely some great topside graphics out there) but that is precisely what I am going to do today. It really doesn't matter what's beneath (though if you simply must know, it's an Uncle W…
Felix Culpa: Vision, Sean Goff, Bernie Tostenson and the Unknown Deck
One of the things I have said about skate art before -- or if I didn't say it, I certainly meant to -- is that the industry was so prolific art-wise that you can seemingly look at historical board art everyday and still, even after years of doing this, expect to run int…
Some Santa Monica Localism: The Rip City Skates Board
For those of you who are wondering, this site has mainly been active as of late on my Skate Culture Facebook page , so if you into the kind of stuff we have been posting about here, make sure you go over to that page and give it a "like" because otherwise you'r…
The History and Importance of the Vallely Barnyard Deck
Head on over to Mike Vallely's Street Plant brand site and read Kyle Duvall's interesting account on 25 Years of the Barnyard . Here's an excerpt: 25 years ago, World Industries released the Mike Vallely Barnyard “double kick” deck. It was the first professionally…
Is This the Greatest Grip Art Ever?
Okay, I admit it; the title of this post is an exercise in hyperbole, but I do find myself asking that very question -- knowing all the while that there really is no satisfactory answer to it since there is not standard by which to make such a judgement. Grip tape can be a…
Bernie Tostenson Follow-up: Brand X Team Deck Variant
As a follow-up to our last post on the skateboard art of Bernie Tostenson, I wanted to share a little variant on the superb Triple X team deck. Essentially it's the same graphic, but in a different colourway and with the Brand X labelling -- instead of "Triple X.&q…
The Skateboard Art of Bernie Tostenson
S ome of the very best known skateboard artists out there are names like Wes Humpston, Jim and Jimbo Phillips, Sean Cliver, Marc McKee, Andy Jenkins and Ed Templeton -- to name a few. Rightly so of course. These names have contributed a very great deal to the corpus of skat…
Seldom Seen Deck Art: Steve Caballero "Cab Man" Deck Inspired by Ironman
Here is a deck you don't see every day. Steve Caballero's early 1990's "Cab Man" deck from Powell which features, of course, Ironman for the deck art. Image source: "Moloko-plus" on SNB
Cab himself notes the rarity of this particular deck and …
