A custom skateboard art show featuring 30+ artists in aid of Kings of Concrete. Featured artists: ADW / Anto Sands / Asbestos / Askim / Barry Hughes / BRENB / Canvas / Chris Judge / D$ / Dan Leo / Donal Thornton / Gavin Beattie / Glenn Leyburn / Grim / I Am Doom / Jine / JOR / Lints / Loki / Maser / Mick Minogue / Morgan / Richard Gilligan / Richard Seabrooke / Risto / Splinky / Steve Simpson / Studio AAD / Unthink / Wes Trumble / Will St. Leger / xTTr & more. - The Bernard Shaw, Portobello, Dublin, Ireland July 2nd to 4th 2010 Official launch Friday 2nd July at 8pm. All decks will be available to buy for 250 euro each with 50% of the proceeds go towards the festival. More information at www.kingsofconcrete.com and www.alwaysreadthesmallprint.com
All 30+ artists had the same starting point, a blank deck. As this was a fund raiser (and a chance to raise profiles) we had a open brief. Sometimes they can be the most difficult projects to get started on. Until you make the first mark, it could be absolutely anything.
I started by sanding the varnished board to give some grip. I also filled in the ready made holes with wood filler. Recently I've been working with a chilli sauce brand called "Inferno". I thought this would be a good opportunity (and the deadline was quite tight:) to use the 2 skeleton characters again. Before rubbing the design down I sprayed the board dark blue and then gave it a crackle coat of green. It did start to look and feel like a pool table at this stage.
The original designs for the delicious Mic's Chilli Inferno Sauces. (out soon)
I transferred the design onto the deck using print outs and chalk. Lately, I've been using Folk Art acrylics, they come in tidy little bottles. None of that fiddling with tube caps. Great for flat colour.
In all it took about a day to paint.
Carpe Noctem Seize the night
The finished piece varnished.
The exhibition looked fantastic. It's amazing how different they all turned out. You can see Chris Judge's brilliant board just to the right of mine.