7 Stars is a fictitious skateboard company I created during one of my Graphic Design courses.
For the project I designed a total of four decks, company logo, and some apparel.


 

The Sampson board was inspired by the story of Sampson in the Bible. The particular scene I chose to depict, is when Sampson takes up the jawbone of a donkey and kills 1,000 men, as told in Judges 15. My research for the project included reading the story, watching a few scenes on youtube, and a search for inspirational imagery.  I did a very quick sketch of the idea I had for the board, and quickly got to work. I did most of the work in Photoshop. Sampson was digitally drawn using the inspirational image as reference, the background scene was a photograph I had taken and applied an oil paint filter to, and the bodies on the ground are all from photos I have taken and edited to fit the scene.

The David board is based on the story of David and Goliath in the Bible, 1st Samuel 17.To research for the project I read the story, and researched inspirational images to use as reference for the design of the board. I really wanted to display the good vs. evil factor in this board, hence the bright light on one side and the cloud of darkness on the other. The silhouettes of the characters and ground were drawn in Adobe Illustrator, and then opened in Photoshop for the final touches.