Going into the shop I got a great vibe from it. There was art work up on the walls, on the doors, large prints, and shelves of skate decks that were full of vibrant art work. It gave me a taste for another possible route I could go down with my art that I hadn't considered.
I asked the owner where he buys his boards from and he said America. I asked how you go about submitting your designs to these companies, to which he wasn't sure but that the real money making was in making the boards yourself. He explained that they were planning on creating their own boards but that there were lots of legalities to it such as copyright, health and safety. He said to me that if they do, I could definitely get on board with designing the boards.
Looking at the boards I figured, I could be doing this. It's another pie to put my finger in.
I've started looking into the top skating brands at the minute and how to go about submitting some designs to them.
http://uk.complex.com/style/2015/09/25-best-skate-brands-right-now/3d
I plan on emailing them asking how this works.
A lot of the websites don't have contact sections on them so I tried typing the brand in on Linkedin and following designers on there.
Mock up
I sent this mock up to the owner of the skate shop just to show him that I was mocking up some designs and he loved it.
HERE'S THE EXCITING PART..
He later messaged me and said lets work together, you do the art work I'll sort out the boards, send me some more mock ups, i'll post them on our instagram page see the feedback they get and some of the bigger companies that follow us may want to manufacture them as well.
KERRRRRCHIIIIIING!
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