The Habitat graphics with the animals are by Charlie Harper. just my opinion but it's rather insulting to compare his artwork with element graphics. the Darkroom art is by Don Pendleton, i think his art is incredible, not played out, it holds up. that being said, great content.
Wow the super over the top darkstar graphics are actually almost there hahaha. But i was actually fucking dying from that leaf on the tigers head holy shit hahahaha
This guys opinions are Solely based on whats currently trendy. Im sure hes speaking down on things he would have been into when they were trendy, thats all any of it is. When something different starts to get overplayed or dated is when it becomes cringey.
from my point of view on hookups, their old graphics that weren't as "in your face" where super cool and especially in the 90s when that stuff was like super taboo. like the old sean cliver stuff that wasnt literal hen tie was sick
Also, when they first came out, anime wasn’t the big huge thing in the west that it is now, so to see these boards with anime drawings on them were pretty rad. Nowadays I doubt anyone wants to be the dude at the skatepark with the Pervy anime graphic
Part 3 should def include some more big names like Deathwish, Palace, Polar, Chocolate and Girl and also some OG ones that are still around like World Industries and Birdhouse. It'd even be sick to see what you think think of Supreme decks, and smaller companies like Glue and Picture Show.
The Powell team is gonna come up really fast filming with Dan Corrigan and nka alot lately and they're team is actually really good with Zack doelling and that mixed dude that goes huge down stairs. And they got that Julian kid and the Japanese kid that does all the bowl mini ramp stuff. I wasn't a fan of them either and have never bought anything from Powell my whole skate life so like 30 years lol. I'll bet they come up big though, just saying. :) 🤷♂️
@ghostdancing I’m not saying you can’t I’m just saying it’s not corny that gx is doing it because nor cal specially SF has a pretty historic psycahdelic culture.
Subject matter aside,.found it interesting that the hook-ups graphics made the reviwer clutch his pearls and tip toe around showing them online.Yes the subject matter is objectifying and that’s unfortunate. Point is see what censorship does? Don’t be afraid of pissing people off it’s why many of these graphics suck and are boring.
I've always wanted someone to buy out Darkstar, re-brand it and make it a true brutal skateboard company. Center it around shadows and dark tones. Use alot of dark imagery taken from black metal and 18th century art. Creature dances with it but I feel like there is no true dark skate company.
Kinda feel bad for skating on my evagelion rei hook ups board. Considering that a lot ppl gonna give me bad looks for having 14 y/o girl as a graphic. Gonna have to retire it…
As a graphic designer and Old School skater, The general rule for SB graphics should be this: 1) Just like logo designs, NO Photos or photographic elements. Vector graphics only, for those familiar with illustrator 2) If it can't be screened it doesn't belong on a board. The ability to print digitally on a heat transfer has ruined the artistic aspect of skateboard designs 3) Nobody wants a board with just your bad logo (exceptions can be made if your logo is good, but it's still boring and not creative). 4) BE CREATIVE! don't just throw a bunch of random shit on a board that doesn't make sense.
I really miss the old hook-ups days especially in the 90's, there is a one graphic that i really like the most it was realised like 2 years ago and that is the "lum" graphic its an 80s classic anime show from urusei yatsura kinda like this on my profile pic right now
The Day With The Homies series that Devonte Jolly puts out got me super into the Illegal Civ team when they were building hype, but yeah, the aesthetic doesn't connect with me, I find Mikey kinda insufferable, and that fucking North Hollywood movie was TERRIBLE.
I absolutely agree with what you said about Real haha....the boards skate great and are great quality, but most of their graphics are really plain/lame
I can appreciate you going over darkroom, I know I suggested that myself. I've been riding them a lot this year because im just stoked on the shape of the 8.38 decks, but I totally understand your opinion on it being a bit stuck in time.
You should do a graphics tier with some legacy companies. Or even a different era like mid 90s tier list. The CCS catalogs are accessible online from that era.
