For the past 3 months I have been brainstorming ways to go about tackling a project of a design series devoted to 3 or 4 separate (under the radar) organizations, causes, current events that really draw attention mentally from people who care to put concern in that direction. I would take these designed posters and artworks which could be sold individually as prints of all sizes for students in their dorm rooms or on etsy.com to get my work out in the light. I would then take it a step further and adjust the design to be scalable to fit the dimensions of the average snowboard.

The reason behind the board→ I have had the same snowboard for the past 5 years…I’ll admit (even though it breaks my heart) that it may be time to put her on the shelf and get a new one. Maybe its my designing eye—but I refuse to ride a board that doesn’t reflect the kind of person I am style wise, in terms of composition and color it will end up playing a huge role in the decision I make on my next purchase.

The perfect selection of color combinations, the (hard to see) matt swirl design placed on the shiny graphics to create a multi textured feel and look which hidden pictures and words which always keep you searching. Every time I have gotten my board out of the closet for a new season I get the same reaction EVERY time, “Shelby, that IS you in board form, it looks like you designed that yourself.” This has fueled my desire to design snowboards for men and women alike to find the board that perfectly represents their personality and passion on a board that brings a community of people together every season on and off of the mountain. The winter sports community has such a diverse creative group of people in it that I am a proud member of this active universal club.

The Series:

Orono Farmers Market→

http://snakeroot.net/orono/

Clean Water in our area → http://topics.bangordailynews.com/topic/Clean_Water_Act

Ski and snowboard club or if I can go bigger 2014 olympic winter games →

http://sochi2014.com/en/

all natural energy drink Black Bear B12 from MAINE→

http://www.blackbearb12.com/

smoke free campus→

http://www.umaine.edu/tobaccofree/why-should-umaine-become-tobacco-free/ →promote electric or battery powered instead

2012 burton graphic designs

CAPSTONE: Business, creative customization, website where a group of people can direct their requests to me for designs and I can create a snowboard or ski graphic towards them so that there is viral media and a way to get the word out with this community for what they’re doing.

The board series in display setting would have all front designs of boards facing out about 4 feet away from a wall—a mirror (large) is on the wall so that while looking at the boards you can see the bottom of the board as well and at the same time so you can see how they relate to each other.