Send me a list of what they love. I draw it by hand onto a deck — every obsession, every in-joke, in one piece. It goes on the wall, and people keep finding things in it for ages.
From €450 a deck, quoted exactly before you pay anything. Four weeks from deposit, three if you are against a date.
One of one. Hand-painted, never printed, never repeated.
Painted in Warsaw, Poland. Shipped worldwide.
Live-painted for Mountain Dew, IMC and a morning TV spot.
Three ways people use them
Built from their obsessions
Halo, football, the car they will not shut up about. Send me the list and I work the lot into one composition. The more specific it is, the harder it lands.
I keep good-quality blanks in the studio. Or send me a board that already means something — one memorial deck was painted onto the owner's actual board rather than a blank.
Most of these never get ridden. They hang in kitchens, hallways and offices, and they are the first thing anyone asks about. Sealed, so you can skate it if you want to — the paint will wear, and that is your call.
To celebrate the life of someone who went too soon. His own deck was used instead of a blank, and we worked in what he loved: snowboarding, fishing, PBR and his cats.
A deck for a younger brother — computers, musical instruments and his car. He is a tinkerer, so the design is full of intricate imaginary machinery.
A totem pole commission for a musician who hunted deer and mushrooms in the woods with his dog and his partner. His stories turned into this flowering totem mandala.
A Harry Potter piece. The collector loved Cerberus and the owl, and wanted them interpreted in my own style rather than copied.
A Colorado commission for a pizza-eating, Mountain Dew-drinking customer hunting for a skinny art piece to fill a tricky spot on the wall.
An anniversary deck for a couple who cycle to microbreweries and climb mountains. Not in that order.
Watch one arrive
An unboxing, and a word from the person who commissioned it.
How a deck gets made
Seven steps, about four weeks, and you sign off the layout before any paint goes down.
Roughs
You send the list. I come back with rough layouts — composition first, no detail yet.
Revisions
We move things around until the layout is right. Nothing is painted until you have signed it off.
Painting begins
The approved layout goes onto the deck and the first lines go down.
Blockout
Flat colour blocked in across the whole board, so the composition reads from across a room.
Details
The linework and the small stuff — the part people lean in for.
Photographed
Shot properly, so you have images of the finished deck before it leaves the studio.
Sit back
It ships boxed and tracked, with the edges protected. Then it goes on the wall.
A 50% deposit books your job into the calendar. I reply to first messages within 2–4 working days.
Watch paint dry
Two timelapses, first line to finished deck.
Decks I've painted
Click any deck to see it full size.
A surprise birthday gift that blew the socks off the recipient.Want to show your love with a unique gift this year?A surprise birthday gift for a client's brother — a big-time Halo and football fan. Blending space and astroturf was a fun problem.The spiritual snake was a strong symbol for this customer, commissioned to support their success.Brekky brunch board.Colleagues chipped in to wish an employee well in his new career, based on his passion for sticky things and burgers.A custom eyeball deck for a psychedelic art collector.A laser-cut spirit animal shaman board.Digital collage techniques took this one to an animal-hybrid futurist tribal totem.Signwriting is part of the job when a beach house decorator wants to show off their pride of place.Two pirates in an archway, bordered by bold abstract swirls.
CloseA surprise birthday gift that blew the socks off the recipient.
CloseWant to show your love with a unique gift this year?
CloseA surprise birthday gift for a client's brother — a big-time Halo and football fan. Blending space and astroturf was a fun problem.
CloseThe spiritual snake was a strong symbol for this customer, commissioned to support their success.
Not every deck is a gift. Brands book me to paint live in front of a crowd, and to turn out custom boards in batches on a deadline.
That is my foot in the boot. I worked skateparks with Mountain Dew on a broken leg, handing out custom decks to the kids at an experiential promo event.A selection of the decks created in the heat of the moment, live at the skatepark.As the kids won their decks from the Mountain Dew team, I opened my kit and painted something custom for them on the spot, with the crowd watching.Lean, green, mean timelines: these had to be finished inside a very tight window, live in front of the crowd.The sun setting on another day of live painting boards at the skatepark for Mountain Dew.One of a Kind boards were the promotional item IMC investors used to attract high performers at a high-frequency-trading recruitment fair.Live painting is not always in the studio or on a stage. This was Bondi Beach in Sydney, for a morning TV spot.The kids loved the free decks they took home from the Mountain Dew promo event.
A homemade surfboard. The design was the best feature — a slow ride for my first sculpting and fibreglass job.The second board I made myself, under my brand No Eye Deer. It reflects our construction skills; the art was on point though.You are what you eat. Those seagulls at the beach might as well be made of chips.Custom surfboard fins for a boyfriend's secret birthday surprise.A sunrise live art session for a promotional TV spot. A good cause and a good reason to get out of bed.
Questions people ask
What does a custom deck cost?
From €450 a deck. Price moves with how much you want packed into it — a board with forty things hidden in it takes longer to draw than one with ten. You get a fixed quote before you pay anything.
How long does it take?
Four weeks from the deposit is typical. Three is the fastest I can do it properly. In busy stretches, usually the run-up to Christmas, it can stretch to eight. Postage is on top. If you have a date to hit, tell me early and I will tell you straight whether it is doable.
Can you repaint a skateboard or longboard I already own?
Yes, and sometimes that's the better answer. I keep good-quality blanks in the studio, but if the board itself carries the story (his board, her first board, the one that got ridden to death) send it to me and I'll paint that instead. Old paint and varnish get sanded off first. New blanks get the same prep, because they come varnished from the factory.
Do you paint surfboards too?
Yes. Surfboards and fins as well as skate decks, and you can see some of them in the gallery on this page. A surfboard is quoted on its own because of its size and the postage, and you still get a fixed quote before you pay anything.
Can I skate it, or is it wall art?
Both are fine. The paint is sealed, and most of these end up mounted on a wall rather than ridden. Skate it and it will wear, the same as any graphic. That is your call to make, not mine.
What do you need from me?
A messy list is perfect. Favourite bands, the dog, the pub they always end up in, the holiday they will not shut up about. Photos, half-thoughts, whatever is easiest. Finding the story in the pile is my job, not yours.
What if the roughs are not what I pictured?
You see it before it is permanent. I turn your list into a layout and send it over — nothing is painted until you are happy. If something is in the wrong place, we move it at the rough stage. That is what the rough stage is for.
How does payment work?
A 50% deposit books your job into my calendar and I start on roughs. If I have not started, the deposit comes back. Once I am into ideation and sketching it is non-refundable — that week is real work.
Do you ship worldwide?
Yes. I ship from Warsaw, Poland. Decks go out boxed with the edges protected and a tracking number. Postage depends on where you are and sits on top of the quote.
Can you do a batch for a brand, or paint live at an event?
Yes. I have painted decks live in skateparks for Mountain Dew, produced One of a Kind boards for IMC to recruit with at a jobs fair, and painted on Bondi Beach for a morning TV spot. Tell me the date, the crowd and the numbers.
Tell me about your special someone
Who is it for, what are they into, and is there a date it has to land on? The more you tell me, the better the deck gets.
Say hi
From custom murals to unique personalised artworks, I'm your guy. Send me a message and I'll reply to you within 2-4 working days.
