WIP: New Line

I am currently thinking of starting another line of boards. Same idea with the creatures, but a little different.

For starters, I plan to paint the entire base a solid color, verses letting the wood show through like I have been. I may later switch it up and have my image of top of the deck and use clear grip tape, then use some kind of brand name as the base design, but that's a whole different story.

I am hoping the images I come up with look stronger verses these light designs I've been working with.

I will explain more once I've got an image up and working. 

Final: Timothy Deck

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WIP: Timothy Deck

After spray painting the blue background, I drew Timothy, then tapped him off. 

Unfortunately when I took the tape off, a lot of the paper was stuck on it, but oh well. I was able to scrape a lot of it off, but it left a texture on the board. 

Then from there, I added the black lines in. I thought about adding in his name, but I kind feel like it looks stronger without anything else added. Simple but full. 

Beginning: Timothy Deck

So this is the next one I want to put on a board. He's also already on a wood piece, but I can use him again. So this is what I  am thinking: 

I went and picked up this color paint, the whole board won't be this color, just the middle where I plan to put my image. I also picked up frog tape, I heard about this stuff while in school, but never bothered to get it. I hope it will make the paint lines come out crisp when I pull it up (fingers crossed!). 

So as of right now here is where it is at. I taped out the center and then papered up the ends to keep the paint from getting on them. Then sprayed it. Next step is to draw up my image and then tape it all off. Hopefully when I tape it up, it doesn't take up the paint that's already down... guess I'll see what happens.

Final: Riley Deck

So the sun did not turn out as round as I would have liked, but that's okay. I bought black gloss Krylon paint and used that to outline everything. It worked a lot better than anticipated, it dried quickly and let me shade pretty easily. I am super happy with the color though, and want to keep that going. 

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WIP: Riley

So this is where I am at thus far with Riley. I decided to spray the entire board with a clear flat spray, hoping that would help in sealing it so that the spray paint wouldn't be absorbed by the wood. The spray paint I bought is all Krylon brand with gloss. 

I then tried to tape off the image in parts and spray paint it that way, which kind of worked. I don't have photos but i ended up making a huge mess. The sun turned out cool, but I was too impatient to wait for it to fully dry that I then started the next part of the board and completely screwed up the sun. 

So this is where Riley is at as of right now. I plan to go in an put in detail with black ink, however, this time I am letting it dry. Personal goal: not to touch it again until Wednesday. Due to my lack of patiences this turned into a combination on spray painting, finger painting, and actually painting. On the upside though, I actually really like the line work that I was able to put into the image, especially in the sun. I have to try and sand out some parts, but so far I'm actually kind of excited for this.

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Beginning: Riley Deck

Deck design No. 2: Riley

Not sure where this one came from, but I'm actually really excited about it. Kind of a desert/ palm tree vibe going on. I'm taking my first road trip out west soon (crazy excited about it), so maybe I was subconsciously thinking there. But I'm thinking color in this one and I'm stoked about it. 

Anyway, this is the original sketch I came up with. I have found that I really enjoy finding my letters in the line work. I don't take exactly what I get from the line work, but it definitely helps in finding an interesting style for the text. 

Riley text

And this is the sketch on the board. Sorry if you can't see the pencil marks, but maybe it'll give an idea of what I'm trying to do. I think I want to pick up some spray paint and stencil out the images and block out the color. Then after filling the color, I'll either go in with a brush or paint pen and add in smaller details. 

I think I want spray paint that has some kind of shine after it dries. That way the shine of the image and the rawness of the wood will work together, maybe level one another out.