Guest Artist: Robb Harskamp
Our slam dunk contest video visualization has been called “Dunk Porn”, if so, we consider Robb Harskamp’s Slam Dunk Contest Poster to be the perfect centerfold. Robb’s poster is the kind of work we go crazy over, so we were psyched when he agreed to debut it on Hoopism. As is the Hoopism way, you can download a medium res version for free. There is also a limited edition of of 24″ x 36″ posters available for purchase for those that need it in its full glory. Click on the image below to zoom.
Robb reached out to us via twitter @robbharskamp and after checking out the amazing work on his website we decided a collaboration was definitely in order. To be fair, the collaboration was pretty one sided. We shared our vision of “generating and sharing unique basketball content we wish existed” and Robb came back a couple weeks later with this mind-blowing artwork. We were immediately drawn to the level of detail and reverence with which Robb captured the history of the contest.
Robb manages to encapsulate the entire narrative of the dunk contest in a single image. Highlights for us are the Brent Barry warm up jacket and Robb’s rendering of the Denver Nuggets TETRIS style jersey – our all-time favorite.
We asked Robb about his inspiration:
“As a kid, I might have been a little bit obsessed with watching the NBA dunk contest. I remember being nervous and excited watching — there was just something amazing about it. I took my love for drawing and filled notebooks with sketches of ‘Nique, Jordan and Spud to name a few. After seeing Hoopism’s amazing slam dunk contest video visualization, it took me right back to being a kid again. Next thing you know, I’ve made a poster showing all the participants of all the dunk contests. It’s been a blast.”
Robb was awesome to work with and we hope this is the first of many collaborations. We are also considering releasing some posters of our own work if the interest is there. As always, If you have an interesting idea for a project or would like contribute in future projects drop us an email or follow us on twitter @hoopisms.
Why does the poster have Serge winning in 2011? I didn’t like Blake’s dunk either but he did win.
Not sure what you’re seeing Nick. Def Clips jersey in gold with the star. But I do tend to agree, Blake is nasty, but I wasn’t bowled over.
I should note: This is Matt. Jay thinks the Dunk Contest should be renamed the Blake Griffin Contest.
Never mind nevermind sorry!
I love the accuracy of the jerseys (or in barry’s case the warm-ups). Other highlights could be the Krypto-Nate jersey, the double 2005 yellow hornets jerseys, or Jordan’s old cursive Chicago jersey.
Is #33 of Chicago in 1990 Scottie Pippen (obviously makes sense)? I didn’t remember him ever being in a dunk contest. I’ll have to look that video up. I assume it comes in a non-descript black bag so my neighbours don’t know what it is?
@The J: It is a great poster, but there’s a couple of uni inaccuracies – the rainbow Nuggets jersey is the version used from 1982-86 – the one worn in 1993 was royal blue with yellow trim. There’s a couple of other tiny errors too – the first Jazz uniform shouldn’t have the “Utah” text, and the NBA logo wasn’t on jersey until 1986, but I suppose only uniform geeks like myself would notice.
Otherwise, awesome poster.
EDITORS NOTE: This has been fixed on the site and on the posters. Big thanks!
I love it how it Brent’s “jersey” appears almost at the center!
Visually, if you look at the upper portion of the poster, it seems like the Blazer’s sent the most number of participants to the event. Either that, or they never seem to tire of those two stripes across the gut! X_X
love the poster but never been a big viewer of the dunk contest (or any all star break events for that matter), could you explain what it means when the jerseys have bronze background and what it means when there is a star- Thanks!
@Rubes that means they won the dunk contest that year. poster has everyone that participated
Brent Barry’s the only one with long sleeves..
great poster! cant stop admiring it. however, perhaps you could also add kobe’s warmup to the 1997 contest as he was wearing the lakers warmup for some of his dunks.
You guys left Eric GORDON out:
Gordon participated in the 2010 NBA All-Star Weekend. During the 2010 NBA All-Star Weekend, Gordon and DeMar DeRozan went head-to-head in the inaugural Sprite All-Star Slam Dunk-In, which took place at halftime of the Rookie Challenge.