Yup. That was an early mantra for me in my skating days. Also Sk84evr and Sk8ordie. You get the point. Anyway, as I tell you about the upcoming Skateboard Heroes comic here and here, let me mention something else. See, my primary actors are the boys, and at 5 and 8, they make for Heroes indeed. They actually look really good after a bunch of Photoshop filtering, and they do both of my skateboards justice.

Both? Yup, I have my checkerboard recent board that’s narrow and has a turned up nose and tail as well as my classic 80s Kevin Staab model from Sims. The latter deck is used by my 5 year old, masquerading as a longboard since he is relatively small.

Back in the day, when I worked on my college thesis, I actually staged a film. The initial process was similar to this current one in that I had actors that I photographed. Of course, back then I was just mocking up “film stills” without the more extensive Photoshop work I now need to do in comic land.

Either way, though, you know what’s great about this kind of project? As long as you are working on the computer, there is the opportunity to deal with a little Photoshop work. People always want to know how to get rid of pimples fast. Here’s how – Photoshop. It’s real fast.

Not that a 5 and 8 year old have much to deal with in the way of acne…