Them butterfly graphics and graphics mini logo makes with pictures of real animals make me immediately think "wtf is this Telus mobile skateboards shit" lol
it's true, the indy-americana-art brut style has been overused. Also, it's crazy how much David Carson influenced skate graphics.. That's another style that kinda came back but it's nothing new..I agree with a lot of things you say.
okay but dont tell me you wouldnt think that green habitat board looks sick if you saw it with some classic indies and some white bones spfs going kinda yellow because of how old they are
i work at a zumiez (unfortunately there are no local shops in my area) and i swear 98% of the boards we get are unskateable bc they’re either so ugly or played out
Dude, Alltimers is whack AF. That coin graphic looks like they took the Archie Comics font and put it over Godsmack's band logo. Your choice to put them at the top is laughable. Also, saying Canadian currency looks like arcade tokens is pretty harsh.
Dude, I've watched almost all your videos just based on the recent Berra slam. I can't tell what your deal is. I've had my issues with that fuckin' weird, but I can't tell if you're fourteen or twenty four. You skate but you fuckin' googled what ten percent of fourteen hundred is?? Are you okay? The only thing I can figure out is that you were REALLY into MGMT at some point.
Micky mouse blind reaper looks so jarring especially when pictured directly beside the classic blind reaper logo. Blinds in a weird spot, you can tell theres some inspiration within the graphics to go back to the classic blind design we know and love but they also want to be a walmart friendly brand so the brand is stuck playing tug of war with themselves, like they jump back and fourth between micky mouse reaper and classic reaper. If it were up to me, Id keep the micky mouse extra cartoony grim reaper to the department store completes as its a bit more parent friendly of a graphic design. I think the pro/team deck graphics should stick to only using the classic grim reaper design. I also feel blind is a company that cant be afraid to offend people or push the limits of acceptable graphics... basically blind artist need there edge back! I think such a shift would go a long way to restoring blinds reputation within the skate community.
Why the fuck is Zero in tier C. One of the only remaining brands that have actual graphics. Almost every brand has stuck this boring ass simplistic, iPad inspired, cookie-cutter graphics. 😤😭
L for hookups in f tier. Also when f a came out I thought the brand name was so fn lame same with hockey. Still do. I can picture Dill's dmb ass in an interview going "I wanted to pick an obscure sport that's not really around anymore"
I know this is really old but, wonder if you or anyone cares about the heat transfer vs screen printing debate. I've heard heat transfer compromises the glue or whatever plus screen printing is an artform and to me more worth the money.
hookups would be cool if it wasn't so weird, every kid thinks its cool until everyone at the park or on the street thinks there a creep, big surprise why all there super tame and appropriate graphics sell out immediately and all there risky ones just sit on the website
Forgive me if I get some info wrong just freestlying my way to one million subs
The Habitat graphics with the animals are by Charlie Harper. just my opinion but it's rather insulting to compare his artwork with element graphics. the Darkroom art is by Don Pendleton, i think his art is incredible, not played out, it holds up. that being said, great content.
Santa Cruz didnt make the tier list?!
@@SamLSkates santa cruz sux
@@ryanvenora9084 why tho, they make nice boards
@@ryanvenora9084 they fucking rip yo i love santa cruz
The pixie board from alltimers was actually made by a fan who won an art contest that they had last year
That’s cool I like that idea
It's a dope idea i hope someone takes that style and turns it into a brand.
So sick
I low key unironicly like hook up decks
Wow the super over the top darkstar graphics are actually almost there hahaha. But i was actually fucking dying from that leaf on the tigers head holy shit hahahaha
Can you do one with Polar skateboards? In my opinion they are the coolest graphics.
habitat's 2010s looking graphics goes hard but everything else they make isnt good imo
Part 3 including Almost, Santa Cruz, Polar, Flip, Girl, Chocolate, Birdhouse… please😊
toy machine too, maybe palace
Just another 15 more plis
And world industry
add anti-hero, planet x, 5boro, and the killing floor too!
dgk
finna fingerboard to this 🙏🏼
finna
Holy shit I just finished listening to the vid while fingerboarding and go to the comment section to see this
My good friend designed the Alltimers pixie board! (they had a fan design contest) She's super talented
she needs to be hired full time!!
dark star over april and primitive has me rolling.
LOL i know, say what??
Spot on judgement.
Yea his taste is garbagio
This guys opinions are Solely based on whats currently trendy. Im sure hes speaking down on things he would have been into when they were trendy, thats all any of it is.
When something different starts to get overplayed or dated is when it becomes cringey.
