Step by step progress of Skate deck for DC x Loaded comp
September 21, 2009 by Vin
So I submitted five images chosen from each of my categories in ‘Grouped work’ for an upcoming competition in Auckland put on by Loaded store for DC Shoes… Low and behold I was picked as one of 20 artists to participate in the competition with the end result being a group show in Auckland for the launch of a new sneaker DC have put out.
The support I have been given to work with is a skate deck… a beautiful board by Plan B.
I have about 3 1/2 weeks to complete this project – inc. travel back and fourth of the boards from New Zealand to Melbourne and back to New Zealand again. ….Luckily for me I have a friend coming to visit who I have managed to weasel into becoming a mule for my board to travel over here with!
This is the step by step process I have gone through to create this deck :
Board to start with… 7 1/2 deck from fast times in Melbourne.
All taped up waiting for glue to dry w initial layer vintage wallpaper
W all the tape off and trimmed
Mask on, ready to start painting
First layer of paint… just applied, so is shiny, will dull down to matt once dried
Lightened it up heaps w another layer of soft duck egg blue/ grey + layers of a dove grey, cream and white as highlights.
Checking out w mock up to see if the top image/ background look alright together
Sexy sexy finished board w super-shiny resin topcoat poured on and dry.
Close up of detailing in top layer + highlights on vintage paper also showing through.
… I found it generated a lot of interest in people viewing it, they all wanted to touch and stroke it, my friend Ana even commented that the glossy resin made her want to lick it – it has a kind of lolly look to it, like clear toffee!
Below are Loaded’s posters advertising the opening of the art show in conjunction w the release of the sneakers – Wednesday 11th November at Loaded store in Auckland on High st.
Awesome work!
I have quick query in regards to the resin pour, how did you compensate for where the kicks angle down, did the resin pool at the ends?
Was an even coverage easy to achieve?
Hey thanks!
I use a 2 pac doming resin which you mix in even amounts, it dries overnight.
Its reasonably thick when you pour it, but I’ve done a bit of trial and error to get the process right – The first board I poured on was the Blue one for the DC comp – I mixed both full bottles ( 200mls) and poured in one layer as I wanted it to be thick and yeah it pooled at the ends and soaked through the tape I had masked the edges with…. it set in drip marks on the reverse side because of this rather than pooling when it set.
On the above board I poured in 3 thin layers and its pretty even- the vintage wallpaper I use in the background is embossed so it catches a lot of the excess resin in the dips. Top two coats less than 1mm thick each, so I chose not to mask the edges, but instead did the underside and was able to remove excess drips before the resin fully cured.
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