My new board

Tsawwassen · Post by **Tsawwassen** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 8:01 pm

My new Roberts board is finally done and I had to share the stoke with you guys on the Island. I designed the graphics, painted by Lucy Cameron and of course shaped by Rob Mulder. I hope I get to see some of you again on the Oregon coast this June.

Michael

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downwind dave · Post by **downwind dave** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 8:28 pm

nice job! [smilie=beer.gif] nice looking shape too.

firstonlastoff · Post by **firstonlastoff** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 9:07 pm

Always nice shapes from Sir (Canada) Rob, I for one would be interested in learning your story behind the graphics.

winddoctor · Post by **winddoctor** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 10:29 pm

Great looking board! Dims? Looks long-ish. Rob's a great guy; nice to see he's still shaping.

Tsawwassen · Post by **Tsawwassen** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 12:10 am

Thanks guys. Dimensions are 8' x 23" and the story behind the graphics is....I was up at Robs about a year ago and we were talking about Haida art and he mentioned how he would like to see some on one of his boards. So I thought about it for a while and figured an Orca would be cool and started sketching out some ideas, then transferred them to Adobe Illustrator.
I studied a bunch of Haida paintings and noticed there are usually a few creatures inside of one larger one so I added the Salmon as the Orca fin and the outline of 2 Ravens in the tail. Then when Rob had finished shaping it I got a photo of the board and adjusted the design to fit.

KUS · Post by **KUS** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 8:30 am

Very unique and well done, highly professional. How did you do the application? See ya again soon.

Tsawwassen · Post by **Tsawwassen** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 9:50 am

Hey Kus, I sent Lucy an Illustrator file and she used a projector to project the image onto the board then she hand painted it on. She also used stencils in a few sections like the black on the nose. Looking forward to sailing with you at Cape Sebastian again this June.

KUS · Post by **KUS** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 9:55 am

that's pretty impressive for hand painting

I thought maybe you had a vinyl decal made.
Yep, hoping June is doable

as the only time for me this year

knottyPat · Post by **knottyPat** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 10:14 am

Best looking board I have ever seen! Congrats to a superb result!

nanmoo · Post by **nanmoo** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 5:25 pm

KUS wrote:that's pretty impressive for hand painting I thought maybe you had a vinyl decal made.
Yep, hoping June is doable as the only time for me this year

Whaaaat whaaattt whaattttt??!?!?! What is going on Kus?

~~~~~4j~~ · Post by **~~~~~4j~~** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 6:05 pm

Beautiful! Nicely done.

GWIND · Post by **GWIND** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 6:21 pm

Nice ride, handsome graphics. Great boards Roberts, had one, bullet proof.

TonyInVancouver · Post by **TonyInVancouver** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 8:15 am

that is one sweet looking ride

GregK · Post by **GregK** » Wed Mar 06, 2013 9:04 pm

Wow, she is a beaut - mazagine-cover material, or starring in a Super-natural BC commercial.

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