Rome Snowboard Design Syndicate

Well, it’s been a while, and what do you know, i just haven’t fit much blogging into my life lately. Far more cooking, drinking, working and shredding lately than blogging, that’s for sure. Some of you might remember this project in self discipline I set out to accomplish a while back – to add something to this tiny sketch book every day until it was filled. Pretty cool, totally un-original concept I “came up with” on a trip somewhere, while bored. Well, I failed pretty miserably at it, and the book sat idle for several months, until recently being dusted off and opened up again. Here’s some recent visual ramblings. Enjoy!

I got kinda sidetracked with this project. Something about 16 hour days, and 9 of them in row that took priority. but I survived the push, and I’m back to visually rambling. Here’s some of the latest.

“It’s Always Greener…Right?”

“When Cartoons Cry”


“Everything Must Go!”


“Christmas Spirit”

Here are a few recent visual ramblings in my effort to fill this book in 365 days or less. Some simple (or advanced, in my case) math tells me I started this endeavor roughly 35 days ago, and I just filled my 33rd page. I guess I missed a couple days, but I have been traveling a lot recently, so that’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it.

Not much you can do about it, anyway.

“Franz Kline Can Suck It”

“The Easiest Way to Make It”

“What Happens When the Rainbow Ends in the Middle East”

“Hold Up!”

A couple pages for you this week…

“Death From Above”

“All or Nothing”

Some more samplings from my Do Something EveryDay sketch book.

“In-transit collage”

“Hippy Rorschach”

“NY Daily News front page headline” Seriously?

“Fireworks, and their effects on a sketchbook page”

The creative cycle here at Rome comes and goes with the seasons. For several months straight, it’s a nonstop barrage of pixels, paper cuts and everything in between. But once that last file is sent off to the factory, there is some time to recover. Not much time, but even a few days seems like a month long vacation.

Now don’t think I’m complaining about this lack of deadlines right now – quite the opposite. Things are still busy as ever, just in a different way. Approving samples, shooting product for the new catalog, and researching the next line is all happening right now, so the term ‘down time’ is relative.

Regardless, it’s been a couple weeks since I made something new. In an effort to keep the creative wheels spinning, I’m starting this new personal project called Do Something EveryDay. I picked up a nice little 4″x6″ sketch book with a ton of pages in it, and that’s just what I’m doing with it – making something everyday. No themes, no critiques, no nothing really; just something new, everyday. I twitter’d one of the first entries the other day, but figured i’d make this somewhat official on here.

So that’s it. My own personal deadline. I’ll be sharing stuff on here from time to time. Feel free to love or hate on it. Here’s today’s entry: Hang Loose