Starting with design work for Expedition in 2001, Brian Baker‘s graphic output has since expanded to decks, wheels, clothing and other products that span all of The Kayo Corp. brands.
Click the image below to view Brian’s complete Art Blender spread as it appears in Issue 124. Don’t forget to save your free desktop, iPad and iPhone wallpapers featuring a graphic entitled “Pyramid of Life” that he created exclusively for the mag.
“Todd Francisis one of those humans that can draw anything asked of him,” writes Randy Laybourne in our latest Art Blender. Over the years, the versatile artist has been well-known for his work with Deluxe Distribution’s brands and as the hardgoods Art Director for Element.
Click the image below to view Todd’s complete Art Blender spread as it appears in Issue 123 (Mar.-Apr ’13). Don’t forget to save your free desktop, iPad and iPhone wallpapers featuring “Beanie Pigeon”, which he created for the mag.
Orange County, CA’s Russ Pope currently spends his days handling men’s apparel marketing for Vans, but by night he is busy painting and working on his art. Over the years (20 to be exact), Russ has started a few familiar brands, like Creature for example, and has also worked with many more such as Black Label, Fallen and InStance.
Click the image below to view Russ Pope’s complete Art Blender spread as it appears in the Issue 122(Dec.’12/Jan.’13). Don’t forget to save your free desktop, iPad and iPhone wallpapers featuring a painting entitled “Last Call” that he created for the mag.
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Having done graphics for REAL, Toy Machine, Zero, Foundation, Deathwish, Baker, Emerica and many more, London, England to Los Angeles transplant Mark “Fos” Fosteris probably best known for being the guy behind Heroin Skateboards, which he started in 1998. He also designed the logos and continues to oversee the look of Altamont Apparelas the brand’s Art Director. Adding to his busy schedule, Fos somehow manages to travel around painting in-store installs and putting on art shows. In August, he spent some time in Vancouver doing just that:
Learn more about Fos (and his trip to Vancouver) in this Push.ca feature. Click the image below to view his complete Art Blender spread as it appears in Concrete Issue 121. And don’t forget to save your free desktop, iPad and iPhone wallpapers featuring the artwork entitled “Darth Mall Grab” that he created for the mag.
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Calling Los Angeles’ Andy Mueller a “creative powerhouse” is an understatement. He’s been the Art Director at Lakai for the past 13 years, also creating designs and graphics for Girl and Chocolate as a member of the esteemed Art Dump. Andy’s passion for design and photography (and even ping-pong) are also revealed through his brand, The Quiet Life.
Click the image below to view his complete Art Blender spread as it appears in the 2012 Photo Annual. Don’t forget to save your free desktop, iPad and iPhone wallpapers featuring a selection of his images entitled “Misc. Photos” that he curated for the mag.
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A true renaissance man in skateboarding, Huntington Beach, CA’s Ed Templeton is well known for his iconic graphic style when it comes to the overall art direction of Toy Machine, the company he founded in 1993. During the 20-plus years Ed has been pro, he’s established himself as an influential street skater beyond the extremely proper nosebluntslides and impossibles. His artistic side is just as cutting edge, and due to his unique skill-set he tends to establish creatively involved relationships with his key sponsors, like Emerica.
Click the image below to view Ed’s complete Art Blender spread as it appears in Concrete Issue 119. And don’t forget to save your free desktop, iPad and iPhone wallpapers featuring the artwork entitled “Cross Out” that he created for the mag.
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An artist, designer, brand manager and much more, the name Jaimie Muehlhausen might not look super familiar, but his work most definitely is. Jaimie created the original Airwalk logo back in the day, and has been charged with the task of being the creative director for Tony Hawk Inc., where he creates anything from Birdhouse graphics to the Ride Channel logo.
Click the image below to view Jaimie’s complete Art Blender spread as it appears in Concrete Issue 118. And don’t forget to save your free desktop, iPad and iPhone wallpapers featuring the artwork entitled “Vacation” that he created for the mag.
