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Hackel Topsheet Art

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shinbangclan
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After way too much time and energy, I have finished splattering sharpie ink on my hackel pro topsheet. So excited to get on these.

Here is the full ski:




Closeup of the tips:


Upper midsection:

Lower midsection:

Tails (flipped upside down):




Hopefully some of you can see why I'm worried about ink bleeding when these get on snow. I have clear flex seal that I plan to spray lightly for a few coats to preserve the fine point detail. Center mounted pivots might cut off some of the midsection but that's ok.
I hope I have done these justice, Mr. Alex Hackel!
Dec 31 2020 5:37PM
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sqeellicbic
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This is definitely the best hackel art I've seen so far. Well done sir.
Dec 31 2020 6:34PM
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No.Quarter
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I like the tree spirits
Dec 31 2020 6:35PM
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MoneyMakerMike
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A big fan of the music sheet
Dec 31 2020 7:43PM
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GilsonSkis
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Really love that lower mid section
Dec 31 2020 8:52PM
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reeski
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I did this to my k2 public enemies back in the day. Just keep going over. They’ll be fine
shinbangclanAfter way too much time and energy, I have finished splattering sharpie ink on my hackel pro topsheet. So excited to get on these.

Here is the full ski:




Closeup of the tips:


Upper midsection:

Lower midsection:

Tails (flipped upside down):




Hopefully some of you can see why I'm worried about ink bleeding when these get on snow. I have clear flex seal that I plan to spray lightly for a few coats to preserve the fine point detail. Center mounted pivots might cut off some of the midsection but that's ok.
I hope I have done these justice, Mr. Alex Hackel!
Dec 31 2020 9:04PM
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WisconsinDogfart
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@ON3P send him new ones these are u skiable now
Dec 31 2020 9:25PM
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FastGreyGlasses
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insane mad skills
Dec 31 2020 9:40PM
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animator
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Gas, I’m jealous af of your art skills
Dec 31 2020 10:13PM
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nmwninjart
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That is So Cool. I'd be worried too about how well the ink holds up.
Dec 31 2020 11:20PM
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ghoti_hook
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How pissed would you be if right at the end you realized you were using washable marker the whole time? I think that would give me nightmares.
Jan 1 2021 12:20AM
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soup
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You win.
Jan 1 2021 12:53AM
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shinbangclan
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Thanks all!
I'm doing a clear coat over it now. Gonna get it mounted today. Will post pics with the bindings on, Pivot 14s.
Jan 1 2021 11:24AM
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Paul.
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@imhackel
Jan 1 2021 1:38PM
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Chrischi69
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shinbangclanAfter way too much time and energy, I have finished splattering sharpie ink on my hackel pro topsheet. So excited to get on these.

Here is the full ski:




Closeup of the tips:


Upper midsection:

Lower midsection:

Tails (flipped upside down):




Hopefully some of you can see why I'm worried about ink bleeding when these get on snow. I have clear flex seal that I plan to spray lightly for a few coats to preserve the fine point detail. Center mounted pivots might cut off some of the midsection but that's ok.
I hope I have done these justice, Mr. Alex Hackel!


You cant ski those bro they belong in a mf museum
Jan 1 2021 1:43PM
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chef_boyardee
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dude these are sick, seriously nice work
Jan 1 2021 3:27PM
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xxACIDTRIPxx
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Goddamn! Those are awesome
Jan 1 2021 3:48PM
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disappointmett
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Deep cut nerd stuff on those skis
Jan 1 2021 6:34PM
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ski_salmon69
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Damn that’s sick! I’d like to see what you could do with a pair of 2020 Surface Royales
Jan 1 2021 7:09PM
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SlitherySnake
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dang, good creativity especially with like the music sheet and stuff. Wish I could draw that well
Jan 1 2021 8:52PM
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donotreply
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this looks so freaking gooood !!!
Jan 2 2021 4:49AM
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sullivano*b
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@imhackel @imhackel @imhackel @imhackel
Jan 2 2021 10:08AM
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blazer258
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How long did that take you to do? Sweet designs, some pretty fine penmanship
Jan 2 2021 10:22AM
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shinbangclan
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disappointmettDeep cut nerd stuff on those skis


Very true. It pulls deep from several very unrelated niches. Some are more obvious, like the tree spirits (kodama).


Here they are with the pivots on:


Some stuff did get covered up, but at least everyone here knows what's underneath!


Thank you all for the kind words!

**This post was edited on Jan 2nd 2021 at 2:51:51pm
Jan 2 2021 2:50PM
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shinbangclan
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blazer258How long did that take you to do? Sweet designs, some pretty fine penmanship


In total from when I got my hands on them to when they were mounted it was about a week. Maybe 2ish hours a night. Spent the same amount of time doing mockups with erasable pen as i did putting the sharpie on. And thank you! Used to draw a lot and this project knocked the rust off. Forgot how fun it was.
Jan 2 2021 3:03PM
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nmwninjart
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I love how it worked out that the swords are coming out of the toe piece.
Jan 2 2021 6:15PM
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SlitherySnake
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nmwninjartI love how it worked out that the swords are coming out of the toe piece.


yeah one of the highlights now fs
Jan 2 2021 8:10PM
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SlitherySnake
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bro you should consider selling your services because I bet there are quite a few people out there who would be willing to pay decent money for something sick like this.
Jan 3 2021 1:55PM
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donotreply
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do you make art regularly if so do you have account on instagram ?
Jan 3 2021 7:47PM
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shinbangclan
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donotreplydo you make art regularly if so do you have account on instagram ?


I don't have an art account, but I do have an IG for mediocre skiing. I don't really do stuff like this often but maybe I should considering how fun it was.
https://www.instagram.com/shinbangclan/
Jan 4 2021 1:32PM
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izzyhenn
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Wondering how the ink held up with the clear coat ? Just ordered white customs I’ve been planning to do something similar to mine
Aug 3 2021 5:10PM
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shinbangclan
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izzyhennWondering how the ink held up with the clear coat ? Just ordered white customs I’ve been planning to do something similar to mine


Pretty damn well to be honest, didn't have any problems with melted snow whatsoever. What ended up happening a bit was the tails would clip each other on the landings chipping off the sharpie—it still looks pretty damn good though as bulk of the design is nearer to the boot
Aug 3 2021 7:08PM
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