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!

Please click at the picture to see it in full-size.

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.

Skateboard Market Research

Last month, I was looking for a skateboard to buy. I was walking around the city, there was so few shops that sell boards; such as Billabong, Roxy, Ripcurl and some locals shop, but what I found out is those shops (in Sydney) was overpricing almost every single board except Penny board which is the only brand made in Australia. Maybe it is because of importing taxes. Then, I designed to do some online window shopping, read heaps of reviews from brand to brand and watched videos on YouTube. It's very hard to find the one board that fits me ( I've looking for a small board 24"-28" juct to cruise from home to school). But finally, here are my favourite:

The Arbor Collective

These brands and series are well recommended by skateboarder and long boarder hence they have a high quality components. What I like about them is not just that. I like how each series seems to be in the same style and direction. Moreover, it is a very clever thing that they use the advantage of wood texture and wood colour as part of the design. That, makes they look classic and fashionable. Creative.

Landyachtz

Final Portrait

Britney Expressive Portrait in Surrealism Movement.

Let's the game of thrones begins!