The Nine Club #298 · Show notes.
Andy Jenkins
About this episode
Andy Jenkins discusses wanting to leave Wyoming at the age of 13, meeting a young Spike Jonze, working for Rocco at World doing graphics including Jason Lee’s first graphic “The Cat In The Hat”, how much graphic artists gets paid now vs then, his comic Wrench Pilot, working as the art director for the newly formed Girl Skateboards, finding Evan Hecox, leaving Girl Skateboards then returning after 7 years, 30 years of Girls Skateboards and much more!
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The guest
Andy Jenkins
Andy Jenkins is an artist whose work helped shape skateboarding’s visual culture. He discusses graphics, magazines and the industry’s creative side.
Chapters
- Andy Jenkins
- Wanting to leave Wyoming at the age of 13
- BMX brought Andy to California
- Meeting a young Spike Jonze
- What caused Andy to go from BMX to skate
- Our Sponsor AG1 (Athletic Greens)
- Getting his first job in skateboarding
- Working for Rocco at World doing graphics
- Jason Lee's cat in the hat graphic
- Skateboard graphic artist pay rates
- Graphics that Andy did that maybe he wasn't too proud of
- Wrench pilot
- Working for the newly formed Girl Skateboards
- Finding Evan Hecox
- Chris bummed on his Chocolate portrait board
- The difference between doing graphics for Girl and Chocolate
- Working with Rick, Mike, Megan and Spike
- Going back to Girl and Chocolate
- Andy's mural at the Berrics
- Andy's favorite board graphic that he's done
- The Girl Skateboards basketball series
- Competitive nature between the artists in the art dump
- Working with riders on graphics
- 30 years of chocolate
- The OG Chocolate logo
- Deckaid
- Lakai video intro shot by Spike
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People mentioned
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