Friday, March 31, 2017
CONCEPT Pool Deck
Although I made a few mistakes in production, it ended up turning out
quite nice. I’m looking forward to showing it off on the streets!
quite nice. I’m looking forward to showing it off on the streets!
My brand is CONCEPT and this is my fourth board at OSF. CONCEPT exists
to provide custom boards for custom skaters. This board is
straightforward like an arrow and the graphic has a retro appeal. The
neon green and silver has a modern twist that resembles the dress
fiasco all over social media. The board appears silver from one angle
and green from another.
straightforward like an arrow and the graphic has a retro appeal. The
neon green and silver has a modern twist that resembles the dress
fiasco all over social media. The board appears silver from one angle
and green from another.
To achieve this paint effect I did a base coat of silver under the
mist of green. This was a new spray paint technique I tried. I also
stenciled my logo onto it. This was one of the new Roarockit old
school shapes OSF has done; It was a new and interesting canvas to
work with.
mist of green. This was a new spray paint technique I tried. I also
stenciled my logo onto it. This was one of the new Roarockit old
school shapes OSF has done; It was a new and interesting canvas to
work with.
Queasy Rider
I’m an 18 year old student, and this is my second semester at OSF this
is the seventh board I’ve created and I’m excited to see what else I
can make before this semester ends. My brand Queasy Rider exists to
connect sick art with sick people. I mainly produce art for people
who enjoy grotesque imagery and anyone with a sense of humor.
At the beginning of the current semester I was told to try something
new, a new process when it comes to designing boards, I had many ideas
and wanted to do all of them but one in particular intrigued me the
most. I wanted to design a board that paid tribute to one of my
biggest inspirations: action figures. I decided to design the board as
an old school action figure in a box; the action figure portion is an
addition small piece of veneer pressed on top of the deck so I could
get the feeling that it’s actually coming off the box. The shape of
the board is an old school pool deck and I think it works very well
with the themes of the board. I used wrestling figures from the 80s,
Stretch Armstrong and he-man figures as reference for the “Queasy Boy”
and a wide variety of 70s-90s action figure boxes and box art as
reference for the rest of it. I spray painted the board orange and
hand painted everything else. When planning this board I thought it
would be interesting to feature a retired super hero or something
along those lines, so I painted an older, out of shape version of the
Queasy Boy holding little versions of a younger him. The way I see,
allot of people including myself have a soft spot for figures pre 2000
because they are irreplaceable something about the strange proportions
and hand painted feel as well as that cheap plastic smell are just
great. I wanted this board to embody some of that as well as showing
someone holding on to the past. Making this board was challenging but
allot of fun.
I really enjoy trying new things like this and will continue to do so
throughout the rest of this semester, so stay tuned and make sure to
check me out @Queasy_Rider
Sick Co.
I'm 18 and this is my second year at OSF and I’ll be graduating in
June before going to college for trades. This board is a zombie
version of the Shining movie scene when Jack Nicholson breaks through
the door and says “Here’s Johnny”. This fits my brand Sick Co. which
exists to release your inner sicko and defy the normal.
To make this grungy board I dipped it all black, then I cut the shape
to have actual drips at the bottom. I woodburned and added a veneer of
a raised drippy mirror. Inside this I stenciled a zombie face. I was
going to add my slime green brand colour, but then I realized I liked
the simplicity of the black white and wood grain.
I really enjoyed making this board and jigging out a unique shape. I
hope to do more in the future.
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Friday, March 24, 2017
Blade Skateboards
I'm an artist and a rapper from Charlottetown Prince Edward Island. I recently moved to Toronto a few months ago. My inspirations for my artwork come from alot of metal bands and horror movies. The bands that inspire my art are motionless in white beyond unbroken and asking Alexandra. The horror movies that inspire my art are saw and scream. My brand is blade skateboards and it exists to bring the metal gothic and horror movie art styles into street culture. The theme of my board is isolation. The two crows are just one crow imagining the other crow being there to comfort itself. The knife is the weapon the wounds the crows mind. The message I'm trying to send to whoever sees the artwork is the damage isolation can inflict on someone's mind.
My board is a 100 percent Canadian maple street deck. It was a pain In the ass to make I swear its cursed. I get good then get fast so it was a long process but it turned out great.
