Punk vs Skate Graphics
パンク / スケートデッキ・グラフィック
Punk comes from Counterculture and Skate Graphics from Illustration Styles. Both are read here as style. They are reached for with some of the same intent, which is where they get confused.
Punk
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A DIY objection to the authority of the tidy, made by cutting, pasting and dirtying.
Skate Graphics
Graphics made for the tall canvas of a deck's underside, drawn in the knowledge that grinding will wear them away. Bold outlines and horror-tinged exaggeration, typified by Phillips's Screaming Hand, built a heraldry for the street.
| Punk | Skate Graphics | |
|---|---|---|
| Era | 1970s–1980s | 1980s– |
| Family | Counterculture | Illustration Styles |
| Kind | Style | Style |
| Cues | Cut-and-paste letters / Photocopier noise / Handwriting / Ragged placement | Tall deck-bottom composition / Bold-outlined characters / Horror mixed with humor / Grace about being worn away |
| Best used for | Voicing dissent against the rules · Giving events and communities a raw voice | A tall surface needing a heraldic image identifiable from a distance · Youth merchandise wanting imagery that keeps value as it wears away |
| Type | Mix newsprint letters, handwriting and stamps | Brand name drawn as heavy lettering at the stroke weight of the art |
| Composition | Deliberate misalignment and overlap; disturb even the margins | The subject run down the tall center axis, rounded ends cropping the image |
| Material | Copier paper, tears, black plus a warning color | A few screen colors overlaid, with knockouts letting the wood show through |
| Caution | Borrowed rebellion is hollow. Decide what you are protesting first. | Leaning on fine detail loses the image the first time it grinds, so the more a board is ridden the less it is worth. |