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The multitalented Joe Castrucci hardly needs an introduction. For over a decade he’s been the creative director for Habitat Skateboards, and his fingerprints are on everything they put out to the masses, video included. He’s even been in the mix on the branding aesthetic behind Habitat International pro Mike McDermott’s Green Apple Skateboard Shopin Winnipeg.
Click the image below to view Joe’s complete Art Blender spread as it appears in Concrete Issue 117. And don’t forget to save your free desktop, iPad and iPhone wallpapers featuring the artwork entitled “Collage” that he created for the mag.
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“Upon on a wooded hill on the edge of the glam, glitz and weirdness of Hollywood, sits a small shack in which a bearded artist toils away,” is how Randy Laybourne begins explaining the journey and fine work of Travis Millard.
Click the image below to view his complete Art Blender spread as it appears in Concrete Issue 116. And don’t forget to save your free desktop and iPhone wallpapers featuring the artwork entitled “Poked Eye” that Travis created for the mag.
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Concrete #115 was released in skateshops across Canada on October 10th. Vernon-to-East Vancouver transplant Corey Klim nabbed his first cover (check out his Supra Distribution video part), and if you didn’t get a chance to grab the print version of the mag, it’s available right here for the same price – FREE. Click the image below and use the simple navigation tools to check it out. While you’re at it, take a look at how far the mag has come since 1990 by visiting our digital archive.
The Concrete commercial promoting Issue 115 is presented by Anti Hero, BLVD Skateshop and C1RCA. It features Cameo Wilson, Nick Moore, Kristian Svitak, Randy Ploesser and Corey Klim // Filmed by Jordan Gibo, Dane Collison and David Ehrenreich // Edited by David Ehrenreich // Music: “Black Smoke Rise” from the album West (2011) by Wooden Shjips (who appear on the Issue 115 “Sound Check” page).
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#115′s content line-up included a 6-pager featuring the Studio Skateboards team (Mike Fyfe, Jai Ball, Darrell Smith, Jean-Mat Vincent, Kyle MacDonald and Joey Larock) in the Maritimes, which includes photography by Geoff Clifford and a video accompaniment shot and cut by Dave Pelletier:
Danny Tumia, Josiah Gatlyn, Randy Ploesser, Caleb Davies, Craig Williams, Skylar Kehr, Cody McEntire and Kristian Svitak all took part, and by clicking the image below you’ll find a grip of exclusive video content (filmed/edited by David Ehrenreich) and much, much more…
Andrew Pommier’sunique illustrations have appeared in numerous magazines, on t-shirts, the bottoms of boards, on Momentum Wheels, in his own book (Things I Don’t Remember – 2004) and even on human skin.
Click below to view his complete Art Blender spread as it appears in Issue 115. And don’t forget to grab your free desktop and iPhone wallpapers featuring the artwork entitled “The Collected Events of a Sunny Afternoon” that Andrew created for the mag.
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For nearly a decade, Don Pendleton created numerous graphics for Alien Workshop and helped shape their identity. We were fortunate enough to feature Don’s work in our Issue 111 Art Blender (all the online goods for #111, including Don’s A.B. and free wallpaper downloads of his created-for-Concrete “Castle”, can be found right here).
His latest exhibit of paintings can be found online by clicking the image…
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“His hooded, costumed and anthropomorphized characters have a sense of suburban melancholy…” Randy Labourne writes about the artwork created by Toronto-to-Vancouver transplant Andrew Pommier. His unique illustrations have appeared in numerous magazines, on t-shirts, the bottoms of boards, on Momentum Wheels, in his own book (Things I Don’t Remember – 2004) and even on human skin.
Click below to view his complete Art Blender spread as it appears in Concrete Issue 115. And don’t forget to grab your free desktop and iPhone wallpapers featuring the artwork entitled “The Collected Events of a Sunny Afternoon” that Andrew created for the mag.
Concrete #113 was released in finer skateshops across Canada on June 10th. If you didn’t get a chance to grab the print version, it’s available right here for the same price – FREE. Click the image below and use the simple navigation tools to check it out. While you’re at it, take a look at how far the mag has come since 1990 by visiting the digital archive we’ve been building.
