I thought I’d post a picture of a recent board since I’m getting this picture posting thing going. Thanks to all the Swaylockians who have been so generous with your knowledge and time. It has helped me immensely in improving the process. Thanks again! Doug
Nice work; nice pics!
DS,
Very nice indeed…you can tell the guy loves it…kissing the tailblack…he he…
Doug,
Wow - that really looks great… Nice detail
Best,
Herb
Nice rail job. Ah, are you sure they are tealeaves?
Yes, tealeaves. The model I used was a T-shirt from longboard magazine. What you’re thinking of looks much different. Doug
Excellent looking board. Tell us though, how you laid on the rail design.
Nice, how did you do the artwork and how long did it take you?
Doug,
That’s very nice. Nicest looking rail artwork I’ve seen in awhile. It gave me an idea of painting kelp frons on the bottom of my next board to act as camo as I sit out in the line-up up here in 'whitey" territory. I’m sure it’s been done before but it can’t hurt and might even instill a sense of false security.
DS, Nice job on those rails. Looks like it took quite a while for that detail…
How did you do it?
Howzit Doug, If those are the hawaiian kind they are ti leaves not tea leaves, could cause some confusion some people. Aloha,Kokua
nice first board…keep at it …you can do better…although thats pretty cool…tea leaves!..how ever many boards that makes…nevermind …
Kokua, Thanks for the correction. I’m pretty sure they are the Hawaiian leaf since they were on the Longboard Magazine T-shirt.
As far as how I did it: I drew the outlines of the leaves on the foam with a regular pencil. Then I sat down on a stool and painted the leaves with a 1/4" chisel brush using the same water-based acrylic paint I use for spraying. It took about 8 hours. Not very cost effective, but once I get started on something like that, time doesn’t matter. I just get taken in by the process.
Thanks everyone for your feedback. Doug
Howzit Doug, Spelling aside I think it looks great and I figured it took a long time to paint. Figure $20 an hour = $160 and I've seen people pay that much for an extra special job that wasn't that labor intensive. Glad I didn't have to do it. Aloha,Kokua
Doug,
The art you did on your rails has been very inspiring to me and I wanted to give something similiar a try on a recent board of mine. I was hoping to get further steps on how you did your work? Such as; after you outlined them in pencil, did you next fill with the green, then outline in black, and finally add the shading - if you don’t mind that is.
Thanks,
Herb Bean
BEAUTIFUL how long did that take for the rail job and the rest of the artwork on the board its amazing
Herb, I’ll help in any way I can.
I had a picture to look at. Actually it was a Longboard Magazine T-shirt. I layed the T-shirt on the board and used it for reference.
The leaves were outlined with a normal pencil first. Then I painted the different colored leaves with a chisel-point brush. I think it was 1/4" or 5/16". There were three different shades of green, and black.
After all the leaves were painted, (I had to do some twice, because when they dried they lightened up a bit), then I did the black outlines on the foam with a paint pen. Use a new paint pen for this, with plenty of paint in it, because these are hard to get dark. You may have to go over them twice.
After that, I went back and did the shading with black paint using the same brush. Some of the shading was painted with strokes and some was done by dabbing the brush to get a dotted effect.
The paint I used was Liquitex in the tube. I thinned it with Future Acrylic Floor Finish and water.
I hope this is the info you need. Let me know if I can add to it. Good luck on your project. Something like this is a lot of work,(Although I didn’t keep exact hours, I think it took me 8 to 10 hours), but it’s very satisfying to stand back and look at what you did. Doug
Doug,
Thank you for the help. I’ll post a picture once I’m done. I can imagine the satisfaction - especially when in the water, laying on the board.
Herb