With the rise in popularity with poker or the long history and mythology of playing cards, motifs using spades, aces, jacks, and kings have rose in distribution. We designers will always be influenced by these shifts in culture, whether intentionally or not, and I was the other day. I was just thinking about what I should make and I came up with a king motif. Continue reading
To balance the yin and the yang of yesterday’s post on simplicity, I decided to make a post today on complexity. See what I made. Continue reading
I wonder why skate board designers haven’t used more Chinese paintings in their designs. They are beautiful and are formatted so perfectly for skate boards. Heck, Chinese elements are scattered around our culture already, why not celebrate where those elements came from. Continue reading
Know what Superman, Spider-man, Wolverine, and Wonder Woman have in common? How about the Joker, Lex Luthor, Dr. Doom, and the Hob Goblin? Can you tell the common thread between the Hulk, Gambit, and Martian Manhunter? The answer is color. For decades comic book artists have been defining their heroes and villains by color and today I defined a skateboard by color. Continue reading
Want to know what happens when you combine brushing your teeth with skateboarding? You create cool skateboard designs! Continue reading