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My new Roberts board is finally done and I had to share the stoke with you guys on the Island. I designed the graphics, painted by Lucy Cameron and of course shaped by Rob Mulder. I hope I get to see some of you again on the Oregon coast this June.

Michael

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nice job! [smilie=beer.gif] nice looking shape too.
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Always nice shapes from Sir (Canada) Rob, I for one would be interested in learning your story behind the graphics.
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Great looking board! Dims? Looks long-ish. Rob's a great guy; nice to see he's still shaping.
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Thanks guys. Dimensions are 8' x 23" and the story behind the graphics is....I was up at Robs about a year ago and we were talking about Haida art and he mentioned how he would like to see some on one of his boards. So I thought about it for a while and figured an Orca would be cool and started sketching out some ideas, then transferred them to Adobe Illustrator.
I studied a bunch of Haida paintings and noticed there are usually a few creatures inside of one larger one so I added the Salmon as the Orca fin and the outline of 2 Ravens in the tail. Then when Rob had finished shaping it I got a photo of the board and adjusted the design to fit.
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Very unique and well done, highly professional. How did you do the application? See ya again soon. 8)
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Hey Kus, I sent Lucy an Illustrator file and she used a projector to project the image onto the board then she hand painted it on. She also used stencils in a few sections like the black on the nose. Looking forward to sailing with you at Cape Sebastian again this June.
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that's pretty impressive for hand painting :shock: I thought maybe you had a vinyl decal made.
Yep, hoping June is doable 8) as the only time for me this year :roll:
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Best looking board I have ever seen! Congrats to a superb result!
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KUS wrote:that's pretty impressive for hand painting :shock: I thought maybe you had a vinyl decal made.
Yep, hoping June is doable 8) as the only time for me this year :roll:
Whaaaat whaaattt whaattttt??!?!?! What is going on Kus?
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Beautiful! Nicely done.
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Nice ride, handsome graphics. Great boards Roberts, had one, bullet proof.
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awesome

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that is one sweet looking ride
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Wow, she is a beaut - mazagine-cover material, or starring in a Super-natural BC commercial.
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