well ... let's see how long this lasts

I've never been a fan of the "b-word" and I've openly warred against it ever since the term first crept into the global vocabulary. Yet here I am now, embracing it like a cheap whore.

But it's more of a testament to my old world stupidity than my abject willingness to succumb to the future. You see, similar to my inability to successfully make the technological leap in my profession as an artist in the skateboard industry—I'm still giving John Henry a run for his stubborn money—I can't even manage to update the website (disposablethebook.com) that my friend Eric Simpson set up for me back in 2005. Eric did a great job, don't get me wrong, but I've long since lost the ability to actively manage it due to an overwhelming amount of ignorance on my part. Let's just say I don't know what's under the hood, nor how it works, and if there were some "oil changes" that needed to be made throughout the years to keep it purring ... well, I didn't make 'em. So, aside from the site's original features and the addition of a forum (thanks to another altogether different person who took pity upon my ineptitude), it's not much more than a signpost directing people where to find the books.

Anyway, after working my day job as an editor of the jackassworld website for the past two years, I've since embraced the relative idiot-proof nature of these templates. Or so I think at present. Give me a day or two to lower the standards bar when it comes to making these things for dummies.

But what's the real motivating factor at play here for me to repeatedly slam my head against the wall of technology? Skateboards. Pure and simple. And I think after the publication of both Disposable: A History of Skateboard Art and The Disposable Skateboard Bible, I've exhausted my ability to squeeze books out of this obsessive/compulsive fascination of mine. So this is the next best way for a junkie like me to keep scratching the itch. It also allows me the flexibility to address things both old and new in the world of skateboard art that I might not have touched on in the books, like this early concept sketch for Ray Barbee's second pro model on Powell-Peralta from 1990.

We'll see how it goes.

Comments

[Justin]

deliberate wrong finger being flipped? suprised if its an early rough that the middle wasnt being rocked out

[Bevilacqua]

Hi Sean !
Very nice initiative to share your work, obsessions and discoveries ... Hope you 'll have some interest for wheels sometimes !

Bevilacqua
http://sakaroule.blogspot.com

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