I agree with gf on just about everything in the skate world but this statement sounds about accurate
from my point of view on hookups, their old graphics that weren't as "in your face" where super cool and especially in the 90s when that stuff was like super taboo. like the old sean cliver stuff that wasnt literal hen tie was sick
I looked at their store and honestly they still have a lot of graphics I think are very sick that aren't hentai related at all
@@FrogeFella yeah facts
bought the akira graphic deck months ago...
Also, when they first came out, anime wasn’t the big huge thing in the west that it is now, so to see these boards with anime drawings on them were pretty rad. Nowadays I doubt anyone wants to be the dude at the skatepark with the Pervy anime graphic
Do polar,anti hero,heroin,death,fancy lad,magenta,wknd,palace,evisen,Thames,skate mental,rave,doom sayers,madness,yardsale and hockey next please :))
Girl, chocolate and illegal civ as well
@@tiarnan2628 illigal civ f tier
Did they do quasi
And toy machine
also hotel blue
You should do Isle skateboards if you ever do part 3
it's LSD blotter on those gx1000 decks :p
lol yeah noticed that. tater u nerd! u no so the drug? he didn't mention the blind guy holding an acid tab either. we need to get tater trippin
Part 3 should def include some more big names like Deathwish, Palace, Polar, Chocolate and Girl and also some OG ones that are still around like World Industries and Birdhouse. It'd even be sick to see what you think think of Supreme decks, and smaller companies like Glue and Picture Show.
real graphics are the definition of mid
Video idea: your thoughts / an assessment of the batb 12 bracket. U could do the whole thing or like 4 videos on each quadrant.
was planning on doing a video on that I think there’s a decent amount to talk about
this shit is low hanging fruit, im gonna make my own channel
lol true
where is Santa Cruz or Heroin skateboards? some of the best drawings ive seen these days
Dark Star over April and Primitive has me dead hahaha
April graphics are a joke.
@@tl8601 The series Henry Jones designed were pretty cool
The Powell team is gonna come up really fast filming with Dan Corrigan and nka alot lately and they're team is actually really good with Zack doelling and that mixed dude that goes huge down stairs. And they got that Julian kid and the Japanese kid that does all the bowl mini ramp stuff. I wasn't a fan of them either and have never bought anything from Powell my whole skate life so like 30 years lol. I'll bet they come up big though, just saying. :) 🤷♂️
I'm with you. 👍
The gx1000 “stamps” are tabs of acid, it wouldn’t work for every company but since that’s kind of a Northern California thing it makes sense
@ghostdancing I’m not saying you can’t I’m just saying it’s not corny that gx is doing it because nor cal specially SF has a pretty historic psycahdelic culture.
I actually really like the last two series of Reaper decks from Blind, but I'm 35 so it's kind of a nostalgia thing.
Subject matter aside,.found it interesting that the hook-ups graphics made the reviwer clutch his pearls and tip toe around showing them online.Yes the subject matter is objectifying and that’s unfortunate. Point is see what censorship does? Don’t be afraid of pissing people off it’s why many of these graphics suck and are boring.
I did indeed cringe at that.
Do a manual guy tier list, some guys: aidan mackey, chris millic, nik stain etc.
this man has no idea about the cultural significance that doilies have in Australia. its not just random shit put on a brown deck
he exposes his cluelessness many times
Also I’m not sure if that was just a joke that went over my head but that bird on the worble deck is a worbler
oh that makes sense that’s cool maybe worble gets promoted a few positions..
I've always wanted someone to buy out Darkstar, re-brand it and make it a true brutal skateboard company. Center it around shadows and dark tones. Use alot of dark imagery taken from black metal and 18th century art. Creature dances with it but I feel like there is no true dark skate company.
black metal?? like natas 101 shit?
@@pcsuperg3986like darkthrone and mayhem
'Satanic in a lit way'-GH
You should do Evisen, their latest drop is so sick
bro refuses to do FA 😭
kyle walker really like his roses for some reason
His vans clothes are so ugly
@@lukemate2783 the clothes are ugly but his shoes are great
@@jacobkershaw7770 his shoes are ugly too. Kyle walker pro 2 is gross
@@lukemate2783 that shoe is downright atrocious
Kinda feel bad for skating on my evagelion rei hook ups board. Considering that a lot ppl gonna give me bad looks for having 14 y/o girl as a graphic. Gonna have to retire it…
Also I promise nobody is gonna look at your board and give you a bad look nobody cares just skate it
This guy is like the idubbz of skateboarding lol
@darrien look similar too 🤣
#respectfully
Would love to see an analysis/ commentary on some Mark Suciu footage
Learn how to say Powell. It isn’t hard. That is the linguistic equivalent of carrying your board by the trucks.
