Julien Deniau, artist
In 2014, I was titling ‘Amazing elephant skateboard deck by Unknown …’ under the image of the first work I knew Julien Deniau. It has marked me that well, although at the time I didn’t even know who was the…
Illustrators
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Laurent Claveau, illustrator & former DA of Antiz Skateboards
Briefly met at the ex Datta bookstore and then seen in a gale during openings, I was finally able to harass questions at the bend of a tattoo he made me on the ankle. Laurent Claveau told me about his…
Yaia, artist illustrator
I contacted Yaia (Julio Cesar Battistelli of his real name) the very first time for the beautiful board he holds in front of his face. The goal was to present it in the book Skate Art but for various reasons…
Allister Lee, illustrator & graphic designer
After seeing several Element boards that challenged me without having the name of the graphic designer, I recently discovered (through Keflione) that Allister Lee was behind them. It was therefore natural to ask him some questions about what he does,…
Nick Zegel, Art Director of Girl Skateboards
Without falling into the idol, you can see that I am particularly fan of the artistic direction of every series Girl put out, from the choice of the theme to the realization, going by the way they highlights the boards…
Mister Tucks, Illustrator at Hoyeah Studio
I’ve been kicking you a lot with Mister Tucks since I discovered him, but for me, he’s really the most outstanding emerging artist of the year 2016. And to mark his arrival in the skate industry, he illustrated a first…
Martin Ander, Illustrator & Graphic Designer
He is the machine behind most of the Flip pro series skate graphics, He is Manderoid! More known as Mander, which is simply a contraction of Martin Ander. We’ve talked to him about his art, evolution and projects. Hello Mander, really…
Chantal Tanchal, “woodburning” illustrator
Here a mystery artist with a mystery name: Chantal Tanchal. She’s a french artist from Nantes, France who’s an expert for woodburning skateboards. This interview is an update of a conversation we had in october 2014. Hello Chantal, who are you…
Jérémy Schiavo, “artist” Graphic Designer
I knew Jeremy’s artwork for a while, so for my little trip to Bordeaux, I thought why not meet the man behind this monstrous precision work. It was pretty crazy, it’s an US company style, in a crazy living environment! Hi Jeremy, I’m…
Santi Lissarrague, Illustrator at Turkey Studio
Its very good skills with Posca and his passion for the artists of the skate culture n’surf 70s brought Santi Lissarrague to take action and create his own skate graphics and with his both hands. I’ve never been any good at skateboard……