Another outstanding tutorial from Computer Arts Magazine, that explores the process of composing visual design concepts for skateboard decks with our favorite vector editor - Adobe Illustrator. To read the tutorial you need Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your machine."Skate decks are without question one of the coolest products around to design. Everything from their unique shape and size to their tactile finish offers us designers a truly rewarding blank canvas to splash some color over..." Full tutorial and source files

Here we have another great resource for all skateboard deck designers out there. A blank skateboard template in vector format for Adobe Illustrator.

Might be useful if you scan sketches and implement them within the template. The size of the vector template isclose to the standard skateboard deck.

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Skateboard deck art has always had its unique style and design since the early eighties. The world's most talented board artists have been put on display at the Galeria Noua art gallery until June 17th. This comes at a time when skateboarding is back on the rise with companies such as Nike, backing the sport more than ever. Skateboarding is not only showing up in our art galleries but they are becoming part of school gym curriculums; even spawning a reality television series. Take a look at some vector skateboard deck templates.Artist - vektorscksprojekt.deviantart.com

Skate decks are a mini art canvas on wheels – and some of the hottest designers around have honed their talents in pursuit of the status of design legend in the half-pipe circuit. Yet creating deck art is more than recreating yet another urban art scene and slapping it onto a strip of maple.
This speedy canvas should be home to more imaginative renderings, as Ben Beach shows for this work created for Friends With You ( www.friendswithyou.com ).
This masterclass shows you how to use repeating, tiled patterns based on vector workings of real-world objects. By taking the everyday, such as vegetables and kitchen utensils in this case, and reworking them as stylized vector art, you can add a real twist and create some thought-provoking art.
After designing the objects, next comes the part that, while requiring patience, is like working with a digital jigsaw puzzle. Thanks to some clever tiling techniques and tricks, you be able to turn a few vector objects into a multi-layered, highly complex design that will have some people scratching their heads. View Tutorial