Topsheet art?

[AcousticBoarder]

I keep seeing all these new fancy boards in the board porn thread with some killer custom top sheets... Are there some members of our community that do these?

[scottishsurfer]

I do my own typically takes me about a year to do one since i kind of work in stops and starts

[daveo]

@scottishsurfer that's awesome man. are you an artist by occupation?

[Aracan]

Mine was done by a designer colleague who likes to dabble in comic art in his spare time. I can put you in touch if you like.

[Technick]

I've done a couple... But very busy right now on some other stuff.

Edited March 23, 2021 by Technick

[scottishsurfer]

5 hours ago, daveo said:

@scottishsurfer that's awesome man. are you an artist by occupation?

Not really i'm an electrical safety and repairs technican at a recycling company. Which is actually how i got the wacom cintiq tablet it came into be recycled and i repaired it and my bosses let me keep it. I have done some contract 3d work for video games and some design work for a friends company but its more of a hobby than a occupation.

[BlueB]

19 minutes ago, scottishsurfer said:

Not really i'm an electrical safety and repairs technican at a recycling company. Which is actually how i got the wacom cintiq tablet it came into be recycled and i repaired it and my bosses let me keep it. I have done some contract 3d work for video games and some design work for a friends company but its more of a hobby than a occupation.

That's an amazing story and talent! A new career would be in order, maybe? 

[daveo]

26 minutes ago, scottishsurfer said:

Not really i'm an electrical safety and repairs technican at a recycling company. Which is actually how i got the wacom cintiq tablet it came into be recycled and i repaired it and my bosses let me keep it. I have done some contract 3d work for video games and some design work for a friends company but its more of a hobby than a occupation.

why don't you post some of your work up? i'm interested to see .. maybe others are, too *shrug*. if you want, of course.

[scottishsurfer]

I'm just a jack(hack) of all trades i do a bit of everything for the most part, so heres a couple of bits

more of the topsheet im currently working on.
Logo i did for my friends company
texture sheet for the hull of the T-80u tank model thats at the bottom
Album art for my friends band
Close up of Donek thats hidden in the ropes of my current boards graphic.
In game picture of the T-80U that i worked on.

*if you click the image and click again youll get the full size version*



I could never do anything artistic for a job because im way to slow and i dont want to get burnt out again or hate it's pretty much the same reason ive never wanted to be a snowboard instructor. I enjoy my current job alot anyway

Edited March 23, 2021 by scottishsurfer

[Wolf]

Not in the same league at all as Scottishsurfer, but I did use my monocrome printer to make a label to cover up the previous owners name on my top sheet.  And the top sheet was a custom for that previous owner.

 

 

[scottishsurfer]

i loved the jetsons as a kid so it defintely gets thumbs up from me

[dredman]

https://instagram.com/amkatelier?igshid=1nf9sz63wqltg

Anna does all of the logos, graphics and social media  for MCC.  She also designed top sheets for my last two boards.  She may be able to do a top sheet for you for a price.  

I do love her work.

[hknz]

Let me join the party. My daughter designs the graphic and I manage to put things together.

Snowboard graphic is a bit tricky because one should consider the location of insert and binding which will cover some part of the graphic during riding, as well sidecut. Each graphic takes about a month of my spare time to do it.

The rainbow/people is the 1st board. The rabbit/watermelon didn't build. The black & white is the latest one which has arrived last Friday. Take some time to post it on board porn.

 

Edited March 28, 2021 by hknz

[Ladia]

Nothing special on it, it is fun. It somehow personalized you board. On the other hand it can also make your board difficult to sell. No everybody has the same taste. Angry was only board I did not sell and I did not even bother with fully custom built Virus. Maybe I was hoping I will ride it again, but not sure. Too “big” board for my current condition.

[Shred Gruumer]

10 hours ago, hknz said:

Let me join the the party. My daughter design the graphic and I manage to put things together.

Snowboard graphic is a bit tricky because one should consider the location of insert and binding which will cover some part of the graphic while riding, as well the sidecut. Each graphic takes about a month of my spare time to do it.

The rainbow/people is the 1st board. The rabbit/watermelon didn't build. The black & white is the latest one which has arrived last Friday. Take some time to post it on board porn.

 

Probably one of the best I have seen.  The Original Madd and follow up boards were done by children 

 

Edited March 24, 2021 by Shred Gruumer

[Neil Gendzwill]

I’m not an artist, more of a thief as I took some art from people I like and combined them. However I like the result and Bruce makes it so cheap, why not have it custom? Everybody else charges a big premium for custom artwork, even if you provide it yourself. 

[hknz]

On 3/24/2021 at 8:11 PM, Pokolikrat said:

Nothing special on it, it is fun. It somehow personalized you board. On the other hand it can also make your board difficult to sell. No everybody has the same taste. Angry was only board I did not sell and I did not even bother with fully custom built Virus. Maybe I was hoping I will ride it again, but not sure. Too “big” board for my current condition.

On the other hand, one good thing about "difficult to sell" is that no one will bother to steal your lovely board. Thief only target for those big names, Kessler, Oxess, SG, F2.

[daveo]

@hknz love those topsheets mate! i don't think they diminish resale value at all.

[SunSurfer]

@hknz
Your wife will probably be quite happy for you to mount them as wall art given the artists identity.

[JohnE]

I would argue that Gregory's Donek Flux has the best base graphic EVER! Quite possibly the best snowboard graphic of any kind. The Silver Surfer. Sean at Donek uses a graphic artist to assist with these graphics. This is entirely white on black p-tex. 

[st_lupo]

16 hours ago, JohnE said:

I would argue that Gregory's Donek Flux has the best base graphic EVER! Quite possibly the best snowboard graphic of any kind. The Silver Surfer. Sean at Donek uses a graphic artist to assist with these graphics. This is entirely white on black p-tex. 

Wow! So that's white ptex and black ptex, laser-cut and assembled like a giant puzzle?  And here I was all impressed with the inlay on my Kessler.

[JohnE]

I don't think it is laser cut. I believe Sean uses a "drag knife". It is a sharp knife tip that is connected to a CNC X-Y plotter mechanism. I haven't seen it but that is how it was described to me. Pretty cool eh?

[Corey]

Donek's drag knife: https://donektools.com/

[queequeg]

On 3/27/2021 at 6:12 AM, hknz said:

On the other hand, one good thing about "difficult to sell" is that no one will bother to steal your lovely board. Thief only target for those big names, Kessler, Oxess, SG, F2.

It would be clever to order a board with custom topsheet graphics, and include a little statement near the bindings (since one tends to go through the bindings with a cable lock) to the effect of “Custom board and topsheet. Steal it, and you will be caught.” It may or may not work as a preventative defense, but if it is stolen it’ll still be easy to find by sending photos to pawnshops and searching ebay.

[hknz]

Good idea!

I didn't carry a cable lock because my boards are always with me, including toilet time. And I don't eat lunch at all. 8 hours straight! If I am very hungry, I will find a restaurant in the middle of the mountain and put my board within my eyesight. I guess it would be difficult for a thief to steal an alpine board not wearing a pair of hard boots.

I guess the only way to steal my board is to break into my hotel room  .