Ngl quasi boards are definitely the best graphics but to each their own😅
them and polar.
some quasi decks are weird asf
@@ryanvenora9084 yeah but they sick af
Agreed. I also love their shapes, especially the protos
As a graphic designer and Old School skater, The general rule for SB graphics should be this: 1) Just like logo designs, NO Photos or photographic elements. Vector graphics only, for those familiar with illustrator 2) If it can't be screened it doesn't belong on a board. The ability to print digitally on a heat transfer has ruined the artistic aspect of skateboard designs 3) Nobody wants a board with just your bad logo (exceptions can be made if your logo is good, but it's still boring and not creative). 4) BE CREATIVE! don't just throw a bunch of random shit on a board that doesn't make sense.
38:26 say u never tried acid without saying u never tried acid
30:00 Feminist Gifted Hater, We love to see it
I really miss the old hook-ups days especially in the 90's, there is a one graphic that i really like the most it was realised like 2 years ago and that is the "lum" graphic its an 80s classic anime show from urusei yatsura kinda like this on my profile pic right now
The mid-century modern aesthetic of darkroom and habitat/ alien is the best shit out there, S tier by far. Haters gonna do what they do.
yea i disagree 100% of his review of habitat
The present has room for the past and the future
Alien workshop and darkroom straight fire. S tier all day
we’ve been blessed with more content🙏🏻
the fact you haven't included Girl or Chocolate but had Dark Star hurts my soul..
the darkroom/alien workshop artist is don pendleton, he did a decent amount of element graphics too
Should have done creature, bacon, heroin, and transportation unit
RE: GX-1000 Party Deck graphic, I love how you innocently thought those were “stamps” or some kind of art “prints.”
The Day With The Homies series that Devonte Jolly puts out got me super into the Illegal Civ team when they were building hype, but yeah, the aesthetic doesn't connect with me, I find Mikey kinda insufferable, and that fucking North Hollywood movie was TERRIBLE.
Dark star at its best is definitely better than april and primitive
💯
Please do Deathwish in part 3!
ngl im still repping passport this shit too fye
Passport themes are all based around Australiana. Basically their inspirations comes from an Australian grandmas display cabinet!
I absolutely agree with what you said about Real haha....the boards skate great and are great quality, but most of their graphics are really plain/lame
Chet Thomas and Desenso skates Darkstar, and they are dope
As a guy who grew up on anime i am Desperately waiting for an anime collab graphic that is cool
No such thing
If your an anime fan you would like hookups smh
GX1000 and April should be at the bottom of the bottom tier. Worse than shop graphics.
They're fucking GARBO. 100%. I've seen waaaay better shop graphics.
This kinda reminds me of antiques roadshow
You should’ve done girl/chocolate
Included**
I can appreciate you going over darkroom, I know I suggested that myself. I've been riding them a lot this year because im just stoked on the shape of the 8.38 decks, but I totally understand your opinion on it being a bit stuck in time.
i would probably ride flow for darkstar, they would have no idea im ironically skating their boards for free
Found your channel two hours ago and can´t get enough. Loved to get your take on Girl boards on part 3!
What happened to the nyjah video?
Blacklabel has to be my favorite
Good man.
You should do a graphics tier with some legacy companies. Or even a different era like mid 90s tier list. The CCS catalogs are accessible online from that era.
Real has a few misses yeah but they also have some fire graphics
Uma landsleds Evan Smith boards never break they are good
Uma is fucking bae
pow well?
Anyone think that the heart decks look like some mystery knock off?
Them butterfly graphics and graphics mini logo makes with pictures of real animals make me immediately think "wtf is this Telus mobile skateboards shit" lol
it's true, the indy-americana-art brut style has been overused. Also, it's crazy how much David Carson influenced skate graphics.. That's another style that kinda came back but it's nothing new..I agree with a lot of things you say.
