The Skateboard Art of Jim Phillips (Paperback)

by Jim Phillips (Author)

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Product Description
This retrospective of Jim's skateboard art bombards the reader with colorful decks, logos, ad art, ad layouts, photos, and stickers to illustrate the history of skateboarding, from the urethane revolution to the present. Take a ride with an inside view of Phillips' Studios, to observe the wacky world of his crazed studio artists and examine their graphic assignments. The story traces the roots of skateboarding with more than half a century of Phillips' involvement. It provides insight to the creative evolution of the sport, and worldwide interest in and influence from this California artist.

Product Details

• Paperback: 205 pages
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing (November 7, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764328077
• ISBN-13: 978-0764328077
• Product Dimensions: 11.5 x 9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #28,691 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Skaters Art Gallery, October 3, 2007

By	KWELTY "Bushman" (Aptos, CA) - See all my reviews

Jim Phillips is finally stepping out from the obscurity of his drawing board to take a bow for the countless skating design innovations for which he is solely responsible. The skateboarding, surfing and rock & roll art of the last 30 years was trailblazed by this softspoken and humble artuer and the rest if the world has been playing catch-up ever since. Any skater who grew up riding in the 70s, 80s and 90s had these designs plastered on every wall of their bedroom as well as the decks of their boards. The ripples started in Santa Cruz, CA but have radiated out to impact the art worlds of Europe, Japan and Canada. Check out Jim's other 2 books on Rock Art and Surf/Skate art, too! AWESOME!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is teh Bomb, February 19, 2008

By	Final Fantasy (ZERO) - See all my reviews

I think there is a big difference between this book and the Skateboard and rock poster book. This book comes with full blown pages of closeups of all of or most of Jim's artwork. I'm a hobby artist myself so I'm really jazzed up about this book. Another book to get that is rather intresting is Disposable which covers different skateboard companies and riders but you will be happy with this book here.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Skate boarding son., January 18, 2009

By	Token "Animan" (Kentucky) - See all my reviews

I bought this for my sixteen year old son who likes to skateboard and also dabbles in art. It was one of his Christmas gifts. He enjoyed it greatly. I got it for him more for the art aspect than the skateboarding part. I looked through it as well and I would like to have kept it for myself, but I wouldn't do that to him. It's really a cool book.