Rob Story was born in San Angelo, Texas 1969. Rob graduated from the University of Texas, 1991.

Currently a Creative Director for a prominent Urban/Multicultural Ad Agency in Austin, Texas. Poster Designer/Art Director since 1987. Specialize in typography.

International Awards and Recognition include: Communication Arts Magazine, Print Magazine, Archive Magazine, Creativity Magazine, NY Art Directors Club, The One Show, Society of Illustrators, Print's Best of Typography.

Robs addictions include the following: Art Collecting, Popsicles, and Naughty Girls (my wife disapproves of this one). Two sons, two cats, and one dog, many faults.

He resides in Austin, Texas.

robstoryartdirector@yahoo.com

Q. Are you the fool who took my fins?

A. Fool? Yes. Took your fins? Wouldn't think of it.

 

Q. What do you want the people of Japan to know about sharks?

A. Sharks are sensitive and caring, love to cuddle and like rainy nights by the fire.

 

Q. What's you favorite soup...and don't say "shark fin soup"!?

A. Campbell's Cream of Mushroom with a shot of Brandy.

 

Q. Did you know Sharky's Machine is actually a movie about Burt Reynolds and not about sharks?

A. Well fuck it then. I'm taking that one out of the Netflix que.

 

Q. Do you know how to say shark in another language?

A. Yes, in Tex-Mex we say "chark."

 

Q. I ate Samuel L Jackson in the movie Deep Blue Sea...was that uncool?

A. Actually, no. Now I'm gonna put that one IN the Netflix que.

 

Q. Why do you want to help me?

A. I like the Earth and the way it works.

 

Q. What's your favorite Japanese food/movie/music/etc?

A. Rice/Memories/Loudness. Etc.? Yoshitaka Amano.

 

Q. Is there any connection between samurai swords and the loss of my fins?

A. Call me uneducated, but the answer is "I don't know."

 

Q. If you were a shark, what shark would you want to be?  Answer carefully...there are around 400 different kinds of us.

A. Thresher. Like the tail.

 

Q. Do you have any solutions on how to save me?

A. Convince the Japanese intelligentsia that eating turd soup will increase their libido and insure a hard-on for 2+ hours.

 

Chum’s Bucket of Shark Trivia with Rob Story

Sharks have upper and lower eyelids but they do not blink. True or False

True

 

The most harmless sharks tend to be the largest. True or False

False

 

Sharks can travel up to 20 miles per hour.  True or False

True

 

There are 370 or 570 species of sharks? 370 or 570

370

 

The hides of mature female blue sharks are more than twice as thick as those of males. True or False

True

Rob got two outta five correct playing Chum’s “Bucket of Shark Trivia”.  Which certifies Rob as a honorary PangeaSeed Finegade. 

PangeaSeed and Chum would like to take Rob for a nice BBQ picnic at Barton Springs.  And if things go well, have a dip 30 minutes after eating.  Swimming with sharks is not as dangerous as you might think it would be.  Rob created a honest and powerful design for No Fin No Future.  We are sure to catch some eyes and raise awareness having Rob and his super cool design on our team.

"Parasite." 18" x 24" - 3 color. I liken man to a parasite that is draining the host (the Earth) of the blood that he lives on (various issues can be applied here). Ironically, the parasite will eventually kill the host and thus himself. A strange sort of suicide. I departed from my usual style a bit and went with a more universal iconographic approach.

I also used the Japanese characters for the word parasite. The yellow and black recall a kind-of warning type feeling and of course the icon of the man (raceless and ageless) has been altered to visualize the spirit of man as the parasite. Simple and graphic, it seems to say what I wanted to say.

Rob’s design will be available for purchase in the form of limited edition signed/numbered prints and t-shirts at PangeaSeed: No Fin No Future Thursday July 30 at SuperDeluxe. 

For more event info see the English page on our website.