If the human brain was a muscle, these guys would be Mega Athletes! Rietveld and Roberts are bonafide Art Masters who did it the old fashioned way: they stayed in school, studied a lot, and never stopped drawing. Their friendship goes back 30 years to the early days of the surf industry. It’s where they both got their start. Phil was working for Sundek Clothing and illustrating for surf magazines, while Rick took on a freelance job to create a company logo and found Maui and Sons. “I never dreamed I’d be part of the surf industry,” Rick told FIND about his start, “but as it worked out I combined two of my favorite things to do: Surfing and art.” In the late ‘70s, both Rick and Phil were already the top two illustrators in the industry. And even though they were familiar with each other’s work, it wasn’t until they met at a tradeshow in Florida that they began paying a lot more attention… Now Fast forward ten years… Rick enjoying the fruits of his labor becoming world famous with Maui and Sons, and Phil grinding away as an illustrator making all those glamorous box office movie posters. No […]