There’s an 8-page feature called The Portugal Recollection, and this exclusive video supplement (brought to you by Think and éS) features Russ Milligan, Kevin Lowry and Josh Matthews // Filmed and edited by Justin Carlson // Post-production elements by David Ehrenreich // Music: “Too Many Rules” (1961/Portuguese version) by Connie Francis.
As part of the Slub Bucks: A Suburban Exploitation feature in the mag, Jordan Moss and Wade Power released the second Slub Bucks promo. It includes Brandon “Beaster” Bandula, Bobby De Keyzer, Jesse Mullins, Charles Deschamps, TJ Rogers, Will Marshall, Mitch Donovan, Brandon Del Bianco, Matt Berger and Will Cristofaro. // Filmed and edited by Jordan Moss and Wade Power // Post-production elements by David Ehrenreich // Music: “Numéro 10″ (featuring Booba & Kurupt) from the album The Passion Of Tupac (a DJ Critikal mixtape, 2005).
While Concrete Photo Editor Brian Caissie was rolling 15-deep in the Far East earlier this year, he providedThe China Report photo updates (and 14-page feature in Issue 113), as well as this bro-cam montage from the trip featuring Will Blakley, Nick Moore, AJ McCallister, Mike Campbell, Justin Allain, Evan Bourque, Corey Klim, Stacy Gabriel, Derek Swaim and Cory Wilson // Music: “Automatic Stop” by The Strokes from the album Room On Fire (2003).
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Aside from riding his motorbike, doing art shows, hitting the surf and skating at the Stoner and Venice skateparks, LA’s Eric Wollamhas been steadily providing art direction for Almost Skateboardssince 2004.
Click below to view his complete “Art Blender” spread as it appears in Concrete Issue 113. And don’t forget to grab your desktop and iPhone wallpapers featuring the artwork entitled “Paris Indian” that Eric created for the mag.
Concrete #112 was released in finer skateshops across Canada on April 15th. If you didn’t get a chance to grab the print version, it’s available right here for the same price – FREE. Click the image below and use the simple navigation tools to check it out. While you’re at it, take a look at how far the mag has come since 1990 by visiting the digital archive we’ve been building.
The Issue 112 promo video (presented by MatixandCoastal Riders) features the skating of Spencer Hamilton, Darrell Smith, Will Marshall and JS Lapierre// Filmed by Dane Collison, Jesse Landen, Brian Caissie and Brian Shannon // Edited by David Ehrenreich // Music: “Not Enough” from the album Several Shades of Why (2011) by J Mascis(who’s featured in this issue’s “Sound Check”).
As a web extra we produced an alternate angle of Ian Twa’s cover (which was his first cuv). Below you’ll find an extended version of the Issue 112 title feature – 1611 East: The Skate House Redefined– with Twa, Spencer Hamilton, Wade Desarmo, Bryan Wherry, Caine Cripps and Joey Williams…
Photo: Brian Caissie
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Roger co-owner and art director Michael Sieben was featured in this issue’s “Art Blender” spread. Click the image to take a look:
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“Deep in the heart of Texas resides one of skateboarding’s most prolific and active artists – Michael Sieben. His sense of humour is as unmistakable as his drawing style and both can make one chuckle deep in the gut,” writes Randy Laybourne for Concrete‘s latest ”Art Blender” installment. Sieben has a long resume that includes but is not limited to: work with Adidas, Volcom, Thrasher, and Austin’s Okay Mountain Gallery. He also co-owns Roger Skateboards with Stacy Lowery, and handles all the art direction for the brand. Let’s not forget his creative online show, the Internet Shack, which is in its second season.
Click below to view Michael Sieben’s complete “Art Blender” spread as it appears in ConcreteIssue 112. And don’t forget to grab your desktop and iPhone wallpapers featuring the artwork entitled “Retaining Wonderment” that Michael created for the mag.
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