Redone Stencil for skate, tell me what you think

wakeboarderdave · Pop Shuvit Joined: 13 Mar 2005 Posts: 211 City: St. Thomas

The colors aren't final yet, so if anyone has a better idea shoot it at me. Anything that isn't white means something (brands, initials, zip, area code,). The background will be black.

JamesBoardr · Posted: Dec 29, 2006 8:40 am Post subject:

i think it should be more personalized. instead of just names of companies. or at least maybe the logos. i think you skate might look like a book like that..but its totally your skate and aside from lemmings sometimes its good to be different.
im thinking about stenciling mine. so lets hear how you like it.

Mr. Top Hat · Dead Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Posts: 5818

i honestly absolutely hate when people spray paint company names on their boards. i dont mind if a person is sponsored by them or actually has some sort of affiliation but otherwise its just like somebody is trying to look cool.

urinal mint · Backside 180 Joined: 20 May 2005 Posts: 1991

Mr. Top Hat, that's valid unless you have ANY kind of sticker on your automobile. if so then your point is moot.

Frye · Guest Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 3337

The only sticker he has on his truck is one that says "Yes". He made it himself, and he was supposed to make me one as well, but he hasn't yet... waiting. I want it when I'm down there tophat.

Slapdown · Kickflip Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Posts: 4240 City: Austin

Personally i don't like the graphic at all but i'll tell you what i think could make it better.

have more spacing... between EVERYTHING. It's really very crowded, use one repeated border as opposed to a bunch of different styles, have the borders colors, nothing dramatic, just something soft. Also i don't know if you're really set on that font because it's easiest to make stencils of, but you might want to consider changing that. The characters in between colored words could be smaller and more meaningful somehow. Random symbols don't quite do the trick. I agree with tophat on the company names thing.. try maybe repeating something more personal i guess, unless you just don't care, like JamesBoardr said, it IS your board. These are just some suggestions i wanted to throw at you.

Moot. heh. Smash

kyle13 · Posted: Dec 29, 2006 3:30 pm Post subject:

I'm not sure I understand why you would want to do that unless your sponsored by those companies.

Slapdown · Kickflip Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Posts: 4240 City: Austin

heres an example of my suggestion

it looks okay on black too, i just think it's a lot better on white.

jerrysk8 · Posted: Dec 29, 2006 4:07 pm Post subject:

stencils are so chat. stickers too unless ur spono'd by them.

Palms · Pop Shuvit Joined: 11 Jun 2006 Posts: 130

Its a good idea, but a white background and softer colors like wat Slapdown, did looks alot better.

VonBoggin · Backside 180 Joined: 21 Nov 2005 Posts: 1666 City: Austin

Here is a couple i made in the past with just 1 1/2 inch painters tape:

New One

Mr. Top Hat · Dead Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Posts: 5818

Frye, thank you. i can actually get you your sticker once school starts again, just remind me.

urinal mint, i hope to have one more sticker on my truck soon, it reads "Clapton is God" in really big letters. i have never heard of that brand before and i also made it myself so my earlier points still stand.

i also feel that there is a difference between stencils and stickers. stickers can directly support a company if they are bought. most kids that make stencils usually dont care enough to give money to companys for a sticker but they still want to look cool and have the company name on something they own.

mergeleft3 · Backside 180 Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 673 City: Orlando

I would have to say that I agree with Mr. Top Hat, . If there is a company that you want to support then the least that you could do is drop a few bucks and buy a sticker from them. If your reason for painting the logo on there is because it the sticker wont stay on which is a problem that I have had in the past then spay some clear lacquer over it and that will keep it on there.

urinal mint · Backside 180 Joined: 20 May 2005 Posts: 1991

Mr. Top Hat · Dead Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Posts: 5818

by stealing music you are not either supporting a company or trying to look cool. i actually dont even see how the two things relate to each other at all.

any other attempts at trying to invalidate my opinions?

urinal mint · Backside 180 Joined: 20 May 2005 Posts: 1991

jordan · Backside 180 Joined: 15 Feb 2005 Posts: 649 City: Spectre

beasoldierprstn · Posted: Dec 30, 2006 8:13 pm Post subject:

electric brand sunglasses and some circa shoe boxes come with stencils. i put the electric stencil on top of my griptape to show me which side of my deck has the fin and which side doesnt.

integrity640 · Kickflip Joined: 30 Oct 2004 Posts: 2866 City: Ocala

I dont know about you, but i got 2 reef girl bootys staring me down on my snowboard Birthday

Im gona repaint my brothers lf impulse , the focal point on the bottom being this skull from the game Resistance: Fall of Man
I picked it just because i think its a bada$$ logo ( oh and thanks to Evan for makin the stencil on photoshop
Im not sure whatelse i should have in the background

Monkeyarms · Posted: Jan 01, 2007 7:29 pm Post subject:

i dont like it, it looks to busy and the colours dont go