Skateboard carving

A local skateboard shop asked me to contribute a piece of artwork for a show they were having. All the work had to incorporate a skateboard deck. Most people paint on the deck, but I don't paint, so I had to come up with something else.

I added two plywood "wings" to the deck and carved it all up and painted it black. Then I cut out the pieces of mahogany for the octopus and hollowed them on the back, so they would fit the contours of the skateboard. Then I carved the octopus and added the hard maple lightning.

Something a little different
Comments welcome

dude!!!!!!

Definitely looks cool and unique. nice work. It actually looks edible in the picture.

Here are some more carved skateboards, birds, a manta ray, eagle, octopus and more:


http://natyshred.com/skateboards.html

Sorry about that last post. Couldn't figure out how to do the actual link but the web address for skateboards carved in the shape of birds, a manta Ray, eagle, octopus, alligator is: natyshred.com