Santa Carla Video City - Big Frank!
I’ve been fascinated with the airbrush since I was a kid. Before CG it was the only real way to get highly polished, 3D looking visuals. As such it has a distinctly 80s aesthetic to my eye and was therefore a natural candidate for another one of my traditionally created one sheet illustrations for my Video City project. I decided to use a blank spoon-nosed skate deck as a canvas and pay homage to one of my favorite Jim Phillips designs.
As anticipated, the airbrush was an unforgiving tool to wrangle. I took many steps back with each small amount of progress made. However the 80s skater kid in me ended up pleased with the final result. And once painted and gloss coated I couldn't resist completing the deck with some colour appropriate grip tape, trucks, risers and Slimeball wheels!
This is my first Santa Carla Skate Shop and Video City cross-over!
I used several techniques for the airbrush paintwork, including frisket film masking, making custom shields and the use of FX texture patterns
The purple grip tape was a lucky find and ties the whole look together!
The Santa Carla Skateboards graphic was created in Photoshop and printed on water-slide decal paper
After finding the perfect Slimeball wheels I couldn't resist these colour matching anodized trucks and purple risers!
Progress images showing the transferred linework, base colour, skin shading (with masks) and then final features and details
The completed one sheet design!
And here's the VHS case art!