Final Toyhippo Deck for PUSH 2012

Aww yeahhhh....here's some rad shots of the Toyhippo deck that was painted for the PUSH show this year mentioned in the post below this one. Big ups to Kari Rowe for the pro photos and Saba (her dog) for providing a very curious demeanor throughout the process.

Skate Deck Sneak Peek...

Here's a snap shot of part of a Toyhippo deck that will be auctioned for charity for the PUSH 2012 show in Bend, OR. The proceeds from PUSH benefit the Division Street Skate Project. You can read more about that through the appropriate link. We did a Toyhippo board for them last year, and it's exciting to be able to contribute another one this year.

Testing The Waters Book

Finally got around to throwing together some cool documentation of our TTW show. We've always had the images online, but it was nice to get a book together for our purposes. Pretty simple screw-post bound, ink jet print. Thank you Canon i9900 for your time and services. A few images below of the book. The cover art matches the graphic we used for the event tees.

July 2012 Art Show Announced

Finally. A year and a half after our last show at Nemo, we'll be firing up yet another art gig at Gallery 135. It's a killer space located on the first floor of IDL's spot in the NW Parkblocks. It's gonna be killer, and we're stoked on it already. Thanks to Jake & Scott at IDL for giving us the thumbs up and being excited enough to work with us. We're definitely humbled to get a chance to show our stuff in their rad space. It's going to be July 5, which is the first Thursday of that month. Bring your Skip-Its and bowl cuts, it's on!!!

We'll have more news as it comes. Pics of Gallery 135 below.

Toyhippo Art At Bishops

Happy blustery Sunday Portlanders. Last night, we hung a little section of Toyhippo art at Bishops Barbershop in the Pearl. Looks pretty sweet, at least compared to the mid-90's hairstyle photography they had in the space prior. The multi-panel piece is still for sale for $500 in the shop, as well as the 6 wood blocks for $15 a piece. Head down to NW 10th and Everett to get a bowl cut and check out the art. We're honored and lucky enough to have it right next to a Buff Monster illustration on the adjacent wall. Here's some photos below. 

London Sticker Tags

Haven't posted in a long, long time. We've taken a major break over the summer. Portland is too nice in the summer to be sitting around inside painting and sharpening your rollerblades. Had a chance to go to London in May and lay down a few stickers. Here's some shots of those. More news to come soon!

Toyhippo Deck For Charity

A couple weeks ago, the Division Street Skate Project in Bend, OR had their annual PUSH event with tons of skateboard graphics to raise some dough. We were asked to submit a board, so here it is below. We don't have any other photos of it yet, but the show turned around great. We're all just raiders at heart, aren't we?!

HERE is a link to the DSSP facebook page where you can browse around and check out more pics if you'd like!

Toys In The Attic Photos

Hello all. Hope everyone had a great Christmas break. Steve from Toys In The Attic posted some photos on facebook of the event, so we're just passing those along. They're pretty ballin' if we do say so ourselves. We weren't able to make it, but it looked pretty killer. There's a couple photos with our screenprints in the background, and you can check out the full album on the Toys In The Attic Facebook Page.

Again, congrats on the event, and it went for a great cause in Toys For Tots.

Toys In The Attic: This Friday

The toy-inspired art show we mentioned just in the below post is this Friday. It's in Minneapolis and it's benefiting a great cause, Toys For Tots. Undertow will have their set of Super Soaker-themed prints ready to go. There should also be some swag: stickers, rings, & buttons there as well. If you're in the area, make sure you check it out and bring a toy for donation. We won't be able to make it, but we know it's going to be awesome.

www.toysintheatticshow.com/

Toys In The Attic Show: Screenprints

There's a killer art show going on December 3rd in Minneapolis called Toys In The Attic. It's a printed poster and art show benefiting Toys For Tots. Each artist(s) was requested to make their prints 12"W x 12"H, and based around a toy theme for the show. With us at Undertow being so watery and all, we ran with our own version of Super Soaker guns that we all remember and love. Our version was called the Undertow Blaster, and each Utow character has their own gun. Each print is a set of 15 for the show, and are 2 colors each: 1 character-specific color, and a subtle gloss pattern.

Check out a few pics below, and you can check out the entire album on our facebook page. Like I said, there's a set of 15 for each print for the show, but we may have additional prints later for sell on our site after the show.