New Idea for book

The new idea is still a bit blurry and i am still unsure how this will end up in a book??

The idea is around my skating lifestyle

It is actually rollerblading but not your average recreational rollerblader, it is actually really embarrassing when people ask you what you do and you say your a rollerblader.

People straight away thing of rec skaters in purple spandex rolling around the lake.

Here is just a little preview of what rollerblading is sort of about if you do not know yet.

Im not sure how i am going to use this into my assignment but everyone seemed very persistent that i should do skating for my artist book. I am still unsure how people will take in this idea because rollerblading like this is such a foreign thing and a shock to most people. They cant comprehend that people can do things like this on rollerblades

The best thing about rollerblading is everyone is everyones best friend it doesn't matter what culture your from what clothes you wear, you could put a skater that is black wears the most gangster baby clothes and chuck a skinny little white kid with ultra tight pants and heaps of piecings and they will be the best of friends as long as they are rolling.

So no you know a little bit about rollerblading you can understand my artist book ideas

IDEAS

Siliva has provided some input for presentation as a flip book

I believe this a good idea but i am finding it hard to try and tell the story of street skating within this.

I really would like to incorporate the good with the bad of rollerblading because these are all part of being a part of a rollerblader

GOODS

Landing tricks - putting ur body on the line

Mates

Lifestyle - Skitching

Competitions

BADS

Getting kick off street spots by security and the harsh way they usually treat rollerbladers

Getting kicked off by police

The battle between skateboarders and rollerbladers

There are many more but i can not think at the moment haha

I could defiantly do a flip book but it feels like there is too much to tell for narrative than just a flip book of tricks

I think i want to do a magazine style book but i am not sure how i will set out this yet or what i will put into it but i know

Here are some photos i have taken already that i may use but i think i need more documentary style images rather than these very controlled lighting and images of just tricks

I will go out and take more photos that show the characters that are involved with skating such as

The skaters

the security guards kicking us off

The people we meet skating streets

and document everything including with rollerblading