Ed Syder’s illustrations are drawn from a love for skateboarding and his vested interests in the pop culture, music and film that captured him as a kid. So it makes sense that a film that featured skating first inspired him to get a board. Originally from Truro in Cornwall, England he now lives in Sheffield …
Luka Pinto’s spontaneous street skateboarding is a great thing to watch but there’s more to it than your eyes notice at first. He’s a skater and artist from Jersey, England a remote island where things regularly grow in isolation. So he’s used to coming up with his own ideas on skating and art drawn from …
Todd Francis’ provocative graphical style is imprinted into the history of skateboarding. A brilliant artist with a great sense of humour is rare but one with a dedication to shifting general perceptions through their graphics that make skaters laugh is even harder to find. Todd brought the Anti-Hero Eagle logo to life and since it …
Henry Jones is a skater and illustrator When did you first start drawing? Both of my parents are pretty talented artists, and as far as I can remember I’ve always had a marker, crayon, pen or pencil in my hand. I used to draw a lot of airplanes and little monster character things, and knights …
Bobbi Abbey is a skater and painter-illustrator from Leeds, England. His headturning illustrations use graveyard laden imagery, the undead and the maccbre to create absorbing, dense surrealist collages. ] Bobbi has been a member for a while so we did this reel cool interview to discover what skating and music, and visual things inspire …
Alex Ives is a skater and artist from Leicester England “I’m a dad and I work in a call centre. A lot of the time I draw what’s in my head like the pop culture and hip-hop culture that I’ve grown up. I make comics inspired by people that I’ve known and ideas I’ve had. …
Tom is a skater and artist based in London “Being a skateboarder just exposes you to loads of other creative stuff such as the music in skate videos and the graphics on boards and ads. I think that just being obsessed with something makes you wanna express that in other areas of your life, like …
Mikey McKennedy is a skateboarder and artist “I’m an artist and a creative spirit who grew up skateboarding and making art so my creative process always takes in everything that I thought that was cool when I was a kid. I think that all of the things that you experience growing up resonate with you …
Goblyn Crew is run by Dan Robinson a skateboarder and illustrator who creates 3D design, ceramics and clothing. Skateboarding and art go hand in hand.Skateboarding is an art form and there are so many skateboarders out there killing it with their own creativity and style. Skateboarding is a chance to get away from it all …
Benny is an illustrator and skateboarder from Felixstowe, Drawing and skateboarding are my two main passions in life and I’m lucky to spend most of my time doing both of them. From a young age skating helped me to look at things differently and although I never realised it at the time, it put me …
Mister Tucks is a skater-Illustrator who runs Temple of Skate My real name is Tuck Wai but my friends from the online community know me as Mr Tucks. I’m an illustrator. Skateboarding was my main source of inspiration when I created Temple of Skate. Skateboarding is at the core for me and it helps me …
Dylan is a skater and illustrator living in New York I do a lot of traditional woodcut printmaking and screen printing. Lately I’ve developed a digital style which helps when working on illustrations with clients. I worked part-time but a year ago I dropped it all to focus on my own work and freelance illustration …
Charles Neilson is a skateboarder and artist based in Ireland I work in Illustration, animation and motion graphics. I’ve worked for Frank Skateboards, @stancesocks, @greymag, @FTCbarcelona and @brutmagazine. I spend my time skateboarding or making fun stuff. I see art and design the same way I see skateboarding. They’re what I do to have fun. They give me a …
Leon Washere is a skateboarder who creates animations I steal clips and color on top of them amongst other things. There’s correlations to the process and the time it takes to do these animations, about 6-8 hours for every 3 seconds of footage. Almost like trying a trick again and again till you get it …
Mark is a skater and painter based in Bristol I moved back to Bristol after being in Sheffield for 8 years, I help out at Fifty Fity Store but I’m pursuing a career in Motion Graphics, Post Production and Editing. I’ve been painting for 9 years. It’s a medium for me to mess around with …
Pete is a skater and artist based in South London “I don’t skate anywhere near as much as I’d like to these days and I reckon that definitely has a negative impact on my work. Skating is like hanging out with your mates while getting loads of meditative exercise, and if you don’t get all …
Niels is an artist and skateboarder from Germany After living in Colchester for eight years, I moved back to Berlin in 2010, where I’m still living now. In England, aside from gaining a pretty strong Essex accent, I grew up skating with an awesome crew of friends. I’m currently still at uni studying Visual Communication, …
Tom is a skater and illustrator from Manchester, England. My work is pretty much all monochromatic pen and ink – I think I might have used colour once upon a time, but I can’t be sure. Even if you don’t take into account how intertwined the two are creatively, I think skateboarding and art are …
Dwayne is a skateboarder and artist based in London I don’t want to make ‘skart’ – I think most skate-art is pretty bad and repetitive but I don’t wanna say that it doesn’t influence my work. I guess the main things that bleed into my work from skateboarding are more subtle, like the colloquial language …
