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Random images and ideas from me! Colin Ushijima

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Picasso,Matisse,Lichtenstein. So much influence on how I see the world and myself.#surfboardshaper #surfboard #surfer #skinshawaii #art #artists

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Inlay for 9’2. This will take time but worth it#surfboardshaper #surfboard #skinshawaii #surfer #

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9’2 x23x2 7/8. Shape done. #surfboardshaper #surfboard #skinshawaii

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All tomorrow’s parties #art #surfboard #skinshawaii #surfer #

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Old and new or better for worse?#surfboard #surfing #surfer #surfboardshaper #skinshawaii

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I think the best things thing to do with seconds is use imagination. 5’5x19 1/2 asymmetrical tail #surfboardshaper #surfboard #skinshawaii #dudewhatever

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Leash plug in now my nemesis. Sanding. @boardlams #surfboard #surfboardshaper #surfer #surboardart #skinshawaii

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Photoshop CC #skinshawaii #photoshop #stencil #art #adobephotoshop

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I always finish the nose last. If this board was in a rack with 20 other boards. The only this really visible. Unless you’re buying from Costco, uniqueness matters.#surfboard #surfboardshaper #skinshawaii #surfer #surfing

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Sometimes sketches of faces are done quickly almost repetitively, but that does not make them “sketches “. The intellect chooses prominent features. Seeing requires no choosing. Becoming on without seeing. Fredric Frank #skinshawaii #drawing #art #artists

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Slow is always good.#surfboardshaper #surfer #surfboard #skinshawaii

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5’4x21x2 5/8 Soap with @true_ames keels. #surfer #surfboard #skinshawaii #twinfin #fishsurfboard

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Create stencil Adobe CC. Adjust Brightness/Contrast in Photoshop amount of colors wanted. Trace and expand in Illustrator and delete negative space. Save each layer as channels in Photoshop and color #adobeillustrator #photoshop #art #stencil #skinshawaii

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Three variations of a similar theme. #surfer #surfboard #fishsurfboard #hybrid #skinshawaii

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As soon as I saw this beautiful 9’5M 1-1/8 inch wedge by @usblanks I’m reminded by a quote by Robert Motherwell I live by. “The game is not about worldly success. The real game is between oneself and the virgin canvas. To create something that is no less beautiful than the empty canvas is to begin with” #usblanks #skinshawaii #surfboardshaper #surfboard #surfer

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Digital. $5 to $40 for s quality brush. $600 a year for Adobe CC. I think it’s worth it #art #digitalart #skinshawaii

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This is the next image 5’x7’. I’m hopeful. This will be my next painting. Usually I use white as a protagonist black as the protagonist. This time things will be reversed. I haven’t built or stretched the canvas. But I’m psyched.