HOW TO Paint a Skateboard Deck by Nic Mac
Materials list below
- A step by step guide that takes you through the process of taking a blank skate deck and applying your custom art on it, as well sharing some Top Tips, Do's and Don'ts along the way! Resin Video Link: • How to VARNISH with EP...
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MATERIALS USED: (and links)
BLANK SKATE DECK - amzn.to/3w7u4Qa
RESIN - amzn.to/3PsHYmH
Posca Pen ‘8k Chisel Tip’ - amzn.to/3tkbBvQ
Posca Pen ‘5m Bullet Tip’ - amzn.to/2OFYyX1
Matte Medium - amzn.to/3rT5Ch7
Spray Varnish - amzn.to/3rWOSWk
FILMING EQUIPMENT
Light- amzn.to/3swDyn3
Camera- Sony A6000 amzn.to/33KLy9B
Tripod(large)- Velbon CX800
Tripod(mini)- I love this Tripod! amzn.to/30VJyKC
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SOCIALS
Instagram - / nicmacillustration
Twitter - / nicmactweets
Facebook - / nicmacillustrations
My Shop
www.nicmacillustration.com/shop
Patreon:
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dickies 'how to' links:
How to resin a Skateboard with Nic Mac video:
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How to Create your own Digital Paintings with Nic Mac video:
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Nic Mac shows you, How to customise Your T-Shirt with Paint Pens:
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You can also use car or poliurethane clear coats (or lacquers) Great vid, amazing art! congrats
Car varnish? Does it work ok on top of acrylics? Be good to know and worth trying if so 👀
@@NicMac there is actually an automotive acrilic clear coat;D Just apply it on multiple layers so u get a solid and smooth resin/alike finish
Polyurethane on the other hand works pretty well too, both give a pretty strong water resistant finish If you use pearl or candy finished spray paints, car clear coating gives a pretty nice touch to the metallic colors Just be careful to apply it with some primer cause the layers of paint and clear coat can begin to delaminate
@@olympusaviation7346 oh wow that’s so good to know, thank you for sharing 🙏
@@NicMac anytime! Thank you for replying:)
Getting a board soon so I’m watching literally every deck painting vid on KZhead 😂 nice work and sick video 😎
Eeee! Yay, thanks so much for checking out my video Andrea! Hope you have fun with your board! And hope this video helped :)
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Same here, I’m getting a longboard in a couple weeks, so I’m gonna practice on spare wood and other things first. Definitely won’t be this complex and won’t look this Incredible, but I’m excited to try it out!
Same
Bro same, I have this cool design but don't know how to apply it on the board.
Imagine the pain grinding on this and watching the paint disappear Edit: I meant sliding
it's not painful, it adds character and tells a story
The paint wouldn’t go away on a grind. Grinds are on trucks. It would disappear with slides
@@paytoncook7625 shoot, true my bad
I so want to make my skateboard like Langa’s 💓
Omg me too lol I love Langa 🥰 but I love Reiki too ❤️
@@wildth0rn719 i love Reki too 🥺
I want to make my skateboard like miya too😭💕
@@PhoenixA3009 omg yesss
Can y’all give me your insta ? 🥺💕 Mine’s @ knife.nuff.nice
Hi! I also painted a couple of decks and I really like the way how you painted this one and how you made the video. Thanks!
Thanks so much for watching! your custom paint jobs are INSANE! so means a lot coming from you
@@NicMac thanks but your deck is better 😍
More videos and artworks coming soon! Subscribe to stay tuned
please wear a mask using resin its really bad for your lungs and health🤍🧡🥺
@@sweetnonh7190 ok will do! Thank you 🙏
@@sweetnonh7190 these times we have enough of them @ home lmao
Amazing video by the way keep up the great work.
Beautiful and knowledgeable now that is dope
how the hell do you have like only 473 subscribers i thought youre some big mega artist from the quality of that video and the artwork, im impressed (10/10)
Woah! Man thank you so much! I really appreciate your kind words 🙏 definitely not a mega artist yet! But maybe one day #wecandreamright? 🤞🤞 :)
@@NicMac oh i can see you blowing up with fans already! I showed my girlfriend your video too since we plan on re-doing my skateboard and she fell for it too! Keep up the great work😊😊
ahaha amazing thanks so much man 🙏👌
im 14 and i have been drawing my whole life and recently wanted to skateboard again. so i am saving up to buy myself a skateboard and i am going to just draw a bunch of small picturse all over the board like frogs and plants and people and just about anything
That sounds amazing! And I wish I could skateboard!!! That’s very cool :)
la la same I got a longboard for my birthday and I’m painting it like langa’s from sk8 the infinity
@@lousy7916 that’s amazing! I love that anime
that white streak of reflection in the eyes of the bird really brought it to life, i loved this
Gorgeous and clean work. The only thing I would say is that for the next deck you should keep in mind where the trucks will attach to the deck. I mean the birds face would have the wheels screwed right on top of it. I have this issue with many art decks, and I get it’s more meant to be a canvas rather than a functional deck but it still bothers me because I’m weird that way. I think incorporating that kind of thing is cool with actual skateboards but would probably mess up the composition for just the naked board.
