Mike

When I was studying technical illustration in the U.K., we were also taught how to paint things with … well … a brush. If I remember correctly, one of the assignments was to "learn about shadows" (this was back in 1993). We (the students) were told to "look up a reference image" and then "recreate it with a paintbrush."

So, I found a skateboard magazine with an image of a skateboarder (duh), which I then started to trace on a piece of Schoellershammer paper. And here it is.

I later learned that the person I made the picture of was a famous skateboarder named Mike Caroll. I have never set my own feet on a skateboard.