Friday, January 11, 2008

Top Sites Of 2007, part 2 : Artists

I thought I'd finish this up with the artist / designer sites I visit the most. All have different content, but are all link worthy.

Drapin Design Co. - Aaron James Draplin is a Portland based designer who spends a good amount of time creating very solid work for the snowboard industry. His client list is great, but it's the Daily part of this site that warrants return visits. Draplin has the best design links out there. Pages of vintage logos, interesting Flickr sets and quality personal lists. The DDC knows how to blog.

Todd Bratrud - Bratrud is spread all over the internet and it's all worth a look. You've got the older portfolio site of Burlesque the photo blog over at the Skateboard Mag and the downright crazy ass posts of Teenage Runaway. Not all art and design, but all are still worth multiple visits.

Benny Gold - Gold is the designer behind the HUF store logos, a ton of Real Skateboards related apparel and countless New Era hats. He also crafted everything MASH related (the DVD is an amazing piece of work). This site often shows sketches, one-offs and highlights details in his creative work.

Bend Press - The blog / information / store for Andy Jenkins has been on my link list for years and never disappoints. Check out the original artwork for sale, the Wrench Pilot archives and all the fantastic links. He's the guy behind visuals for Freestylin', Club Homeboy, DIRT and Girl Skateboards (aka The Art Dump). What else can you say?

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