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This is an interesting video and the second in a series of hand painted studies that aim to psychedelically capture the individual styles of influential skateboarders. Animation by Matt Box. Enjoy.

Friday morning I woke feeling equal parts nervous and excited, My name is Raelene Dziedzic and I am a 3rd year graphic design student at Red River College. The reason for my excitement Friday morning is because I was about to sit in on my first ever professional photo shoot. I was going to get to see for myself how it all comes together. The morning was so exciting that Roberta (a friend and classmate) and I ended up at the wrong location. After a confused email and some guidance from Charity we soon found ourselves at Honest’s office. The place where all the prep work was about to begin.

Walking into the office excitement was in the air, it seems that I was not the only one who woke up feeling that way Friday morning. Erin was hard at work on her first masterpiece while her first model sat patiently. Kerri was making sure everything was going smoothly while taking cinnamon buns out of the oven, The boardroom was full of snacks and friendly faces. All in all everyone was in a great mood. As the day progressed, Roberta and I took pictures and observed the paint markers being put to use. Nearing the end of the prep morning, Kerri got started on prepping me. I had known the night before that this might happen but was a little nervous all the same, I am not used to being a “model” and having my picture taken.

Not long after, we were on our way to Jerry’s studio, just a short hop skip and a jump away across Main Street. Once we were there the shoot went by fairly quickly. All in all everyone was really friendly and excited about the concepts for this years campaign. My only complaint of the day is that the paint was much harder to get off then I first anticipated. Thanks guys for including me in this day, I had a great time and learned that with the Honest staff, work is not work because you are having fun while doing it.