A journey with no destination
The guys at Nike SB asked me to paint the floor of this temporary skatepark they built on a rooftop in Barcelona.
Ignoramps crew from Italy built these obstacles inspired by the most famous spots in Barcelona, then I improvised some drawings with a paint roller around them until I covered the whole surface.
Got sunburnt but it was mad fun, so amazing to see dudes like Luan Oliveira, Ishod Wair or Javier Sarmiento ripping it.
Photos by Marcel Veldman
Canopi bowl, located in Tashkeel (Dubai) is the best shit ever.
I’m so lucky to be able to skate this "skate oasis" everyday. Even though transitions and ramps is not my thing I enjoy as a little kid riding this.
I tried to symbolize the ramp when designing the logo, inspired on its shapes and colors, and the trees that surround it.
Then I applied it in different ways on recycled wood to keep its organic and natural look. Viva Canopi siempre!
At first this was supposed to be just a “warm up” painting. When I paint animals I normally choose animals that somehow I feel related to. When I came to Tashkeel, I felt very attracted to the local fauna of the region; I spent some time researching it as well as visiting the Arabic Wildlife center in Sharjah; and I found enough inspiration to start this project: Day and Night diptych. (The fox is one half of the diptych-depicting day; the next one is in progress)
The diptych is about local animals of the United Arab Emirates that I feel related to, I see them somehow behaving like graffiti writers: they move slightly, quietly, observant, with their crew or alone, also rivalry and fights exits (in fact the next painting is a famous fox predator). Basically I find “clandestinity” in them.
Although both of the animals in the two paintings co-exist at night, as well as in the day sometimes, I wanted to separate them by Day and Night as an not easy exercise of color coexistence.“
Antony Lopez promodel for Lockwood Skateboards is finally out!
You can cope one of these 100 edition at www.lockwood-skateshop.fr for 45€
Can’t wait to skate it!
Merci Beacoup Anto et Lockwood
Just a quick custom deck for a friend painted at the spot. MACBA locals!
Alai Skateboards, best skateboard company ever. RIP.
Designing this was tough. Skate it was fun!