I designed two logos in Powerpoint, printed them onto rice paper, wet the paper with epoxy and laminated a piece of 4 ounces fiberglass on top. Used HP's faderesistant Vivera ink and RR BLUE epoxy w/ UV absorber, to protect the design from the sun. Printed color's came out bright and strong, and didn't run. Some small air bubbles trapped under the round logo, I think too late to fix now.
I bought the rice paper as a roll at Michael's - had to ask three different clerks, as the first two denied they had rice paper. The third clerk who came to my rescue turned out to be a graphic designer who was interested in painting surfboards!
Mixed up 1 1/2 ounces of resin, used about half. Used fast hardener this time, still plenty of time to work with but dry and hard to the touch an hour later.
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Nice Logo Sven!!! The stick figure looks like he is cross steping. I was thinking the other day. We should swap fishes for like 2 weeks. My Mandala for your Fineline.
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Thanks Jim! The cross-stepping was basically an accident due to drawing quickly with the mouse, but now I like it.
Good idea with the fish swap! I have a small ding on the butt crack of my Fineline I need to fix first. A bit of a mystery how I got that ding, maybe by leash got caught there during wipeout. Probably I'll be able to fix it next weekend.
Steve - that's such a great photo. Did you just rig up that little scene at home for fun? And where did you find that devil picture? Is it a CD cover?
I created the little surfing scene on a whim, when I lived in Cupertino. I found the devil in some online pictures from an art show in Denver, CO, of all places.
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