Artist: Chubby Button

Reading the .blue mag blog, I came across the announcement of Australian surfer/artist Chubby Button having some of his works at display in Hamburg.
All of his paintings show his connection to the ocean. I really loved his horizon paintings:

For more about the artist, check out:

http://www.chubbybutton.com/

Got to do some painting again...

Good thing about winter is that I finally found some time for painting again:

The Art and Design of Erik Abel

The current issue of TIDE features artist Erik Abel.
Check out his website for more ocean inspired work or an interview on "Club of the Waves" with additional information on his cooperations with Billabong and Oxbow Artworks.

Skate Study House

Furtniture design inspired by skateboarding: http://www.skatestudyhouse.com/
Thanks to Angelika!

Wooden surfboard and alaia links

Some links on wooden surfboard designs, material and technology:

http://woodensurfboards.blogspot.com/
http://islanddreamssurf.blogspot.com/
http://www.tomwegenersurfboards.com/
http://www.surfingmagazine.com/news/surfing-pulse/the-alaia-update-tom-wegener-interview-042209/
http://alaiasurfing.blogspot.com/2009_08_01_archive.html
http://bitness.com/?p=364
http://scosurf.wordpress.com/2009/07/17/jumping-on-the-alaia-wagon/

Playmobil Boardsports Video

Check out last year's winner of San Sebastian's Surf Film Festival:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6u-d_4o7kE

Herr Schulze: Contemporary Art

Mr. Schulze's art variety:
Objects, skateboard decks, sneakers, comics, graphics, stencil, characters, ...
Amazingly creative!

Check out his website: http://www.herrschulze.de/

Surf Art Exhibition The Happening

Nice set of photos about a surf, photography, art, music happending in Sydney, Australia:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thehappening/

DIY: print on wood alternative method

Besides using the toner transfer method, I found a method called "acrylic matte medium transfer" which can also be applied for transfering graphics on any sort of material, e.g. wood.

I tried it with some acrylic varnish, however the results with matte medium seem to produce better results:

http://www.shutterblade.net/backroom/
http://spacedog.us/idlehands/matte_medium_transfer/
http://www.calsk8.com/zeitgeist/acrylicgeltransfers.htm

Free design stuff

Looking for some free vetors, fonts, photos, ...?

http://sixrevisions.com/resources/30-excellent-resources-for-graphic-design-freebies/

Skateboard graphics: Burn my skateboard

While surfing the net looking for some skateboard graphics, I came across this blog entry about laser-etched skateboard designs. Nice!

Bright Winter 2009: Made for Skate Exhibition

More info on: http://www.madeforskate.com/

Wall paint animation

Thanks to my friend casual-photographer.com for providing the link to that video:

Tape Art

It's time to tape:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C_45kKY28c
http://streetart.berlinpiraten.de/aakash-nihalani-tape-art/
http://www.tapeart.com/

Surf Art Links

http://www.wolfgangbloch.com/
http://www.surferart.com/
http://droog79.blogspot.com/
http://www.clubofthewaves.com/