Skate Design

This is the final product of my skate deck. I used Illustrator all the way to make this. Lots of gradients. The design is a cat with just the big eyeball as the cat's face. It's a human-like cat. I initally designed it as a swat. I was thinking of a swat cat, it's a old cartoon show I watched long time ago on Cartoon Network. I don't know if they still air it today.


This is the sketch. As you can see, it doesn't look the same with the final design. The cat looks boring when I put it in center. So I just moved the cat to the right and made it bigger so it cut off some of the design but it's ok since it looked better than in center.

This is the first sketch I drew. You can see the cat face symbol. I traced it and changed the shape a little bit and put it on the cat's chest. In the end, I really liked the colour combination of the green and black and also the flames luckily matches with the colour green background.

Taking a different route to school

Since it was Friday and my class starts at 12.30pm. I decided to take another route to go to Seneca. I had to change a bit of my time on Friday and woke up early different from usual Fridays I had. Woke up around 8am and prepared to go.I also didn't bring my Mac that day since I had many things to bring for Friday's class. My bag was more lighter and i was more comfortable walking to the bus station and waited for Bus 11. Bus 11 goes to Kipling station and there where I get on the subway.Usually I take Bus 22 to Humbercollege Blvd. and ride another bus to finch station, stop at Sentinel long before the finch station. Ride another bus for York University. Total of 3 buses which takes me about 1 hr and 30mins maximum depending on the traffic.
On friday, I took the subway this time. I got on the train starting from Islington station. They were few people this time so I got to sit anywhere I want. I rode the train to St. George station. They were many stops but it didn't mind me since I wasn't in a hurry. It was a joyride for me since I don't take the subway everyday.Actually I only ride the subway often when I go to downtown. That's like twice a months maybe. I am not very familiar with the stations, so I look at every signs so I know where to go. I made it to St. George safely and transfered to a north bound route to Downsview. The north bound stations are pretty new. They were a lot bigger and spacious. You can also noticed the design were more Hi-tech than older stations downtown. The last stop was Downsview. I went to the bus station and waited for Bus 196 to York University. Didn't wait that long since they have an Express bus to York. I like Express Busses because they don't stop a lot so I arrived at Seneca more in no time. The trip took me about 1 hr from my home to Seneca. It's more fast taking the subway than my normal route so I guess I have to think about riding the subway instead.