Cool Skateboarder Coloring Page

This cool skateboarder coloring page freezes a rider at the top of a big air. The skater has launched off a concrete ramp and tilted the whole body back, one hand locked on the nose of the board and the other arm thrown out for balance. The board points up at a sharp angle, and you can see all four wheels from below.

Most skate pictures for kids look stiff. This one has real weight in it, along with the gear a real rider wears. It is a medium level page that should take thirty to fifty minutes, and it is a good pick for anyone who actually skates.

A look at the rider and the setup

Start at the top with the helmet and its row of vents. Below it you get a side view of the face, an ear and a hood bunched around the neck. The hoodie has a front pocket and a lightning patch on the chest. Baggy shorts lead to bent knees wrapped in pads.

The sneakers are full of small details, with laces, toe caps and ridged soles. Under them, the board has a thin stripe along the edge and a row of zigzag art on the bottom. Two sets of trucks hold the wheels, and each wheel has rings for you to fill.

Behind the skater, office blocks with square windows fill the skyline. A curved ramp sweeps up to a steel lip on the right, topped by a short railing. Yellow rays burst out from behind the rider.

Cool skateboarder coloring page style ideas

Clothes are where this page gets personal. Choose an outfit you would really wear. Faded colors like washed black, olive or dusty red can look more real than bright crayons, and two layers of a light color give you that worn feel.

• Design your own deck art on the underside. Skate decks are basically small canvases.
• Cover the helmet in tiny stickers, as real skaters do.
• Try a sunset behind the buildings, in orange and pink, with their windows lit up yellow.
• Give the concrete some character with cracks, paint scuffs and a patch of graffiti that you invent.

Skin tones look best when built up in thin layers. Start pale, then add a warmer tone on the shaded side of the arms and legs. Do the same with any hair you add under the helmet.

Making the jump look high

There is empty air under the wheels, and you want to keep it that way. Do not fill that gap with heavy color. Keep the ramp and the street pale behind the board, so the rider's dark shoes and wheels pull away from them.

The sun is high in this scene, so the tops of the arms, shoulders and helmet get the most light. The underside of the board is in shadow. Run your strokes along the curve of the ramp, too, since that makes the concrete look smooth and fast. A small soft shadow far below the rider will show just how high this air really is.

How skating got here

Skateboarding likely started in the late 1940s or early 1950s, when California surfers wanted something to do on days with no waves. People called it sidewalk surfing, and many rode barefoot. Polyurethane wheels arrived in the early 1970s and changed everything, since they gripped so much better.

Vert skating took off when riders started using empty swimming pools during the 1976 California drought. That same year in Florida, Alan Gelfand invented the ollie, a jump with no hands on the board. Skateboarding made its Olympic debut at the Tokyo Games, held in 2021. The skateboarding article on Wikipedia has much more of the history.

Next steps

Design a full pro model deck. Trace the board shape on a blank sheet at a large size, then fill it with your best art. Add a made up brand name, and you have a poster for your wall.

Fans of comics can try a three panel strip: the run up, the jump and the landing. Does the skater stick it or slam? You decide.

Looking for other pages with some attitude? Try the electric guitar coloring page or the geometric coloring page.

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