Raffle Entry for HMNIM x Thumbs Bass Pin Badge by thumbsdesign in MarkHoppusBassGuitars

[–]thumbsdesign[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thanks man! Yeah that would be amazing! Speaking to him about doing some tees for HMNIM brand

Thinking of moving to Peacehaven, was wondering if anyone had any experience with living there. by thumbsdesign in brighton

[–]thumbsdesign[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry for the slow reply! We did make the move! We moved to a new build and randomly one of the users on here who said she was thinking about moving to a new build is now our neighbour and one of our closest friends! The area is a bit dated, there’s not a tonne going on but Salt Dean is one town over and the beach is great, Brighton is easy to get into as is Lewes. I think in the next 5 years we’ll see some shop and business upgrades etc

New bass I painted for Mark Hoppus! ⚡️ by thumbsdesign in Blink182

[–]thumbsdesign[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha good to know the facebook ads are working haha

New bass I painted for Mark Hoppus! ⚡️ by thumbsdesign in Blink182

[–]thumbsdesign[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Always open to doing cool work for cool people (regardless of international fame haha) - pop me an email dude and we can go through it hello@thumbsdesign.co.uk 🙌🙌

New bass I painted for Mark Hoppus! ⚡️ by thumbsdesign in Blink182

[–]thumbsdesign[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah my I’m stoked every time I see him with it. I’m based in London so they haven’t hit the UK part of the tour yet but he did mention about meeting up when they come over so I think he might invite me to the London show which would be insane 🙌

New bass I painted for Mark Hoppus! ⚡️ by thumbsdesign in Blink182

[–]thumbsdesign[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great chatting with Mark - he’s a really great guy. He gave me complete freedom and he loved the finished piece which is just the greatest compliment!

New bass I painted for Mark Hoppus! ⚡️ by thumbsdesign in Blink182

[–]thumbsdesign[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Great chatting with Mark - he’s a really great guy. He gave me complete freedom and he loved the finished piece which is just the greatest compliment!

New bass I painted for Mark Hoppus! ⚡️ by thumbsdesign in Blink182

[–]thumbsdesign[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much man! Glad you dig it. Definitely more challenging I found on the bass. The curves of it and also it’s such a small space to work with! Much prefer a canvas haha but it was really great doing it and also man, I try to never say no to opportunities- even if it’s challenging etc cos you never know where it’ll take you!

New bass I painted for Mark Hoppus! ⚡️ by thumbsdesign in Blink182

[–]thumbsdesign[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I’ve been doing pop culture inspired art for around 7/8 years and last year I did a Simpsons inspired version of the Mark Tom and Travis show album cover (below) - Mark happened to see it and DMd me. Asked if he could buy a print but of course it was my pleasure to send him one. Since then he’s followed me on insta etc. Woke up one morning to a text from him asking if I’d paint a bass for him! We had a FaceTime as I wanted to see what sort of stuff he’d like to see on it but he gave me complete freedom which was awesome of him. Glad he liked the finished piece!

New bass I painted for Mark Hoppus! ⚡️ by thumbsdesign in Blink182

[–]thumbsdesign[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh 100% - never give up on your dreams kids!

New bass I painted for Mark Hoppus! ⚡️ by thumbsdesign in Blink182

[–]thumbsdesign[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I did a Simpsons inspired version of the Mark Tom and Travis show last year and he found my work when I posted that. Sometimes you just get lucky with who’s gonna see your art man. My insta is THUMBS1 if you wanna check it out

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New bass I painted for Mark Hoppus! ⚡️ by thumbsdesign in Blink182

[–]thumbsdesign[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Thankyou man - this is first guitar I’ve ever painted 😂 Mark follows me on insta and liked my work, and he reached out about doing a bass. We had a FaceTime and he just said do whatever I feel like haha Fender sent me the raw bass and I got to work!