Fire, Fire

It's Sat morning and I am up and alert early. I just finished watching the new Zero video "Strange World". Pretty typical Zero production, lots of big rails, gaps and single shots. Not really my cup of tea as far as skating is concerned but I have to respect the gnar factor.

Yesterday I watched the 1st of the Slap Pals questions with Ricky Oyola. His answers are a true reflection of who he is as a person. No fakin here. No holding back and no side stepping. He was "the" skater I looked up to as a kid and still do to this day. I remember being at Sub Zero getting some shoes and was about to skate the 15 or so blocks to LOVE. Rick comes in says what's up to everybody in the shop, asks if I am heading to LOVE and to come skate the "route' with him. To this day it was the most amazing thing I have seen in person (although watching Chris Senn bomb Delores St in SF from the top and ollieing through the intersections was insane). He was going Mach 11 doing kick flips in traffic, ollieing double man hole covers in intersections, switch flips, and this was the warm up on the way to LOVE. Needless to say I was about a block behind the whole way just pushing to keep up, ollieing the occasional curb, manhole spot. What did that have to with watching Strange World you ask...not much.

Tonite Sandra and I are going to the Improv in Hollwood for some comedy. She got the tickets for my birthday. We both the love the Improv and stand up. Should be a great time.

Fire, Fire

Fire, Fire

Well it's been quite some time since the last time I updated this here site. As it stands not really a whole lot has happened since the last update. I finished another class and started Life Drawing. 1 class in so far. It is interesting to sit and draw a body for 5 hours at a crack. Luckily for me the instructor is super cool. He plays music and we pretty much sit around and draw.
As for the elephant still in the room...I still have no job. But I did win a battle with EDD to continue my unemployment benefits. Fuckers.

I have been sick for almost a week and a half now and am starting to get real annoyed. It is the sort of sinus infuction that lingers for days. Can only do the bare minimum of anything before I get tired. Plus the amazing the substances that creep out of me after another TB coughing fit. But on the plus side I get to walk around in a Tylenol Sinus/Dayquil haze...always a bonus.

Before I got sick I had been riding my bike a ton. Can't wait to get back on. Even thinking about picking up the board again...I always seem to be saying that but then shine it at the last minute. I think mostly due to not having a partner in crime anymore. No fun to always skate by yourself.

So here we are.

Let's end this with a few things I am feeling and some shit I ain't feeling

Shit I'm feeling

Jamie T- Sticks and Stones - so sick!
Riding my bike - when healthy of course.
All the graff I have been seeing lately.
The Philadelphia Eagles!


Shit I ain't feeling
Christmas music
Rent
Charter Communications - WORST cable company ever.
Being sick

Hopefully I can continue to update this a bit more frequently.

See ya later.

Big time news!

Well first off I have some big time news to announce. Sandra and I have decided to move to Philly next year when I am finished with school. This is big news as I am heading back to the city that shaped me and Sandra is moving to not only a new city but also all the across the country and away from her mom. I have moved like this before when I went to SF for school but this is slightly different as we need to have jobs and an apartment before heading out. When I went to SF all I had were the dorms. We all know how that turned...poorly.

I have been slacking super hard on this blog and intend to get back on it now that we have made this decision. Lately I have been getting back into skating again. I know that's all I write about pretty much but if you skate you know what it's like. I went out on Sun for awhile to push and see what kind of legs I still had. It was fun as always but slightly boring since I was by myself. Flatground can be really fun when you are playing skate with friends but by yourself it can be a bit tedious. May have to actually venture out and talk to people in order to have people to skate with. I am trying to be more friendly.

I am now into my 1st module of Illustrator in school and completed my 1st project last night. I designed 4 separate hangtags. They came out ok, not perfect but I am still learning. During the crit I was nervous but somehow I made it through relatively unscathed.

I ordered the video below a few weeks back. Definitely worth the wait. London has a really fresh scene. Rugged skaters, even ruggeder spots. Watch and enjoy. Then go skate some fucked up spots.

Hold Tight London
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArKp8cL_RLY

PJ

Wow.
That's all I can really say. That and check the last trick.


PJ Ladd Battle Commander

http://www.theberrics.com/dailyopspost.php?postid=1273

Slippin into the couch

Been slippin' on this for a minute.
School has been busy. I finished color theory and now am onto typography. I finished my 1st project and have begun the process of comping fonts. Basically freehand drawing the specific fonts only using the pica scale for measurement. Challenging to say the least.

Not much skating has been going down but I have been out riding my bike a few times. Actually just got back from a quick ride downtown and back up the beach path. On my way past downtown I stopped off at LB Fixed Gear to check out some bullhorn bars. Too pricey. Anybody have some 36cm bullhorns they want to part with cheaply? Or some old drops that I can chop? Little help people, c'mon.

Below are some of the finished projects from my color theory class plus the 1st project from typography. Any comments or criticism welcome.

Sin piece is colored pencil on paper. Drawn from picture Sandra took in the Neon graveyard in Vegas.


Needle is also from color theory. It is radiograph pen on paper. This was my favorite piece I made in the class.


Bounce - 1st project from type. Descriptive text. Pencil and pen on paper.




Enjoy this video from Ill Bill.

My Uncle - Ill Bill

Colors

Today I started my final project for color theory. We are designing skate deck graphics! I already came up with a name for my company, PLAY and have begun designing the graphics. This is right in my wheelhouse (right Sandra!). I have a bazillion ideas flying around the space between my ears. Once the designs are finished up and ready to submit for review I will post some. Even when I was younger I always loved really basic stylized board graphics and I plan on using that style through my line. Today was spent working on logo decks. So far I have 4 or 5 that look pretty good. Wish I some extra cash so I could actually produce a few of these. One day maybe...

On another not Sandra and I got some screen printing supplies and are going to start making shirts and prints at home. Look for some PLAY designs in the near future.

No youtube clips for you today. Just get out and enjoy the summer. I'm going for a bike ride.

Stick em up

Put em up, slap em up, post em up! However you want but just get em up.

See link below for examples.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/phillystreetart/pool/