I have way more surfboards in my head than I could ever make, but its fun to try
I like to draw them up, then think about all the details, rails, bottom, etc.
I have pages and pages of sketches all over the house.
I think its therapy for me.
( " sketch mania "
...I like it !
I have " photo mania " .... and " fin mania ! .....
...IS there any cure ?? )
On a related topic ...
[ re: " a surfboard , in my head " ]
...has any of you ever had blood spontaneously come out of your head , a month or two after a head injury ?
[ .... I ask , because .....]
cheers , guys !
ben
I do the same thing on the computer. I compare shapes or make small adjustments to width and length and then lay them over each other to see small differences in curves. These are all full scale. When I decide to make something, I cut a full template from 1/4" PVC on our CNC table and then route the outline so I can start with perfect curves. It is sometimes a waste of time and material, but I like seeing the racks of full templates hanging on the wall. I cut different length rocker sticks this way also.
One drawing shows a pile of short board ideas grouped together. The other drawing shows a few templates with rocker template and how they lay into the corresponding US Blank 68rp.
I have lots of these files in the computer.
Good stuff huck,according to this film you may need therapy though.Good luck,hope this helps ha.
Very admirable. Conceptualizing is a very important part of design work. Some say the really good ideas only come when they flow out naturally. Keep your sketches in a notebook (Da Vinci did), so you can review the progression of the designs as you modify them. Group them by design type. When you’ve got something, put it in a CAD program so you can see it to scale and keep refining. When you get it finally in the water, you’ll know if what you predicted in the design work was valid. Yes or no, you’ll gain valuable insights.
Pondering makes for an interesting hobby!
hahaha, you got it bad Huck.
but, then, you’re in like company here.
=)
Huck, your drawings remind me of the old Pee Chee folders. Everyone had sometype of drawing on theirs. Are they still around?
Yep. Sketching boards in the margins of my notebook paper kept me from going insane in high scool english class as a junior.
I usually have to get something on paper so I can stop thinking about my designs, surfboards or work related. I have a file cabinet drawer at the office dedicated to designs that want to be drawn. They aren’t in files, just lying on top of each other in the drawer.
I make shopping lists
and
draw lineups
and
" the perfect lady "
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[ ..... IS there really such a thing ?? hahaha]
and throw in some drawings of extraterrestrials , maybe add some hieraglyphics too ,
and
eric von dannikin [sp?] or his successor might make a "chariots of the gods" sequel about it ...
....perhaps something along the lines of ....
"for DECADES now , aliens have been designing and making surfboards , and surfing our oceans "
[ ....reminiscent of Jack Nicholson's talk on the 'venusians' , a few years back , eh ? .... ]
My goodness huck… Leave all those in a barn loft, die an untimely death and in years to come you will be lauded like Simmons…
(chuckling) - you’re as bad as I am. Though these days I tend to do boats and machinery, stuff I need to work on and think through.
I do find that having the idea in my head isn’t enough, sometimes, that sketching something out helps me get the details right and see things I didn’t when it was just an idea.
Graph paper/square ruled paper is nice, isn’t it. That and I like soft pencils, a #1 for instance, and gel pens, just they flow better and distract less from the idea that’s coming to ( yeah, right, I hope it is) fruition. And the graph paper kinda lets you do it to scale, which can make or break an idea.
And , for me, so far, there just isn’t a substitute on one of these things. I’m playing with a tablet that in turn uses a stylus ( Lenovo Thinkpad tablet, runs Android and I’ve been playing with Autocad Sketchbook) but having to deal with the hardware and software gets in the way of the process. I might be a little bit of a luddite, or a dinosaur, but it’s just not transparent enough yet. Well, that or I’m just too lazy to put in enough time with the thing to get good with it.
Enjoy - it’s good for my head, sketching, takes me someplace else for a bit
doc…
....that's great stuff , Huck ! !!
Seeing those drawings , takes me back to my bored out of my gourds physics class days at high school !
I creatively defaced over 100 pages of the pheeezics text , with board [?bored?] sketches , before switching subjects to geography ...[that book didn't get changed , I ENJOYED that subject waaaay more !]
[out of those doodlings , I like your fish board best .... fish spray jobs look groovy maaaan !!]
keep em coming please , mr. hound dog ?
.....cheers , mate !
ben
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are you going to post your sketches and ideas here , mr. finn / hound [!] ,
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here's some chicken scratching fer ya
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If you see a fifty dollar Skil 100, would you pick it up for me? Thanks.
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No skil 100s today. But I did get a nice blue popout (is that an oxymoron?), and a Hawaii Five-O record, some aloha shirts, and check out my surfing Mickey cake decoration! (leading to the revelation...Mickey is goofy!)
[quote="$1"] For now - its off to the yardsales! [/quote]
If you see a fifty dollar Skil 100, would you pick it up for me? Thanks.
That's funny I didn't think anyone really cared to see a bunch of half-baked chicken scratch sketches. But since you asked, I will try to get some pics up, if I get a little time later in the day. For now - its off to the yardsales!
yeah Huck, whatnBen said…