Month: March 2013

What Skateboarding Has Taught Me Commercial

Recently I had made a commercial about skateboarding and what it has taught me. I did everything myself including the filming,voice-over and etc. There’s of course some things I’d change, but overall I had a great time experimenting with making this.

Here’s the Script

Script from the commercial
I wanna to talk to you about skateboarding and how it has impacted my life.
When I first started skateboarding it was around the time when shorty’s fulfill the dream and transworld the reason videos were out.
The videos influenced me and impacted me so much that I was even saving my lunch money to get skateboard decks.
Skateboarding has taught me so much about myself and about others.
What skateboarding has taught me about self confidence is so different then what you’ll get in an organized sport.
I had tried organized sports and I learned I did not belong there.
They say once your a skateboarder your always one, for some they may or may not be true.
Every single time I’m out wherever I look for skatespots and picture what tricks can be done on them.
Now skateparks are everywhere, I just hope street skating stays around.
Nothing can be more enjoyable then searching for spots and being creative to make the spot skateable.
Overall one of the best things about skateboarding is that it teaches you to be in the moment.

 

Graphic Design through the decades : the 90s

After doing some research and looking over a bunch of work the experimentation is out of this world. Nowadays everything is cleanly done if you compare it to the 90’s design. The 90’s is almost as if what designers of that era were doing is a reflection of how design is perceived today. But I know there has to be some designers out there doing work like I’ve never seen before and or ever will.  Check out the post graphic design through the decades

Buying Vintage Design Work

I started a couple of months buying vintage advertisements. To me owning a piece of design history is such a wonderful thing.

The other day I was reading the book Just My type and there was a situation where a man was claiming to be selling a vintage piece from the time when slavery was still around. Matthew Carter knew it was fake because of the font that was on the poster. Once I read that I was in shock.

But it makes perfect sense to pay attention to the typeface and that reminds me of the quote from Jim Rohn when he said There are no new fundamentals. You’ve got to be a little suspicious of someone who says, “I’ve got a new fundamental.” That’s like someone inviting you to tour a factory where they are manufacturing antiques.