Ahaha “I’m weird like that” I appreciate that Hans thanks so much for your message :) Totally get you, this was defo just to be an art piece, but will be cool do design a “truck friendly” one too! Coming soon I should think ;) 🙏🙏🙏
Nice blend of beauty and street art. Love it !
I'm thinking of making my own business making custom graphics for people who want something that hasn't been done before, so this really helped
The background audio was also so calming
Absolutely gorgeous. Great work
everything about this video is perfect : your art style, your explanations, the edit, the music... loved it
While I’m new to skateboarding, I’m not new to art so I immediately knew I’d want to paint the board
2024 any one 😢😅
2058 for me 😂
Omg, freestyle of the drawing is peaceful, music is dope and your voice is soothing. Out of this world video. Thank you 😁🤗😁🤗😁🤗
Wow! That looks incredible
Wow the design came out really nice. This was fun to watch
Cool artwork! After applying varnish you can smooth it off by sanding it lightly with 600 - 800grit.
Wow! That turned out so good. I really enjoyed joyed seeing your art come to life. That bird was a sick idea and the colours were perfect. Subbed and looking forward to new vids.
Been wanting to paint a blank skateboard I had laying around for awhile so thanks for this video!
Such a work of art..
You did an incredible job with the design.
Stunning work!! Amazing job!!
Amazing Work!!! I found your video looking to buy my first board to paint and this is absolutely gorgeous!
Wow, jaw on the floor. Stunning! Im going to be trying one soon. Thanks for this vid!
I've always wanted to try doing this, and whenever I finally get around to it, this will definitely be my go-to video :) Thank you!
its insane, reallly beautiful
Incredible work. Awesome video
Always love seeing your process and what comes out in the end. Impressive as always!
Hey, thanks so much Aaron, I really appreciate you taking the time to watch AND comment, Glad I saw this, it didn't come up in my notifications for some reason, hmmmm might have to toggle a few settings somewhere!
i love this! skateboard artists are underrated!
Thanks for making the video, I’m working on a present for my little sister and this helped a ton. Great job on the board, looks great!
Thanks so much, what a great idea too 🙌🙏🙏
I don’t understand why you don’t have soo many subscribers 😕😕🤯🧐🧐 you are incredible I am a new subscriber 🙃
Thank you so much! I really appreciate that 🙏🙏
Nic Mac you are welcome 😍😜
That was amazing great job .An absolute artist.
I love it! Great work! Thanks for sharing this
Such a phenomenal design, I loved seeing the whole process.
I really liked the dotted lines to emulate a more faint line and the way you did the zig zags for the fluff. Going to steal those ideas for sure next time I do something.
Love it...thank you for sharing
You got mad skills keep up the the great work
Crazy good pen work!! ❤️
I paint sneakers for a living and was looking for inspiration to paint a skate deck. Out of all the videos I watched today.....this was the one to inspire me!! I needed this. Thank you!
Woah! Well that’s just made my day! Thank you so much Gino! That’s the best kind of result I could hope for, from someone watching the video 🙏🙏🙏good luck with your creation, a skate deck is such a great canvas!
Nic Mac Glad it did cause it’s truth. I’m @kicksandkanvas on IG. Might take me a min because of orders but it will be posted
@@gino141 oh awesome, thanks so much, and nice one!I like your latest ones, the orange and the black very cool!
Nic Mac 🙏🏽 Thank you!!! I’m trying. More coming. Not too social media savvy lol. But getting there
This is the most beautiful and frozen skateboard ever seen in my life 🖤🔥
super clean paint work
Absolutely RAD!! Thank you for sharing!!
Looks awesome. Great job 👏
That is absolutely gorgeous. You have smashed that out the park. Peng peng skateboard you’re art is beautiful.
Eee thanks so much 🙏🙏
Amazing artwork. Thanks for the inspiration!
You’re so welcome! Thanks for watching!
I really love this video and I find the whole design process fascinating... you are super talented!!
Thanks so much :)
this is too cool for use as skate, this must to be on the wall as a piece of art :D
great detail. nicely done. i put graphics on my own decks as well, but not with this much detail yet. im impressed.
I really love how you painted the board it’s so dope!
