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Surfin' USA
Nov. 10th, 2008 03:04 amNot many folks know this, but I actually did grow up a California beach kid. First down in SoCali (Huntington Beach area) and then a few years up in NorCali (El Granada, just by Half Moon Bay) before getting shipped off to the midwest to become a farm kid.
While I never did become a surfer with a proper board, I did love the waves and bodysurfed when I could. I'm notably envious of those who can surf and wish I'd been able to stick around Cali to learn how.
In any case I find myself getting a good grin out of this year's FC theme: "Surf Safari". I'll be there doing photography as always. This time, though, I wanted to bring some other creative things to give away, sell or both. The idea hit me to use the new tools to make some little, wooden surfboard trinkets. They could be keychains, tags or necklaces pretty easy.
Once the idea was mentioned to Dusty, he came up with a quick little doodle with a stylized "FC09" that I liked. From there I added some board stripes, a yin-yang and then worked out a decent little vector art bit for hibiscus flowers. My goal for the trinkets was threefold: a cool surfboard, a way to exploit the laser's ability to do intricate cutting shapes and a way to personalize them. After a beautifully idle weekend fiddling about, this is what I came up with:
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While I never did become a surfer with a proper board, I did love the waves and bodysurfed when I could. I'm notably envious of those who can surf and wish I'd been able to stick around Cali to learn how.
In any case I find myself getting a good grin out of this year's FC theme: "Surf Safari". I'll be there doing photography as always. This time, though, I wanted to bring some other creative things to give away, sell or both. The idea hit me to use the new tools to make some little, wooden surfboard trinkets. They could be keychains, tags or necklaces pretty easy.
Once the idea was mentioned to Dusty, he came up with a quick little doodle with a stylized "FC09" that I liked. From there I added some board stripes, a yin-yang and then worked out a decent little vector art bit for hibiscus flowers. My goal for the trinkets was threefold: a cool surfboard, a way to exploit the laser's ability to do intricate cutting shapes and a way to personalize them. After a beautifully idle weekend fiddling about, this is what I came up with:
( Read more... )
