Painted my board....

[Skim]

Yesterday, I snapped my board. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="images/icons/frown.gif" />

So I promptly bought a blank, my buddy shaped it for me, and I painted it last night.

It's semi-based on my half sleeve:

<img src="http://www.momentoffame.com/snapshots/MomentOfFame/l28080.jpg" alt=" - " />

<img src="http://www.momentoffame.com/snapshots/MomentOfFame/l28081.jpg" alt=" - " />

 

[dysfunctional]

nice paint job!

 

[Random Guy]

that is cool looking. you know, it looks real good against the door. have you thought about painting it onto the door exactly the way it looks in the pic? board outline and all.
whatdya think?
cowabunga
rg
i love cold water

 

[Skim]

Thanks guys...

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Random Guy:
<strong>that is cool looking. you know, it looks real good against the door. have you thought about painting it onto the door exactly the way it looks in the pic? board outline and all.
whatdya think?
cowabunga
rg
i love cold water</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hmmm...the door in the guest bedroom...I dunno.

Maybe on the back porch fence!

 

[DB1B]

Nice work. Is it really a quad fin?

 

[Skim]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by DB1B:
<strong>Nice work. Is it really a quad fin?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Sho nuff <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" />

 

[hunnybunny]

SA-WEET!! You got skills babe!!! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />

 

[DB1B]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Skim:
<strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by DB1B:
<strong>Nice work. Is it really a quad fin?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Sho nuff <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Interesting. Looks like a pretty standard shortboard shape. You'll have to give us some reports on how it rides.

 

[Skim]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by DB1B:
<strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Skim:
<strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by DB1B:
<strong>Nice work. Is it really a quad fin?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Sho nuff <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Interesting. Looks like a pretty standard shortboard shape. You'll have to give us some reports on how it rides.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yeah - it is!

My shaper swears by them. Last time, I got him to make a standard 6'2" tri-fin and it was great. Just for fun, I decided to ride one of his quads one day, and it was like the board was psychic. It was very loose and fast. The thing I noticed immediately was that it responded to my body weight in a turn more than anything I'd ridden previously, so I figured I'd give it a try.

 

[El Scorcho]

those waves look gnarly!! I love the way you painted them and that shade of blue!

um, I don't know anything about painting surfboards. what kind of paint did you use?

 

[Skim]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by El Scorcho:
<strong>those waves look gnarly!! I love the way you painted them and that shade of blue!

um, I don't know anything about painting surfboards. what kind of paint did you use?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">That's actually the first one I've painted - it's all water-based paint - Tempera and Gouache. Apparently you have to use water-based paints only - which is why airbrushing works so well.

I painted it all with brushes and I used a paper towel to get watery textures on it.

 

[El Scorcho]

kick ass!

 

[groovn]

SWEET!!!

Nice work man. It's gotta feel good to put your own artwork on your board.

Good on ya!

<img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />

 

[Shell]

Nice artwork! Congrats on your new board. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" />

You said you used water colors? I've painted a few of my boards and was told that I could only use acrylics. So I paint my designs and then sand off the excess bumpy paint...it doesn't hurt the board, as long as you only sand paint off, not foam. Acrylics are not the same as watercolors, is it? Because they said the resin could make the watercolor art "run"? How did the art hold after glassing? ...VERY curious...thanks. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" />

[ January 13, 2003, 01:17 PM: Message edited by: Shell ]

 

[hackeysaky]

Skim, the rear 2 fins of your quad fin- are they the symmetrical template (like a standard middle fin) or do they have one curved and one flat side (like standard side fins)? I would assume the latter since it appears that they are canted and not parallel to the stringer.

[ January 13, 2003, 12:26 PM: Message edited by: hackeysaky ]

 

[Skim]

Shell -

My shaper said he's used acrylics before but he'd heard it was sketchy for some reason. Acrylics are latex-based, so if you sand off the bumps, then you are retaining the pigment. The tempera paint I've used has mostly soaked in the foam, so I don't think it will run. A lot of boards are airbrushed(most boards I think) and airbrush paint is water-based. I wonder if they shellac it afterwards to keep it in place?

hackeysac -

They are both like side fins. One curved and one flat.

 

[knowaves]

Looks like Hokusai, and that be a compliment!

 

[nigel]

i don't really like it. i used to take art class in high school a lot, and i got lots of a's. i culd do somethin better i tink.

 

[cabbage]

yeah, whatever nigel you ****wit. you are the biggest arsewipe that I have ever come across. you couldn't do anything close to that if you tried, you talentless ****head. hope your movie bombs you little ****er

 

[nigel]

hey screw you my movie is goin to be big and then you will want to be my friend when i am famous and rich you loser! what kind of name is cabbage anyway? why not lettuce? screw you.