Surfing Waves

Hi there,

Just joined the forum as I am looking around for a board shaper that lives near me in the Hampshire area.

I am just starting out in the custom painting/airbrushing world, and am now looking for a surfboard to paint. This seems like a good platform for my art, and also a fairly lucrative outlet! At the moment I've just been painting helmets, a guitar, a bike, etc. and want to move onto bigger things.
Was going to just buy a cheap, second hand board, paint it, and clearcoat it, but then having taken some advice, am now looking for someone who could supply a board, let me paint it, and then clearcoat it for me, as it would then be a lot more usuable given that it would be protected correctly, and not just be a 'showpiece'! Not wanting to 'blow my own trumpet', but I feel the finished product would be more than re-sellable!

Any help from this forum would be greatly received.

Thanks in advance

Clive

Hi have you got any photos of your recent work that you can post up?

KS

yep i am intested to see what u can do always been a fan of real good airbrushing put some pics up

Yes mate, just couldn't put them up on my first post, as them's the rules of the forum!

Here's a small selection. The guitar is still a work in progress!



Clive

Nice work.

Why surfboards?

KS

A nice big area, fairly easy to prep, people that will want the kind of art I enjoy creating etc etc.

Clive

yep that is nice work liking the guitar not my thing but its well done

I do the build and airbrush thing and ultimatly a clearcoat sealing the art/graphix sucks!!! Better to have art done on the lamanate coat then covered with the sand coat followed with a polish coat next, Done. The least I do is art work on the sand coat and polish coat over it. If ya just clear coat it you'll end up having a very unhappy customer after a few uses, if it's a wall hanger clear coat is fine.

Thanks mate, points taken on board!

Just re-read my initial post, and just want to clear up that I'm ideally looking for someone (within a decent distance) who maybe makes their own boards, and is looking for some one-off paint work to be done, not necessarily a board from a larger company (although that would be nice!! ). I have ideas in my head as to what design I want to put on a board, but am more than up for any other jobs!!!

I know this may sound a bit 'necky' of me, but if you don't ask.........

Clive

Kitesurfer,

Just been reading through some old threads, how's your airbrushing going?

Clive

Well, it just so happens that Kitesufer is just about to make me a new board and I'm a bit lost for what I want on it artwork wise and you look like you're pretty hand at what you do.

You say you know what you'd like to put on a board so Pm me some of your thoughts and maybe we can get something going.

Pm'd you, and Kitesurfer!

Clive

Well, went against my own advice and got a cheap secondhand board, just to practice on and managed to turn this................



into this (underneath only so far!).................




Clive

good work. very impressive.

thats way wicked., and you do all of that with an airbrush? impressive

holy xxxxx the used board look like new

Thanks for those comments, hopefully the pics attached will possibly generate some work for me! Got the top done today, in a different style to the bottom!

Hope you approve!

Clive

now THAT is good.....top marks fella

Cheers mate!

Clive

that is SWEET
id kill for a board that pretty
what kind of paints do you use?
i got an old board i just recieved and want me to do some touching up