Video:
Check out @portablecity inking a skateboard for our upcoming Youth are REVOLTING show in this video:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=I5SXlzFqT7M
Zim Skateboards
Zim Skateboards: I'm 18 years old. I started Zim Skateboards at the beginning of this school year. Since then it has flourished into the awesome fun loveing brand I formed it to be. My brand still plays off the retro style and vibe with the neon green and pinks although it hard to say my board shapes are retro because Zim is making an effort to push our board shapes to the next level. These 2 boards are perfect examples because I did a complete switch up from your normal street deck or long board. What I did was press 2 sets of pintail vaneers on my custom made street deck mold in order to create these awesome new long board shapes. The first one I made was the drop down. It was inspired by new wave long board culture and one of my close friends. They showed me that if you move your trucks on to the tails of your skateboard it becomes very similar to a drop down long board, but the only problem was wheel bite. So what I did was simply cut out where the wheel wells would have been. For board number 2 I wanted to continue with my new way of pressing pintails on my custom made street deck mold so I made a pintail street deck and it looks like a torpedo. For me the one thing I hate the most when I'm skating is wheel bite so what I do to all my skateboard is add wheel wells so there is more space between the board and the wheel. By now I'm sure your wondering how I do all this cool stuff.
Let me walk you through the process. First thing first I pick out my veneers then I set up to press the board using the @roarocket thin air press, tri bond 3 wood glue and a lot of elbow grease. After one night in the press to allow the gule to dry I will take the board out and shape it using a jig saw and rasp. After that I sand the board down and its ready for a graphic. For the first graphic I did a negative tape stencil with a double fade. Some of the elements and principles of design that I used for the board were symmetry, balance and color. On my second board I wood burned a maze in to the board. This was probably the most tedious way of putting a graphic on a skate board ... you would think I would have learned after the first time. On this board the elements and principles of design that I used were texture, lines and again balance.
Reflecting on my frist boards, over all I'm very happy. I feel like everything went really well with these 2 I had no problems. If I could change one thing about them it would be the length of time it took to make them. I'm super excited to hang both of these in my shop...now lets go skate!
Let me walk you through the process. First thing first I pick out my veneers then I set up to press the board using the @roarocket thin air press, tri bond 3 wood glue and a lot of elbow grease. After one night in the press to allow the gule to dry I will take the board out and shape it using a jig saw and rasp. After that I sand the board down and its ready for a graphic. For the first graphic I did a negative tape stencil with a double fade. Some of the elements and principles of design that I used for the board were symmetry, balance and color. On my second board I wood burned a maze in to the board. This was probably the most tedious way of putting a graphic on a skate board ... you would think I would have learned after the first time. On this board the elements and principles of design that I used were texture, lines and again balance.
Reflecting on my frist boards, over all I'm very happy. I feel like everything went really well with these 2 I had no problems. If I could change one thing about them it would be the length of time it took to make them. I'm super excited to hang both of these in my shop...now lets go skate!
Crow Pintail
Hey, this is my second semester as OasisSkateboard Factory. My brand name is Mossy Meadows. Living in
Australia on a farm for a year was my biggest inspiration for this skateboard. I remember sitting on the porch and drawing birds, specifically crows. The image of a crow makes me think of farm life. When you look at a crow from far away its not so exciting. But when you look at a crow close up, you see that there is more then just black feathers. When reflected in the light, crow feathers hold many colours. Lots of
blues, greens and purples. Before I make judgments of something, I like to learn more about it what I'm looking at. Most people think of crows as a pest and a symbol of the devil. I think of crows as a symbol of inner beauty.
To make this board, I pressed a pintail shape out of 7 veneers. Then I made a template and jigged out the shape. I wood burned the details and painted it with watered down acrylic. It was a time consuming process but it was definitely worth it. The elements and principles of design I used include texture, both
physical (created by the wood burner) and implied (created by my painting technique). I also used value to create highlights and shading to make it look
more three-dimensional.
Trying a new technique has inspired me for my next board. I want to use the painting technique I used on this board with different characters and themes.
Overall I think the board turned out quite well.
Australia on a farm for a year was my biggest inspiration for this skateboard. I remember sitting on the porch and drawing birds, specifically crows. The image of a crow makes me think of farm life. When you look at a crow from far away its not so exciting. But when you look at a crow close up, you see that there is more then just black feathers. When reflected in the light, crow feathers hold many colours. Lots of
blues, greens and purples. Before I make judgments of something, I like to learn more about it what I'm looking at. Most people think of crows as a pest and a symbol of the devil. I think of crows as a symbol of inner beauty.
To make this board, I pressed a pintail shape out of 7 veneers. Then I made a template and jigged out the shape. I wood burned the details and painted it with watered down acrylic. It was a time consuming process but it was definitely worth it. The elements and principles of design I used include texture, both
physical (created by the wood burner) and implied (created by my painting technique). I also used value to create highlights and shading to make it look
more three-dimensional.
Trying a new technique has inspired me for my next board. I want to use the painting technique I used on this board with different characters and themes.
Overall I think the board turned out quite well.
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