GOAT Skateboarding - Tony Hawk
SKATEBOARDING
Anthony Frank (Tony) Hawk (born May 12, 1968) San Diego, California
“Birdman”, The 1st 2.5 revolution “900” Professional Skateboarder.
National Skateboard Association world champion for 12 consecutive years. Ground breaking two-and-a-half aerial revolutions skateboarder, entrepreneur, product endorser and owner of Birdhouse brand. Including a video game series published under his name by Activision.
1981 television debut on Captain Kangaroo as “Skateboard Johnny” turning professional at age 14. By age 16, sponsored by Powell Peralta, Tracker, Sundek, Vans, and SIO. The first to skateboard on the White House grounds for President Obama’s 2009 Father’s Day celebration.
In 2002, Hawk started a show tour featuring freestyle motocross, skateboarding, and BMX to 31 cities around the U.S. with Six Flags amusement parks.
1984 to 2024 Numerous film and television appearances as himself. In 2020 appearance in The Masked Singer as the “Elephant” and in 2023 Saturday Night Live as Himself. 2004 to 2019 Hawk hosted a weekly podcast Sirius XM show “Tony Hawk’s Demolition Radio” and in 2021, with skateboarder Jason Ellis Hawk vs. Wolf“. In 2022, launching a crypto fund “The Last Trick Skateboard“. As of 2020, Hawk is sponsored by Birdhouse – team, Vans, Independent, Bones, and Nixon. His Pro model shoe is the Proto.
Retired from competing professionally in 2003, founding The Skatepark Project, helping build skateparks in underprivileged areas around the world.
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REFERENCES: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Hawk
Artistic Perspective
The Greatest of All Time art is a passion of bringing historical sports or public figures to full color. The art starts with research into the personality and reviewing available images or photographs to reference. The research includes the historical location and fan fills bleacher seats for those who witness the moments. The 18” x 24 inch canvas is laid out with the contrasting color pencil of the primary figures or elements outlines. These lines become boundaries of colors, with distinguishing edges or sfumato blended or smoky edges or color – light shading or blending. The foreground is usually in focus with the subject figure in dynamic action. Careful attention is given to these autonomist positions as sometimes these are the most recognized images or captured photo moments of the subject. Crossing the finish line or hurling a fastball, the intent is the subject is flowing with eye movement so you don’t want to stop looking in on the details.
Applying color
Applying the mixed acrylic squeezed out of a tube with a 10- 20 minute dry time. Applying or blending the colors is a matter of color and water saturation. Appling the base colors from dark to light is usually the process. The base color layers then absorb the new wet layer to blend the 2-3 color mixtures to achieve the desired color or blends. The multi layers affect of adding more color achieves more intense color saturation or white or pure color to dark blending. The blank canvas to final brush stoke is normally 2-3 weeks. Working in 2-4 hours sessions usually in the early mornings. We hope you enjoy the art as intended to bring back the best of the sport! If you have a suggestion for a new GOAT please contact us.