Last month my husband and I decided to hand-paint a skate board for my brother’s birthday. Growing up skateboarding my husband favored the blank decks because not only were they affordable but he could draw what ever he wanted on them. (Too bad we don’t have any pictures of those old skateboards.) Anyways, so off we went to our local skate shop, 6 Twenty One to purchase a lone blank deck that no one seemed to want, according to one of the shop kids. Back at the house we made thumbnails of our ideas based around the one thing my brother is passionate about with the exception of skateboarding…DA BEARS. So hence, we went Chicago style with the Chicago cityscape and the Bears logo. The two of us hand painted the board with acrylics, watercolor (later I found to be a big mistake) and sharpies. The Bears logo unfortunately is a decal we purchase, neither one of us had the balls to paint it but looking back I wished we had. We intentionally distressed the stripes and cityscape to give it that urban look. Needless to say my brother was stoked, he now had his very own personalized Bears skateboard, it truly one of a kind!
Surfing the web for hand painted decks, I came across these boards I thought I share by other creatives and skateboarders. Enjoy! K
Wegerbauer's Creative Team Deck Design Winner
Found on wegerbauer.com. Check out Eric Wegerbauer post on his Skateboard deck design, lots of cool boards and a great idea to boost up morale in a creative office. Click Here to read his post.
Mark Rivard "Cityscape"
Found on Sharpie’s Blog which is what led me to last weeks post about Sharpies. Skateboard Artist Mark Rivard uses sharpies to create his boards check out an interview with Mark on Sharpie’s Blog here, also check out his site, lots of cool board work at markrivardskateboardart.com.
Adam Khan's Khancept Decks
Found on spraygraphic.com Adam Kahn’s Kahncept decks uses spray paint and paint markers. Click here to see more of his work.
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