Wtf is happening to graphics

SchizoSkier

SchizoSkier

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This year is seems like every company is doing some boring ass topsheets with no art or pattern or anything. Just saw this new surface royale and it’s literally just a white topsheet with “surface” written once on it

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surface used to make some fire ass graphics look at the same ski but from 2 years ago

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All I’m sayin is a ton of brands are switching to this minimalistic style but I think it’s gonna start to make skiing kinda bland.
 
i prefer minimalism over shitstorm graphics that you can’t tell what’s going on. they’re especially better than a lot of graphics from 2010-2020ish.
 
14486872:Jems said:
i prefer minimalism over shitstorm graphics that you can’t tell what’s going on. they’re especially better than a lot of graphics from 2010-2020ish.
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Hellbents are the best and most disgusting graphics ever
 
The understated skull and bird is kinda cool. Just hard to see in tiny pics on the internet. It takes a lot of time to design an intricate graphic that has mass appeal and works on a ski, hence added expense.
 
I mean yeah but there’s a difference between minimalistic graphics and just bland graphics. Like the gen 1 and 2 of the forbidden skis looked clean and minimal but the new factions and surfaces just look boring.

14486872:Jems said:
i prefer minimalism over shitstorm graphics that you can’t tell what’s going on. they’re especially better than a lot of graphics from 2010-2020ish.
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depends, now what i dont get is why companies cant just have a black or white topsheet and a normal unique topsheet at the same time
 
it can be done right, but can also look shit. i would often rather make my own graphic than have something i don't fuck with
 
Concrete is the coolest top sheet graphic I have ever seen. Can we get some similar ones [tag=225826]@VISHNU[/tag] ? Maybe an asphalt and a dirt one! Tile would be sick and linoleum floors just look the coolest
 
Surface doing very simple top sheets is nothing new. I feel like they've had a "just logo" top sheet in their line most years since like 2010. Sure, plenty of brands are going minimalist this year, just like a few years ago when everybody and their mom was doing stripes. Trends ebb and flow.
 
14486929:TreeJam said:
Concrete is the coolest top sheet graphic I have ever seen. Can we get some similar ones [tag=225826]@VISHNU[/tag] ? Maybe an asphalt and a dirt one! Tile would be sick and linoleum floors just look the coolest
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This is why people that ride Vishnu’s should never be aloud to design graphics
 
First that's the upper. They do have some artwork/printwork on them but they're done in grey which doesn't really show up very well because of the light on light contrast. IMO i enjoy artwork on skis, surface is still doing that even tho it may be a bit more basic then in years past. 2020 and 2021 give'r will be a fav...murdered out

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topic:Hayden2700 said:
This year is seems like every company is doing some boring ass topsheets with no art or pattern or anything. Just saw this new surface royale and it’s literally just a white topsheet with “surface” written once on it

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surface used to make some fire ass graphics look at the same ski but from 2 years ago

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All I’m sayin is a ton of brands are switching to this minimalistic style but I think it’s gonna start to make skiing kinda bland.
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That’s the simplest design they had this year the rest are dope did u see attilas those are awesome but I honestly fw the simple shit it’s clean
 
Edit: Whoops. Stupid NS app threw in a full screen ad, so I thought the thread stopped after like three posts. Feel free to delete, mods.

No commentary on the industry wide trends (I think you’ll find a bit of everything these days), but there’s more going on with those Surface skis than just white with a logo. There’s either very light grey or more likely gloss white/matte white graphics if you look close. Recolored the photo a bit so you can see them better.

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14486911:Hayden2700 said:
I mean yeah but there’s a difference between minimalistic graphics and just bland graphics. Like the gen 1 and 2 of the forbidden skis looked clean and minimal but the new factions and surfaces just look boring.
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Real quick wdym gen 1 and 2 skis that shall not be named, because I see the blues as gen 3 but there’s the OG jets and what else? The white limited editions with the faces?

also wtf Man U got hurt and changed your name, I thought u was throwin dubs and were coming up this season

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Gen 1 had the smiley just on the front, gen 2 had them on the tail and tip. Also yeah I’m tryna find a mod that will change it back to SchizoSkier. I tore both ACLs but I still wanna throw a dub back and maybe a sw dub 9 or dub 10 this season but it’s kinda hard to find motivation to ski hard and throw crazy stuff when my knees are killin me

14486980:Abarski said:
Real quick wdym gen 1 and 2 skis that shall not be named, because I see the blues as gen 3 but there’s the OG jets and what else? The white limited editions with the faces?

also wtf Man U got hurt and changed your name, I thought u was throwin dubs and were coming up this season

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**This post was edited on Dec 4th 2022 at 6:52:12pm
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14487058:HaydenB said:
this joke getting old for anyone else
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I didn't see it for like a year or 2, posted it once in a gilson thread. Now it's everywhere and it's always a no profile pic or a 100 karma mf.

ngl

/claim
 
No ski will ever top the moment 2013 vice, so I don’t even really blame ski companies for not trying these days tbh.

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Yup, its talk of the industry right now. From the rookies to the core, no one is finding a ski that makes them go “this one is mine!”. Its sad, topsheet design is the #1 thing people lean on for buying new skis. And companies know this, idk why the reverse psychology.
 
skiers: this ski's graphics don't look like something made by a schizophrenic and they can't be seen from 100 nautical miles away. wtf were they thinking??
 
I actually like this style. Looks kinda boring on a wall but awesome on your feet when you're geared up. Overly loud graphics can be the opposite, kinda hard to match with your kit or even bindings but they look great of a ski shop wall.
 
4FNRT threw down on the graphics this year:

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14487140:DaleDanTony said:
J skis best in the graphics game
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J skis put bob ross on a ski and everyone lost their shit. Mid graphics, something out of a high school graphic designs class.

Say what you want about k2s durability but they have killed it for top sheets for years now. ON3P and Vishnu are good looking to me also
 
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