Great Skateboard Deck Design

A few months ago I had a wild hair twitching, and I decided to sooth it by going online and ordering blank skateboard decks in bulk.  What followed was a design deck-off that saw a lot more than just the creative team’s involvement.  It was a great way to build office morale…especially in this economic climate.  Check out the sweet wood:

Here is our winner!!

And the runner ups…The Takashi Murakami inspired board took second place, and the mix between Shepard Fairey, Banksy and Seen took in third.

Here’s the deal…third place and the winner had their graphics professionally applied straight from their digital files.  Because of that, we had some other contest winners.  ‘LA’ won best hand painted board, ’Leaf’ won most minimal and ‘Balloons’ won best use of an abstract art media…

And all of the other fantastic work that was submitted…starting with the orange crew:

The middle lady in this next set was my 6 year old daughter’s idea…I sacrificed her feather boa and two cat toys to make it happen!

Go Dallas Cowboys…oops, maybe next year.  All three of these came from people outside of the creative group.  Not sure why they all migrated to blue?

Those are real dollar bills.  However, there is nothing real about that baby being wrapped up by a snake:

More green…love the M&Ms:

These next three are samples of great hand painting skill!

I really love this last one in the middle…It was my #1 choice when I voted.  And finally, we had a huge debate over which finger Tony is holding up???

There you have it.  A ton of fun that now makes for some great agency wall art.  If you would like more information on how to get affordable boards and how to best organize something similar, just reach out and I will be more than happy to give you a hand.  Skate on!!

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