Nathaniel is a graphic designer based in Bristol, England. My name is Nathaniel Jones. I’m a graphic and apparel designer. Alongside that I sometimes make graphics for brands I’m into like Quartersnacks and The Quiet Life. I also have a side project called Requiem For A Screen and I’ve been working on a new brand that’s launching …
William is a skateboarder and artist based in Canada I skateboard and make stuff. Honestly, I try to get my hands in to everything. Mostly illustration, but I do a bunch of painting, sculpture, motion graphics, furniture design, anything to keep my mind busy. My BFA major is in Jewelry + Metals design and fabrication, …
Gaurab is an illustrator-printmaker based in London. I think skateboarding and making art are very similar to certain extents and both are heavily intertwined to me personally, I started skateboarding before I started making art and being exposed to all the visual side of skateboarding made me more interested in making art. Mark “The Gonz” …
Cosme is a skateboarder and illustrator who lives in London Skateboarding has taught me to look at things. I face all things the same way I learned to face a spot or to try a trick. Some days I feel clumsy and other days it feels natural and it is all really easy. It doesn’t …
Jon is a skater and illustrator from England. When I’m working I can get pretty tightly wound. I tend to do long hours hunched over at a desk so any chance I get to go and flail around near a curb is an absolute treat. At the moment my ankle’s a bit of a …
Alisdair Smith is a skater and artist from Birmingham, England “As skateboarders we all understand that we have an ability to read architecture in a different way to other people. It’s a uniquely creative skill. But its not just seeing a rail or a ledge as a skateable object, it’s the fact we consider all …
Dan is a skateboarder and Illustrator from London. A lot of my inspiration for drawings and paintings come from my roots in skateboarding. My everyday observation of space and architecture is influenced by searching for skate spots in my early days of skating. This perspective has found its way into my illustration, as I’m always …
I think art and skateboarding go hand in hand, I think they both come from a place of playfulness. It’s a very self disciplined form of playfulness. I think a lot of people who skate grow up with creative outlets and work in creative industries because they’ve managed to stay in touch with this side …
Ash is a skateboarder and artist from Birmingham, England. There’s a strong connection between skateboarding and illustration. On virtually every skate product there’s a rich, diverse range of illustrations. Every skater knows different skate brand styles. As skaters we’re all connected to the range of visual identities, brands and artists within skate culture. I think …
Si Peplow is a skater and artist from Birmingham. Skateboarding and art are inextricably linked – one informs the other & vice versa. Both are legit lifestyle pursuits which require boundless energy, creativity, imagination, contemplation, integrity and heart. Skateboarding did and still does underpin the decisions I make, the path I’m on and everything I …
Kyle is a skater and illustrator based in London My name is Kyle Platts, I grew up in Sheffield and I’ve been living in South East London since 2008. I think the key to making art and to skateboarding is that you have to enjoy them in the first place. Both of those pursuits …
Eloise is a skater and illustrator based in London. “I think there’s a clear relationship between skateboarding and making art, the two cultures cross over immensely. They’re both creative outlets and I know a huge number of the skaters who make art. The two fit well and also can naturally balance each other. I …
Greg is a skater who runs Serious Adult skate company I’m a decorator and in my spare time I draw, what I hope, are funny insights into the skateboarding community. I think skating as a hobby, pastime or whatever is pretty silly when you think about it and I try to highlight the humour in …
Dan is a skater and artist who’s sponsored by Science. Well firstly, I feel that if it wasn’t for skateboarding, I wouldn’t have ended up getting into drawing and design. The designs and illustrations in skateboarding are part of what drew me to it in the first place. I think that my approach to skateboarding …
Joe is a skater and artist sponsored by Heroin skateboards. I ride my skateboard and make pictures and I owe a lot, if not all of my interest in illustration and art in general to skateboarding. Skateboarding opened me up to a whole world of art and music which I would have otherwise would probably …
Darren is a skateboarder and Illustrator My work often promotes off-kilter character-driven concepts and it has been exhibited in galleries nationwide and internationally. I’ve worked occasionally within the skateboard industry and on commercial projects. I dedicate all my time to creating new works and the search for undiscovered walls to paint and terrain to skate. …
Trav is a skateboarder and artist based in Devon, England. The No Comply Network will bring creative people who are enthused and guided in some way by skateboarding together. Skateboarding offers so much in opening minds to so many other ways of thinking, at least it has to me.
Jeremy is a skater and artist sponsored by Magenta Skateboards Skateboarding and painting go hand in hand. I feel like some of the abstract shapes I create on a canvas mirror the act of skating sometimes; The spontaneous flicks, adjustments feel like instinctive movements, like the spacial awareness you have in the moment when skating. …
