Stalin plaza with Michal Kubala

I´m really happy I have so many creative people around me.

One of them is for sure my very good friend Michal Kubala !

Michal is a amazing photographer,who has a very good eye for details and He knows how to catch the right moment .

             We met randomly on one snowboard event two years ago,when I returned from Sri lanka.
                  Since that night we became very good friends and we support each others work.
One month ago We had a photoshooting of my diy skateboard designs and vans shoes on my favourite place in Prague called Stalin plaza.In the past there was a huge statue of the dictator Josif Stalin,which was later demolished and they build a metronome on his place.

I love to spend time here,because you have a nice view on  Prague and it´s also surrounded by trees,meadows and parks so you can just sit down and rest,paint or just enjoy your day off.
Stalin plaza is also a famous skate spot and you can watch many skaters from all over the world doing their tricks here.
After sunset you can just grab a bottle of wine or beer ,sit down,chill next to the metronome and enjoy the ligts of night Prague with your friends.

                              Thank you Michal Kubala for the amazing pictures of me and my designs !
                  If you would like to see more works from this great photographer just visit his website:
                                                               http://michalkubala.com/

 

More about my collaboration  and friendship with Michal Kubala on his blog : 

http://michalkubala.com/blog/umelkyne-andrea-zaba-klvackova

Riders on the storm

 I made this "Riders on the storm" skate design specialy for my friend Tom Granier ( France ).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaDa7Eb4VcM

He asked me to paint a skate for him after he saw some of my works on my instagram profile.

https://www.instagram.com/zabkasworld/

His only criteria were : to use Mountains,The Doors, cupcake and plush.

First I thought it will be hard to connect all these themes into one design,but after I watched some of Tom´s freeski video edits and listened to some songs from The Doors I had it !

                      I draw The Doors portraits into clouds and placed them over the mountains.
But the picture was too blue for me ,so I draw the pink sunset in the background .It makes the perfect contrast to the blue color and now the whole design looks more oldschool ,too.
I choose pink ,also because fluff animals are from plush and mostly are pink,so I used next item from the themes which Tom wanted for his design.The only thing I didnt use is the cake,because that would not fit into the concept of this design. I fixed the final picture with a transparent,spray lacquer.

I´m happy I could paint something for this guy ,who loves and enjoyes the nature so much as me .
I already send the skateboard to him,so I hope he will send me some  pictures when he receives it.
Have fun Tom ! ...and " for the few !"