Flying Förtress Blög

Montag, 16. Juni 2008

FRE3 CITI3S - FR3E ARTISTS / Hamburg

Together with TheLondonPolice and Pez we will have the "FRE3 CITI3S - FR3E ARTISTS" exhibition tour starting at the Vicious Gallery in Hamburg on June 28th. See flyer for details. Later this year we will also be in Barcelona, New York and Los Angeles. Stay tuned!

Mittwoch, 11. Juni 2008

Denseart's 10" Teddy Trooper

Another customized Trooper for the army. See more great work from Denseart on his website!

Dienstag, 10. Juni 2008

Sunny Sunday II / Hamburg

Had to go back there again for better photos. Another one with my old friend CARIO.

Montag, 9. Juni 2008

Sunny Sunday / Hamburg

Have been out in the sun for a few hours yesterday emptying my spray cans on the wall.

Donnerstag, 5. Juni 2008

New Patch

We just restocked the classic Fortress woven patch. This time it also comes with cyan blue flashes. Will fit perfect on your military or denim jacket or... Rockawaybear.com

Dienstag, 3. Juni 2008

Förtress Skateboards Series 03

The new Flying Fortress skateboard decks series has arrived and is available at Hessenmob Skateboards and Rockawaybear.com. The "Le 24 ore di Le Mans" design will also be released in the upcoming Rockawaybear t-shirt collection this summer.

3 Years GreenHill Shirt

To celebrate the 3rd anniversary of Frank's GreenHill Skateshop i have made this t-shirt design for him. There is also a great design from my friends Stefan Marx and Dave The Chimp on the Greenhill Website.

L.A: Live Drawing

Here are some pictures from the live drawing entertainment at the Black Maria Gallery opening night in Los Angeles.

Montag, 2. Juni 2008

Betso's customized 3" Teddy Trooper

Got this great gift from Betso when i was in Los Angeles. He is doing a lot of cool customized toys specially the vintage looking ones. Check out more on Betso's Flickr

Green La Familia

10" TT customized

Fitting the Thunderdog design... La Familia.

Dienstag, 27. Mai 2008

Thunderdog customized

I do not customize toys myself that often. Here is a small paint job on a Tristian Eaton's Thunderdog for a friend. Will show you his big Teddy Troop brother tomorrow...

Montag, 26. Mai 2008

Teddy Troops DIY

The blank Teddy Trooper in this new box will be available soon.

L.A. mural

Photos by courtesy of Vinylpulse.com

Dienstag, 20. Mai 2008

L.A: mural painting

We hit that spot at the outside of a club on Washington/Lincoln in the hot California sun. TheLondonPolice, Shepard Fairey, D*Face, Buffmonster and Förtress. Work in progress. Full pictures soon.

L.A: Aphrodisio prints

Just back from Los Angeles. Signed my very first full colour prints there. They turned out really great! Measure 18" by 24" and limited to 150 each. Signed and stamped. Better be quick to get your hands on those. The series from my friend TheLondonPolice just sold out!
Aphrodisio - Print No.1 - Wing Trooper Logo
Aphrodisio - Print No.2 - Helicopter Trooper

Mittwoch, 7. Mai 2008

Here We Grow @ Black Maria Gallery / L.A.

I am off to Los Angeles, yeah! Having a group show with my geezers TheLondonPolice, Galo and Pez at the Black Maria Gallery. The opening night will also be the release party of my two new limited art prints in colaboration with Aphrodisio.com. Come around and i will pay you a cold low calories beer!

Black Maria Gallery
3137 Glendale Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90039

Opening:
Sat. 17th May 2008
7-11pm

Freitag, 2. Mai 2008

Teddy Troops Design Contest

Go to Tom Trasher's Action Toys website and join the contest. Order a blank 3.5" sized Teddy Trooper and send in your final customized trooper then. The winner will have his design get producedas a limited special edition!

Dienstag, 29. April 2008

777 - The Number Of The Wolpertinger

Ceck out the city locations of the "777 - The Number Of The Wolpertinger" skateboard tour. Featuring Danny Sommerfeld and Sascha Müller aka Zosch Gordon from the Hessenmob skate battalion. Remember the pro-rider deck graphics i made for them? And who did the Quiksilver flyer and shirt design? Guess...