I love tattooing and skateboarding. My brand name is Passion
Panda. It’s a brand that is about being unique and creating your own
style...being passionate in your own distinct style. The panda
reflects both sides of the skating world: there is a rougher more
aggressive side, and then a softer side to skating, just like a panda.
Pandas are a perfect way to reflect those two things, to balance them together.
This
board’s theme is a new school tattoo. Tatooing is my favourite style of
art, it captivates and inspires me as an artist to aim for a cleaner
style. Tatoos are permeante on skin so you can’t mess up, and they
inspire me to not mess up because you never know who is going to see it.
I have a way of using colour to represent emotions. I used specific
colours on this board to represent specific emotions and feelings to represent
myself, to give the person looking at it a better idea of what I was thinking
when I made the board. I used 7-ply Canadian maple. I applied a
stain first, then stencilled the design on top. Spray paint was used as a
base, and then paint markers were used to give it more of a fade look.
This board is a symbol of inspiration to inspire people to do what they want to
do.
