I’m a
first semester student at Oasis Skateboard Factory. My brand is “Ride Low Industries”, which is a
cruising/longboarding company. My
target market is anyone that’s looking for a cheap, low emission way to get
around the city.
For my
personal board I chose to do three skeletons oriented to show the progression
of how to get on a board. It
wasn’t really my first idea, the first idea was to put “Ride Low Industries”
across the bottom but I didn’t like how it looked. Designing the board was probably the hardest thing about
making the board. I found all the
woodworking went by quickly and then when it came time for me to put a picture
on the deck there were so many options.
I just didn’t know what to do and what I’d like best.
For the
design I picked I had to first find a skeleton graphic, which was just a side
view of a skeleton standing straight so I needed to change the image to fit the
progression. I used a light box
and through lots of trial and error I came up with the final images. Then I applied a black base coat, and
then had to create three individual stencils and then sprayed them white. Then I used a Fineliner to draw in all
the detail.
From
designing this board I learned that there is a lot more that goes into
designing a board than wood and a picture. I like the board, but I think it could be a lot better...I’ve heard that everyone has that feeling about their first personal board.
