u/marxist-tsar

This was hand painted in oils and took about 40 hours to complete to best represent Louisville skate culture and the unique space that is Dave Armstrong Extreme Park.

The charity auction will be live online to raise funds for Louisville City FC Academy August 24th, or you can see it in person and bid at the stadium for the Keep Louisville Weird night August 29th when they play Detroit!

Trying not to let such unfathomable fame go to my head

I made this for my coworker, Tate. I went to the local supply house and got a fresh tube of oil paint with a label that could be peeled off. His mom is an artist as well, so I made a custom label and did the ornamental "T" with his mom's signature below inspired by branding like "Michael Harding" Oils. His favorite pencil is a blackwing and his mom's favorite brush is a fan. I set up some lighting on a neutral backdrop to get all my reference photos. Stoked on it!

Sketch included to show my work! No AI was used in this process. Just photo reference and drawing.

Fun fact, gas/fuel dive lamps were a thing and had their own air supply. I had no idea til doing the research for this project and included the air supply line to ground it in a little more realism.

Like math class, I'm sharing this way to show my work since unabashed AI is so rampant on the more realistic side of things.

Thanks for looking!

Gratuitous photo of Fable included. 😆