If you are joining for the first time or have been hanging around reading and looking at the different designs I have made the last month or so – you shall now also meet the person just as responsible for this design-experience as myself. Meet Nic. He is “all development” and an expert on web-technology. We started Wohill because we wanted, and still want, to share this site with people all over the place. My own speciality is design and art – and, as I mentioned, Nic’s favourite things are web-developments. Nic will also join in now and then explaining somewhat more technological things - such as – different good things that make this site interesting, efficient, searchable on the web and exposing my art and designs. I think we are a great combo.

The design I made for this occasion is made in black and white – it gives more impact that way. It’s almost like black and white photographs – they are a bit timeless. The blunt style of the two characters shows our main characteristics and gives a nice graphic logotype look. Also showing two faces repeatedly gives a massive and alive feeling - describing us and Wohill in a very good way.

Surfers often talk about the perfect wave. I guess everyone has their own definition of this perfect wave. Especially if you don�t surf ”Big wave contest” on a regular day basis. Most people who see an enormous wave on the front of a magazine with a person standing in the middle of the picture, no bigger than a little finger in proportion to the magazine, will at least feel how impressive nature can be. Even though these giants exist one can be pretty happy catching a smaller wave even if it�s a bit washy and no more than a couple of feet high…

Here I have drawn a wave with a very graphic feeling. Different blue colours and lots of circles and dots to give you a little thought towards - perfect wave. The shapes give an organic and flowing look. That makes the wave look big and fast. The wallpaper, under the header ”Wallpaper”, shows some text too. This I felt could be for a poster advertising a new movie or film about the great seas and oceans as well as the perfect spots in the world. The direction I chose here is much more calm than if one had done it more like the style I did for ”The Circle of Action” the other day. So this graphic version is more of an opposite to enhance the right feeling. Danger versus calmness.

It has a very nice coastline and wonderful surf-spots – with lot of surf and skate art in the area. So I did a little more of a skate / skull / surf-inspired design today. A bit more radical, one could say, or just a bit more ruff. Black as base-colour doesn’t mean that it is bad, or mean, in any way nowadays. Maybe an older public would think of it more as “something out there” or something from the dark side. Nowadays it is more likely to be found on just regular street-wear. There are many brands out today that give a more aggressive look. Like for example extreme – sport clothing. Then I guess it’s up to you to say what is extreme – sport and what is not. The red stands out very well in the blackish grey environment. The calligraphy suits the skull that is outlined in the background. To give it a broader feeling and a kind of electric look I have added some sparks or lines that come out behind the head. Another focal-point is the red dot behind the letter ”n”. I placed it at the same height as the eyes would be in the skull. It is easier for the viewer’s eye to catch ”California” as the main-word in the picture when it is aligned with these things.

Toes on the nose is the expression used among long-board surfers describing the ”surf-trick” when you are hanging ten toes over the front end of your board. As you can see I have used again the same surf-dude, with the Aloha tattoo on his arm, to illustrate a great accomplishment in surfing. The thing is - you can do lots of things in life that are most fascinating and even hard to do, but you would have hoped that once in a while someone saw you. Otherwise it’s just like another surf-story that your friends role their eyes at and wonder if you are going to tell the ”Big Wave” story again. I have used a style of drawing that gives a cartoon-look and an over-dimensioned surfer to give the picture a much nicer and dynamic appearance. The perspective in the picture starts out with the dude to the left – then the rest of the picture is swallowed by the centre of the tube behind him. This gives it a speedier touch.

There is a clothing-brand that started many years ago that actually goes by the name ”Hang Ten”. They have a cool symbol showing two feet and ten toes. It was Duke Boyd and a seamstress, by the name of Doris Boeck, who started this brand in the sixties, in southern California.

Hang ten!