{"id":1953,"date":"2016-05-06T01:03:31","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T01:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardpusher.com\/blog\/?p=1953"},"modified":"2016-05-06T01:03:31","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T01:03:31","slug":"tmnt-shell-shocked-deck-griptape-graphic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boardpusher.com\/blog\/tmnt-shell-shocked-deck-griptape-graphic\/","title":{"rendered":"TMNT “Shell Shocked” Deck & Griptape Graphic"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nYou may have noticed BoardPusher<\/a> team rider Levi Huffman is a bit of a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle fanatic. From his multiple DIY skateboard graphics<\/a>, to his toy collection<\/a>, to even bronzing (or maybe just gold spray painting<\/a>) a turtle to make his own jewelry, Levi is TMNT crazy! So when it came time to create a new skateboard design, there wasn’t any doubt as to where Levi was going to find his inspiration.<\/p>\n

Levi looked to our own BoardPusher<\/a> art director for some guidance on taking a more in-depth mixed media approach to creating a top and bottom graphic. What came from these sessions is the new Levi Huffman \u201cShell Shocked\u201d graphics. Here\u2019s how:<\/p>\n

 
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\nWe started off with a couple of 9×33 inch canvases and Levi spray painted a base color layer. Once the paint dried, a trip was made to the local copy center to digitize the canvases by making a 300dpi scan of them.
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Spray paint on 9×33 canvas<\/p><\/div>\n 
\nFor the next step we printed out 3×11 inch versions of each scan. At that size, Levi was able trace the color layer with a black outline on a sheet of velum (similar to tracing paper), draw in all the detail he wanted and it would fit on a home scanner all while being able to stay in proportion with the final board graphic.
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Ink on 3×11 inch velum then scanned at 1200dpi<\/p><\/div>\n 
\nOnce the black drawing was finished, the 3×11 inch art was scanned at 1200 dpi. At this resolution we could resize it to match the 9×33 inch canvas and 300 dpi print size. A little Photoshop magic was needed to help combine the color and the black outline layer together as well as some added elements to give it a more of a graphic feel. Some more details were added in different colors, but a bit shading was also applied to push key areas of the shell back.
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Digital color and shading done in Photoshop<\/p><\/div>\n 
\nWith the canvas, velum, and digital colors combined, Levi was now ready to upload his 9×33 inch 300 dpi .jpg skateboard<\/a> and griptape<\/a> files to BoardPusher.com<\/a>.
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\nLevi\u2019s \u201cShell Shocked\u201d TMNT inspired graphics are now available here<\/a> or apply these techniques to creating your own skateboard and griptape graphics on BoardPusher.com<\/a>.
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