Drawing Motion: My Black & White Skateboard Animation

The Beachside Inspiration

6 Seconds black-and-white animation inspired by skateboard culture.

I like to sketch skaters and bring them to life frame by chaotic frame. One day I woke up and thought, why do I need fancy color palettes when I can just exert all my creative energy on pure black and white movement? If my caffeine levels doesn’t reach dangerous heights during an animation session, I just don't deserve those smooth transitions I’m trying to create. For more animations here are a few more on my website.

The Beach Skater's Paradise

When all my artist buddies ask which drawing tablet I use, I say Ipad Pro wiht an Apple pencil." My inspiration and I are big on the dawn beach walks. If we get out there and the sun's already hitting those skateboarders on the promenade, I'll end up sitting on the boardwalk readjusting my ipad while binging old skateboard videos instead. So many digital artists think they're going to create groundbreaking animations, meanwhile I've been up since 5:00 a.m. drawing 80 frames for a single three-second clip. The only other things out there are me, a few surfers a skatebosrder or twos, and my cramping fingers. For a bunch of animation click here to visit my Tiktok page

Beyond the Conventional Canvas

To be quite Frank, the word "color" isn't even in my vocabulary. Talk to me when you're looking down at a blank screen with nothing but a pencil and raw determination to save your artistic vision. My biggest fears are creative blocks, and TikTok algorithm changes.

The process of breathing life into my skateboarding drawings feels like catching lightning. Every line matters, every stroke creates momentum. I watch these beach skaters daily during my working walks I try to capture their raw energy in my mind before transforming it into stark black and white movement on to tablet.

Living just blocks from their playground gives me endless material. There's something about the contrast of dark figures against concrete that speaks truth. No fancy filters, no color distractions - just pure movement frozen then released through my fingertips.

I don’t think animation isn't about perfection. It's about capturing life's messy blur at 24 frames per second.