And.. here comes the mockups

Final Design!

Moodboard

Concept Idea

In general, skateboarding is popular among teenage boys, so, I select black, wood and gold as my main colour. Not only they look manly, they also look fashionable. Inspired by the matrix that has 4 special characterr, the gunslinger, the architect, the oracle and the keymaker, I've change the architect to the doctor to harmonize them all in a style of steampunk.

For the first one, i chose black as a main colour of the deck. This one intentionally has the most simple looking among its series because some people like it that way and I don't want to loose any potential buyer ( if it for commercial ). I as well put an inspirational quote to sharpen its style.

Secondly, I've found one quote on facebook; 'Don't be afraid to fail, be afraid not to try.' I've change it to 'Don't be afraid to fall, be afraid not to try.' because, like this, it is more like skateboard. And the doctor below.. she's here if you actually fall. *laugh*

Thirdly, the oracle or a guy who sees future. I use eye glasses as a symbol. I also did complete his look with vintage clocks. Then I add a quote. 'Don't just live a life, build one.' in case someone doubt about his destiny. Here is the short answer.

Lastly, the key-maker, he is a guy in the Matrix that can go anywhere because he has every key for every single door. In real life, we most shut ourselves in the wall we made forgetting we can go anywhere we want and be everything we want. If we do whatever it takes or at least try. Also, we have to be open-minded for that. A world bound by border is outdated.

Ongoing Sofar 25/09/13

Other Inspirations From 21DAY

Once I have the colour palette, now I'm thinking about the style and art movement. There is a guy who is, like, my Thai graphic designer idol. He passionates in making collage artworks ,both by hand traditionally and also digital ,that becomes such a cool idea just by adding lots of thing and blending it up, beautifully.

The reason why I like his art works so much is not because they all look mess-up but, in other hand, they're so interesting that you can look at it forever and never get bored. They are combinations of many ideas, some have meaning , some have story and some are just nothing. This is awesome!

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Inspirational colour palettes

Skateboarder are mostly male teenager; so I think I should use classic color combinations like black and gray. Not only it is cool and looks manly, it's also easy to match your board with most styles of clothe and shoe. But to bring even more possible buyer like girls and hipsters, I'm considering of putting some gold in it like these picture I found on in internet. I think it looks gorgeous for every gender.