Thanks man and thank you for watching the process 🙏🙏
Stunning!!!! Wow!
I have a plan to paint my skate board. Thanks for the tutorial! I love your artwork! 😍
Amazing! You are very welcome!! Good luck with it 👌👌
This was fun to watch
Very clean style! looks great!
Your bird brings Dr Suess to mind, great artwork 👌
Thanks for sharing your artistry. I’m going to be hand painting my first board soon with acrylics & Posca with a resin finish. You know how to make a video that is easy to understand with clear instructions and a nice sounding voice. Great work. It helped confirm the process for me.
Thanks so much!! One thing though! That has come up here in the chat is that although a spray varnish is vital to “seal” the Posca pen details (as the resin will make it blur)……it’s best to leave as much time as possible after you use the spray varnish…..I would do some coats of spray varnish and then wait 4 days + before doing the resin. So there’s absolutely nothing “chemical-y” on the surface that will react with the resin. (Also Make sure to wipe away any dust and/or grease from finger prints before adding the resin too, so there’s no reaction to anything else on the surface) :) hope that helps! Good luck ^____^
its beautiful work... thanks for the tips....
Amazing work. It's making me want to paint my snowboard.
Amazing😊 Love the style and your colorpicking👌
Thanks so much Thomas 🙏🙏
Great choice on the montana 94s
Awesome. Love this - looks epic too!
Amazing work and thank you so much for the tips I custom design and build skateboard decks, all my board decks are hand designed and handcrafted hand shaped, and the tips you provided are going to work perfectly with my work
Amazing! So glad to hear that, thank you 🙏
I have been drawing for like 5 years and finally grew the balls to get on a skateboard ☝ I thought it was very fun and I'm getting a board so I'm very excited to put a bunch of anime stuff all over it 🥵
Update: I just have to sand and add the clear coat! Very pleased with it 🥰
This is mind blowing amazing 🤩 I'm wanting to start doing this and this was the first video I've watched. It's very inspiring and very helpful. You're amazing 😁
Thanks so much Adammm 🙏🙏🙏
Yo this vids super inspiring and helpful thanks and dope artwork🤙
This is so awesome!!🥰
This came out great!
Excellent work.
Awesome work! That line work is clean af for being freehanded. Definitely would be keeping it as a wall piece and never ever skated on...
Thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏
I love stumbling across small skate youtubers, and it seems i've found a gem of an artistic one. I love the expression! that's one new sub for you ;)
Outstanding!!! :) Great job!
That’s so good!!! You’re like Super talented ✌️
Thanks Nic!
Love the character and limited colours you used. Looks great.
Wow thanks so much Sam! and thanks for the Sub!
Very clean, very clear, very nice! Respect!
Brilliantly clear, Brilliantly put, Brilliant comment 🙌
@@NicMac thanx! Your'e so nice!😊
I don't have the heart to skate that. Straight to the wall.
Love this art!
Very nice . Great tips .thanks for the video.
Awesome vid, your work is dope!
Looks absolutely sick! I want to do this so bad 🔥🔥🔥
working on my first at the moment .. watching yours for guidance u got a new subscriber loved the video !
this looks store bought and i love the design at the end! very breathtaking!
It looks very nice
Came out pretty dope
look so good!
Awesome artwork as always
Thank you so much Micah!!
this is just beautiful ....
Cool stuff! Thanks for the tips!
Beautiful!
Brilliant. I am going to give it a try. ❤
I love your art and art style it's so cool and you're really talented, also this video was really helpful thanks for the tips 💖
Thanks so much 🙏 and I’m so glad it was helpful!!
Very cool well done. I have an old skate board to restore and I just doing my research.
I'm so glad you made this video! I've been using posca and recently the black and sometimes the white has been cracking and I wasnt sure why. Definitely gonna matt medium first now!
Ah yay! I’m so glad!! It confused me so much at first glad I’m not alone and am so pleased that this video helped share the solution!! 🙌🙌
That’s a dope graphic. Definitely a wall hanger.
Thank you so much for inspiring me and so many other people! This video really helped me improve on my techniques and drawing in general. Keep up the great work! - Alex -
🙏thank you that means a lot Alex
@@NicMac Your welcome! Can you please send me a link from where you buy your art supplies such as posca pens etc. ?
@@alexkostadinchev8104 I buy my posca pens from Amazon the 5M and the 8K are my favourites. And then the spray paint was just mtn 94 and the satin spray varnish at the end was Windsor and Newton 👌👌
@@alexkostadinchev8104 hope that helps :) 🤟🤟
legendary.. great tips, good comedy too.. love it
Thanks so much 🙏
6:50 damn she really got us