Semi-Permanent 2010 ! Yes I was there….thus giving me a proper reason for the late pic this week, or rather last week

The photo above is of the big screen at the superb New Zealand leg of the great Semi Permanent design event. The image itself was orchestrated live  by none other than the legendary Storm Thorgeson (if you don’t know the name check the link and see that you definitely know his amazing work!). It took a couple of attempts to create the piece that was simply entitled “4D Fuck Avatar”. A small example of Storm’s fine British humour and his willingness to express his thoughts on the way things are. Great stuff

And yep if you look close you can even spot me in the crowd, haha! (pic is also up on my Facebook if you want to tag yourself on there)

Stoked to find out the new board graphics I did for Carbon Art boards got featured in the latest Windsurf (UK) magazine! If you missed it I did a post before showing the new 2010 illustrations and designs I created which you can check out here.

If you’re wondering why it says ‘Recycled Carbon Art’ it’s due to the use of a great new fibre in the boards called Innegra – it’s made using a green factory process.

Apparently the new waveboards also got a show off in the latest Boards mag too…just trying to track down a copy here in NZ so I can have a look!

Extremely excited to announce the release of my latest work! The project was the redesign and development of the Carbon Art Wave Board range, looking to create a completely new look to reinvent and reinvigorate the boards aesthetic appeal…

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This weeks favourite photo is a sneak peek at a project I’ve been working on for a while…a new redesign of Carbon Art waveboards! Featuring all new illustrations and graphics that can be customized – letting board buyers choose their colour and choose the image for their board.

Releasing soon so will keep you updated with the full reveal as soon as I can!

I was stoked to be asked to design the Tshirt again this year for the New Zealand Wavesailing windsurf Nationals. This was the final result, featuring a fairly realistic illustration of the kind of conditions we usually get around here for the event. The style follows on from last years design and was of course the main highlight of the event for most competitors…well apart from maybe the winners .

This was an invite design I did at the end of last year. Using some imagery from an old kids book, I cut out the bits I wanted and recoloured to fit the occasion. Then time was spent playing with the type to fit with the image and working it into an inviting invite design.

Here’s a few images showing some of the process behind the creation of the Cubes I made for the recent Splore festival 2010 (see previous post). The brief and concept was all about creating something for festival goers to enjoy, interact, have fun and tie in with the theme of Midsummer Nights Dream 2050. An added essential was that it had to be able to survive 3 days with 7,000 people…

The concept I came up with was to build sixteen 40cm squared cubes with letters on several sides, patterns on another and one side that when fitted together correctly, formed a complete image.

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Tis the season to be merry. To celebrate and help brighten up your desktop in the countdown to holidays, here’s a little illustration I’ve drawn for everyone. I hope you enjoy the free wallpaper and wish you all a happy holiday season!

Click the size link you need and save/set as your desktop:

1680 x 1050

1440 x 900

1024 x 768

iPhone (320 x 480)

Been meaning to post this up for a while…here’s a surfboard bag (or sock) I put together some weeks ago. For a few dollars worth of material, a spare shoelace from the last pair of Vans I bought and maybe half an hour of cutting sewing time (with the help of my lovely misses!) made myself this sweet board bag. Protects from the knocks and scrapes from banging around in the car/garage, stops the bottom getting covered in wax when it’s piled in the heap of surf search boards and even brightens up the office space when it’s hangin in the corner waiting for it’s next outing!

It’s a fairly simple sewing job and lets you create a board bag in the style you want rather than an off the shelf monotone clone.

Had a quick look around and turns out I’m not the only one crafting their own… Check out Bogus , Shelter & Ahoy for more hand made surfboard bag inspiration and then get sewin!

Free download Monsta Font

My Monsta Font I previously posted about is now also available for download over at Da Font. Currently up to over 3,000 downloads already, must be a few monsta lovers out there, Grrrrrreat!!!