Phillips himself has stated in interviews that he studied the work of Ed “Big Daddy” Roth (rat fink artist), Robert Crumb (underground comix), and the California muralist Terry Gilliam (before Monty Python). From Roth, he took the exaggerated sneer and hot-rod flame; from Crumb, the cross-hatched shadows and neurotic energy; from Gilliam, the cut-and-paste surrealism. But Phillips’s secret was applying these influences to board sports , where the subject is always in motion and the viewer is supposed to feel off-balance.
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Ride the wave, respect the art, and don't stop screaming. Robert Crumb (underground comix)
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