Wall Art
I guess, as I’m going older, I’m trying to make my surroundings a bit less “college” are more grown up (in a sense). I am currently trying to start collecting art prints and skateboards to cover my walls instead of posters video games, Maxim models and snowboarders. I just got a ton of new stuff today, and I thought I’d write a little blog post about it.
I just received this awesome art print done by the super talented and heavily bearded Godmachine that was done for the Sonisphere festival. Godmachine has been a pretty helpful guide for me, always answering whatever questions I have about being an illustrator, or even just talking crap over twitter. He’s a pretty great person and as you can tell by the poster, a really great artist. There were only 50 of these prints made…but they are all sold out now.
Lastweek I ordered this killer Deathwish skateboard series from my friends at Blacklist Colorado. These whole series was done by the very talented Brian Romero. Go check out his website, he’s not only a talented illustrator but also a really great photographer.
There is just something about putting skateboard decks on the wall that is very aesthetically appealing. It might be the vertical positioning, or just that there is some really great skateboard art out there. Deathwish is pumping out some of the best skateboard decks that I have scene in years, keeping a real “old school” flavor to them. You can go wrong with some Ren and Stimpy inspired art as well.
Here is another deck I just got, that is pretty cool but also pretty offensive. This is the Erik Ellington Tribute deck put out by Deathwish and it’s amazing. First of all, it’s based off the old Randy Colvin World Industries censorship deck back in the 90′s. This thing looks killer under a black light and it even glows in the dark. Of course, it also comes sealed in a black bag to hide all the bad parts so the little skate kids can’t see it. You can see all of it’s features in this video.
I got this print a while back as a Christmas present from my mom, but I thought I’d throw it in this post as well. This is an awesome print done by the guys over at The Black Axe. The Black Axe has some really talented people taking on everything from t-shirt illustration to website design. I think you can still get it from their store if you want to grab it, as well as other cool stuff!
That’s all I got so far, but it looks a lot better than a wall covered in random posters. I have a skateboard series that I did coming out within a couple days that will probably take up another one of my walls. There are a lot of cool things happening over here, some pretty big stuff too, but for now all that stuff will be kept a secret…happy Manic Monday everyone.