Which blank deck?

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Hi, I am not a skateboarder but I want to do a custom artwork on an an 8inch deck for my son in France, can anyone recommend a reasonable quality deck that isn’t too expensive. Thanks

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I wouldn’t spend time on something he’ll be skating, only if it’s something to put on the wall. It will be ruined within 5 minutes.
If it is decoration then there are loads online, ebay etc that are not usable for skating but are good enough to look like a decent deck. Now, morally, is it the right thing to buy, does it harm the industry buying shit from non skaters? maybe, but is that something you’re concerned about as a non skater?
If he wants to use it then lots of skate shops have older stock, deals on shop/ company team boards you could paint over, sand and redo.

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Thanks for the quick response (excellent name BTW) I would prefer to buy a deck he could use though why would you suggest it would be only for deco? Cheers Marc

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Sorry flambé you have already answered my 2nd question I am a silly old man

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I bought some of these last year to do some art on, they look real good but I personally wouldn’t have skated it, the holes were not drilled with care and they didn’t seem flat where the trucks would mount. They actually came from a skater owned distro company so I didn’t feel that bad about buying cheap shit.

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Thanks again… Sorry for the hassle but do you think I could use copic markers or would acrylic paint be the best option?

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They do come pretty glossy but are plain wood on the bottom, so I dunno, depends how viscous the markers are.

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Cheers buddy I will buy 2 or 3 and experiment, thanks for the help appreciated

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Have you tried Posca markers? They could work nicely.

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Thanks Ergot, from doing some research a pos ca pens and traditional acrylic paint combo seems to be the way to go. Also I am going to probably use use jart Decks and sand them down as my lad uses these.

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I’d be interested to see what your end product is.
Just because I’m nosey like that.

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Yesterday I sanded down an old board and then sprayed some white paint for a background before going at it with paint from a Posca and a small paintbrush. Worked well. Could do with a smoother finish, but certainly fun to do.

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cheers for the heads up on that, was gonna buy one of their pool shaped boards not long back to see if i could get away with it but after reading that ill give it a miss.