Hockey is S tier.
100%
That star head graphic is cool but it looks like it came directly from 2009 toy machine/alien. It’s not a bad thing It just reminded me of it
ill see if I can muster up that 10 thousand
okay but dont tell me you wouldnt think that green habitat board looks sick if you saw it with some classic indies and some white bones spfs going kinda yellow because of how old they are
Agreed
Good to see the jake Ilardi blind board
Hell yea bro. Homie can skate
@@trebledsoe2481 straight up, he’s from my area been following him a long time and was able to go to his board release party, so happy for him
@@gfeast4518 thats sick
Making pros into wooden marionettes with clothing almost like dolls with a like a coffee stain beige background would be dope
youre right don pendleton does the darkroom graphics he used to do alien workshop
"POOWW WELL"
I'd like to see your take on Crail graphics. IMO Girl/Chocolate have consistently had the best graphics, especially anything by Andy Jenkins.
You’re like the Anthony Fantano of the skating world, but only with more mediocre taste.
Yardsale skateboards?
i work at a zumiez (unfortunately there are no local shops in my area) and i swear 98% of the boards we get are unskateable bc they’re either so ugly or played out
Puts 917 above Welcome. Thinks a simple line top graphic is good. Fucking whack sensibility. At least PASS~PORT got fair treatment.
lol he pronounced it "pow well"
Dude, Alltimers is whack AF. That coin graphic looks like they took the Archie Comics font and put it over Godsmack's band logo. Your choice to put them at the top is laughable. Also, saying Canadian currency looks like arcade tokens is pretty harsh.
Dude, I've watched almost all your videos just based on the recent Berra slam. I can't tell what your deal is. I've had my issues with that fuckin' weird, but I can't tell if you're fourteen or twenty four. You skate but you fuckin' googled what ten percent of fourteen hundred is?? Are you okay? The only thing I can figure out is that you were REALLY into MGMT at some point.
Micky mouse blind reaper looks so jarring especially when pictured directly beside the classic blind reaper logo.
Blinds in a weird spot, you can tell theres some inspiration within the graphics to go back to the classic blind design we know and love but they also want to be a walmart friendly brand so the brand is stuck playing tug of war with themselves, like they jump back and fourth between micky mouse reaper and classic reaper.
If it were up to me, Id keep the micky mouse extra cartoony grim reaper to the department store completes as its a bit more parent friendly of a graphic design.
I think the pro/team deck graphics should stick to only using the classic grim reaper design.
I also feel blind is a company that cant be afraid to offend people or push the limits of acceptable graphics... basically blind artist need there edge back! I think such a shift would go a long way to restoring blinds reputation within the skate community.
Why the fuck is Zero in tier C. One of the only remaining brands that have actual graphics. Almost every brand has stuck this boring ass simplistic, iPad inspired, cookie-cutter graphics. 😤😭
Evisen for pt 3!
L for hookups in f tier. Also when f a came out I thought the brand name was so fn lame same with hockey. Still do. I can picture Dill's dmb ass in an interview going "I wanted to pick an obscure sport that's not really around anymore"
crazy how right u are with pass port. i didn't even know they were a board company but they put out some fuckin ace graphics
I know this is really old but, wonder if you or anyone cares about the heat transfer vs screen printing debate. I've heard heat transfer compromises the glue or whatever plus screen printing is an artform and to me more worth the money.
Early 2000's alternative?? Neutral Milk Hotel released their last record in like 1997 ya fuckin' goob.
hookups would be cool if it wasn't so weird, every kid thinks its cool until everyone at the park or on the street thinks there a creep, big surprise why all there super tame and appropriate graphics sell out immediately and all there risky ones just sit on the website
those Jim Greco decks are S+ I have two and I want moreeeeeee they're just kinda pricy
I hate all of em. People don't know how to design graphics... And why is everything so girly nowadays
Creature
Madness
Pizza
My top 3 when it comes to graphics and durability.
No Toy Machine, Alien Workshop or Chocolate?
Or Girl or Sci-Fi Fantasy?
Or HUF?
or Evisen?
Those are acid tabs lol. I'm hoping you pretended to not know to remain brand safe.
Powell Peralta: Grown man boards, little kids graphics.