Wednesday, March 16, 2016

When we were planning on using normal-looking plywood for the longboards, I had several ideas for graphics, but after we switched to the beautiful glue-up boards, I had a much more difficult time deciding what to put on mine.  I didn’t want to cover the wood grain with paint, but I still wanted to do a cool and unique design.  After some research, I decided that I would do one of my original designs, except substituting watercolor paint for the spray paint.   Water colors would allow the wood grain to show through, and the more muted tones wouldn’t class with the wood.  The shape also had to be changed:  I was originally planning on a modern shape with cutouts, but the wood seems to look best in an old-school surf style shape.
Tim


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