Skate deck

Our final assignment involved creating a design for a skateboard. The client brief instructed us to go with an overall artistic style that will use the war and superpowers propaganda posters ranging from 1960 till 2008 as the design inspiration. I searched for Star Wars (being one of my favourite movies of all time) propaganda on Google and found a bunch of interesting designs. So here is the process of how I created my skate deck design:

Step 1: Find inspiration.

Step 2: Create a design in Photoshop and/or Illustrator.

Step 3: Get the design printed as a sticker.

Step 4: Acquire a skate deck, one with or without an existing design – either works.

Step 5: Stick the design onto the board and appreciate the work of art!

Super Morlock Adventure Quest: Team Wil

Group photo of all members in your group on the subway

2 photos of advertisements inside the subway car

2 photos of warning signs on the subway platform

Get off at St. Andrews

Photo of two group members getting a transfer

Photo of the art on the sidewalk at King street and Emily
(DOES NOT EXIST!)

Photo of all members at a street car shelter ( with advertisement in background)

photo of Java’s Daily Specials street board ( west of Spadina on Queen south side )

Photo of the Portland and Queen street signs

Photo of the storefront of NewYork Subway ( try it out if you want no subs allowed )

photo of the Gandhi sign ( hungry the best Roti in Toronto ! )

10 photos of Graffiti

Photo of the storefront Silver Snail

Photo of a flyer from inside the Silver Snail

Photo of the ‘robots’ on the wall at Active surplus

Photo of some product one of your group members paid for from Active Surplus

Photo of a member buying something from a street vendor on Queen Street ( and Soho )
(THERE WAS NO STREET VENDOR IN SIGHT!)

Photo of the Black Bull patio ( bonus if everyone is enjoying a beer )

Photo of the Black Market signage

Don’t be a “stranger” store front ( bonus South side of Queen )

Photo of the much music SUV out of the building

Store front of UMBRA ( check it out if you want )

Photo of everyone getting on the Subway at Osgood

Photo of each member reading the Now or EYE paper on the subway

Photo of someone’s business card on a subway seat

Photo of everyone saying bye

* TEAM WIL members: Wil, Mike, Anthony, Gioia, Renee, Dominic, Chris and Tim.

Paper Zoo – Textures

Animal Sketches

Water Colour Paintings: Brushes

* All (4) brushes have been made available for download by clicking here and can be used free of charge for non-commercial work. For more information contact the artist.

Water Colour Paintings: Colour Palette

We were given several models during class to create still-life paintings using water colour. Above is the Sentinel from The Matrix, followed by Emperor Zurg (Toy Story), a wooden model and a pterodactyl, respectively.

* Colour swatches have been made available for download by clicking each image and can be used free of charge for non-commercial work. For more information contact the artist.

Art Research: Derrick “Madreal” Hodgson

Each student was assigned specific artists to draw inspiration from. Derrick “Madreal” Hodgson was who I got, and above is what I was able to come up with after doing research on his art work.

I started off by sketching different types of animals, using nonlinear strokes as I noticed in most, if not all of Hodgson’s drawings.

After importing my sketch into Adobe Illustrator, I started off by creating a background layer using blotches of pastel colours. After that, I used the pen tool and began tracing some of the animals I liked. I coloured them in, and duplicated each one to create and fill the completed collage.

Above* is a sample of Derrick Hodgson’s actual work, which also served as my reference.

*Source:

Draw a Bunny

In a span of 5 or so minutes, the class was instructed, using the given paper and a drawing instrument, to create a bunny. Some interesting drawings. Mine is the one pictured below.