OUGD 503 - Individual practice - Boardpusher competition #2

The second board pusher competition was based on the theme of Vikings, this could be anything to do with vikings, from the culture or the weapons to they're boats or settlements. I started by making some sketches but I felt I wanted to have a more digital take on this project because the first boardpusher skateboard I designed was illustrative. 

I decided I wanted to base my designs around the old viking ships because I feel this is one of the most recognisable features of the vikings. 

The shape is very recognisable and also the sails, classically they were red checkered but through history this has been distorted for one reason or another and now they can been seen as being striped.

I came across some viking based design which was something that I wanted to use as inspiration for my design, alongside this I looked at viking tapestries that tell stories of the time through pictures. I tried to combine the two quite contrasting styles to come up with something I felt unique.

I used the illustrator pen tool to create my designs, this was a good method because it meant I could move objects about and change the colour with ease to achieve the result I was looking for.

I did several variations of the board I eventually went with the square image in the middle because I felt it fitted with the board design the best using the circular images to fit with the ends of the board.

I finished of the design on the website by adding a dark maroon background to reflect the colour of wood used on the original viking ships.