Post #200928 by DCTiki on Wed, Nov 30, 2005 7:02 PM

I haven't posted anything for a long while, and there's nothing that focuses the mind like the last minute...

I only have one concept for the mug. The monkey behind the tiki represents the monkey-like quality of TCers. That is, that we are fun, love to wear the fez, love tropical drinks with umbrellas, and are attracted to shiny mug-like objects. He is sitting on a human skull as a reminder to anyone who challenges the tiki gods. Also, we all really seem to like the headhunter mugs (or the straight-up skulls) so I wanted to incorporate that into the design, without being a skull mug re-tread. There is also a bit of the savage animal Vs. refined hipster conflict symbolism there... The tiki is on the front of the mug because Tiki is the first thing that Tiki Central is about...I mean, really, think about it....:wink:

I tried to limit the color palette to approximate the glazes that the mug should have. It would be a low relief, and there would be some extras glazed on (like the red for the fez). The first one is in a "rolled out" view. The second one (the quick and dirty one) shows a bit of the relief that it would have. Personally, I don't like mugs that are really deep relief, or shaped weird...to drink out of. This mug should be something that you would want in your collection, but not something that you would not feel comfortable holding at a gathering (or would have those hard to wash recesses...you know, that catch all the pulp...)

Anyway, everyone's mugs look great, this has been a great creative "kick in the pants" for me. I hope we can do more of these....

Mahalo.
Jared