Skateboard Building

In my Manufacturing Processes class we each get to make a skateboard deck!

We start with thin sheets of wood veneer.
Then we cut the veneer into 7 rectangles that are each a little bit larger than the final dimensions of our skateboard.
Next we stack 7 layers together with the grain going long ways for sheets 1, 2, 4, 6 & 7, and short ways for sheet 3 & 5.
Working quickly, we use a brayer to apply glue between each layer.The glued veneer is then placed on a waxed MDF mold that Glenwood made earlier with the CNC.The mold & veneer both go into a vacuum bag for about 4 hours.The rough skateboard comes out of the vacuum bag and is surprisingly strong!We stack them together to continue drying.
We cut out the deck with a router and drill holes for the trucks.Glenwood got us some nicer looking veneer for the graphics on the bottom.

These are the first round of ideas for the graphic on the bottom. I'm probably going to engrave the graphic with the laser cutter.

Modified Instructions

The New Face of Our Game

Instructions To Play

Making Pictures into Cartoons

I learned how to make my halftone style cartoons from pictures in photoshop from this tutorial. link

"Shuffle" Frame from the Instructions of Our Card Game

Original Photo






Outlines






Background






Skin






Sleeves & Red Cards






Yellow Cards & Finger Nails







Halftones

A Christmas Card I Designed

My first line art and halftone shading picture made with photoshop