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REAL
05.07.2010
When Jim Thiebaud from REAL Skateboards got in touch early this year, it was the mail i'd been waiting for since i picked up a board as a kid. I've always had huge respect for REAL, not to mention Jim and TG as riders and founders of a sick sick company, so needless to say I didn't need asking twice to work with them on a set of graphics for 3 of their pro riders; Brock, Busenitz and Ramondetta.
Each board is a portrait of that rider, Jim threw me some bones of what each rider was into, and I started each board centrally by creating a graphic of the riders actual eyes, then spliced that with a selection of elements that are the ruling factors in each of their lives... Brock grew up in Kentucky, wears plaid shirts & a beanie, is obsessed with sex and always skates with his finger pointing... get me.
The project evolved from a set of 3 boards, to building and painting a ramp and these; a very limited run of 2 colour screen printed decks (shown) full colour ones available in stores soon if not already.
Ramp fliks and vid up soon. Respect to Jim and TG at REAL.
D*
05.07.2010
When Jim Thiebaud from REAL Skateboards got in touch early this year, it was the mail i'd been waiting for since i picked up a board as a kid. I've always had huge respect for REAL, not to mention Jim and TG as riders and founders of a sick sick company, so needless to say I didn't need asking twice to work with them on a set of graphics for 3 of their pro riders; Brock, Busenitz and Ramondetta.
Each board is a portrait of that rider, Jim threw me some bones of what each rider was into, and I started each board centrally by creating a graphic of the riders actual eyes, then spliced that with a selection of elements that are the ruling factors in each of their lives... Brock grew up in Kentucky, wears plaid shirts & a beanie, is obsessed with sex and always skates with his finger pointing... get me.
The project evolved from a set of 3 boards, to building and painting a ramp and these; a very limited run of 2 colour screen printed decks (shown) full colour ones available in stores soon if not already.
Ramp fliks and vid up soon. Respect to Jim and TG at REAL.
D*