May have mentioned before that I enjoy painting skateboard decks. Some Sharaku style kabuki actors and a monochrome Mr Sparkle background – a couple of aspects that I’ll probably explore further. The images are painted to wrap around the decks so you could hang them either way and have something a little different. But kind of the same. Heh heh heh.
Hey! You scrolled down again! This is a WIP shot of the wrapping around. As it were. Also – Down With Putin.
Let’s face it – taking decent photos of your work is overrated… Heh heh heh. Not really – and this was a reminder of my new resolve to take better photos in future. Or even better – take each piece to a professional to take even better shots. That’s the plan.
Skateboard decks are fun to paint. I like to paint both sides, because it feels a bit like cheating otherwise. Or something. With these I went for a Ukiyo-E type geisha character to the”graphic” side and went a bit wild with spraypaint and a halftone stencil (and a Mr Sparkle) on the top side. More colour for your dollar!
Graphic side – geisha and Powergirl!
Would look interesting with clear griptape! Although I probably wouldn’t recommend riding one of these…
It’s been some time since I last posted, but totemo isogashi desu.
Firstly, I finished 男、その8ビットの弾丸が私の一日を作った、ビル。, which is this one:
Also finished “Kanojo mo, ‘misutãsupãkuru’ no chōsen o ukeireru koto o eranda.”
and “Bishōjo sěrãmûn wa itsumo watashi no senaka o motte ita…”
Then painted a skateboard deck for the Show Us Your Deck exhibition at the Incubator gallery in Tauranga, New Zealand.
Then 3 12×12 pieces (“Hitori de iru koto ga nani o imi suru no ka watashitachi wa shitte imasu” 1, 2 & 3.) for the 111 exhibition at the same gallery:
Then made some postcards!
If you’d like one of those, get in touch via my fb page https://www.facebook.com/misutasupakuru/ .
Other than that, Merry Xmas and have a kickass New year!
kirameki san experiences sustained loss of traction 