THOR asks for your HOME SPUN TIKI BAR CREATIONS to inspire new series!!! - Other Crafts

T THOR's Member Joined: Apr 30, 2004 Posts: 610	T THOR's Posted posted on Tue, Jul 18, 2006 9:44 AM HOLY Tikification!!! AWESOME STUFF! I was not sure if this would be of interest to you all but I am really happy to see that it is so far! I will take ya all step by step on this painting..from this" blue sky" stage as we used to call it when I was at Disney, through the story and layout, color and final painting. It's really a LOT of fun when it's not just me alone doing this. Since the ideas and items are sooo broad so far in application, I think I better start with the first painting in the series that I believe will be SUPER fun, funny and entertaining. This can focus us on a specific story so we all are more able to become part of it. In the end though, all ideas will be filed for the entire series. OK, My first painting will have a "working title" of: "Trader Hick's BAR'N Tiki Lounge". It incorporates the word barn in it playfully..cus, well that's where it takes pace Ya'll!! Here's the story.... We are in a very "back woods."...ok call it "hickish" farm in the Midwest or Kansas I was thinking. There lives there, a well seasoned farmer who has built a new barn to serve his practical needs. However, the old barn still stands despite his wife's wishes. Why, well, because he is a true bonified lover making his own lil Tiki oasis! Yep, this is HIS space to use anything he can muster up on the property to create the atmosphere and ambiance to impress his bumpkin buddies! Now, this feller is a bit of a BS'er you could say! He likes to make his buddies "THINK" he knows everything about a tropical oasis bar in a real tropical location! However, he and all the visitors have never left this small town, so, what they come up with is gunna be something else!!! Ay, they have heard of things lie tikis and palm trees and Mai Tais from old travel posters and word of mouth. However, Lord knows what that meant in their minds. So, out favorite farmer is gunna dig up all the stuff he can find and dream up all the "fish tails" and bs he can muster to turn the inside of this here barn into a true Oasis for all the neibors and kin!! So, for these parts he truly is the Trader Vic..no!!...I meant,"Trader Hick" that will bring the Tiki culture to the farmlands!!! K... just to start the juices flowin'... I won't show ya too much of what I am thinking already..except a couple items we could find in this "BAR'N Lounge." These are very small doodles from my sketchbook that I did in my notes. I often take a sketchbook with me everywhere to write new ideas and draw VERY rough thumbnail sketches I can later elaborate on and incorporate into a composition that's far more refined. Above is an idea for a "farmer's palm tree" It could be in the painting stuck in a hay mound. It's made of things I have seen in a farm type environment. A pitchfork with old cans strung on the handle makes the coco palm trunk. The palm frond leaves are two Moose antler rack trophies roped together with bowling ball coconuts. Makes any country folk feel like they are right in Hawaii! Above is a "Farmers Mai Tai" It uses an old milk bottle, perfectly round "pineapple ring" fresh from the can and a maraschino cherry and drink umbrella that was sent away for! Hmm wonder what this tastes like???? lastly, above is a genuine Hawaiian "Tropicle Sord Fish". Or, at least what one MIGHT look like if you only have a few old mounted catfish trophies, a dull steak knife and some twine!! Heck..who will know it ain't real..especially in the dark mood light'n???? Well, that's all for now. For those of you who may actually live on a small farm in Kansas..PLEASE don't be offended!! I have relatives out that way and they could actually be models for this who get a HUGE kick out of this sort of thing. This is VERY exaggerated and all in fun...and in this series I promise to make fun of all regional stereotypes equally!!!..K?? HAaaaa I am currently designing two other paintings, mug ideas and busy as all get out. I will get on and off here during break times!! Can't wait to see your ideas!!! Have fun!! ALOHA TC OHANA!! ~~THOR

HOLY Tikification!!! AWESOME STUFF! I was not sure if this would be of interest to you all but I am really happy to see that it is so far! I will take ya all step by step on this painting..from this" blue sky" stage as we used to call it when I was at Disney, through the story and layout, color and final painting. It's really a LOT of fun when it's not just me alone doing this.

Since the ideas and items are sooo broad so far in application, I think I better start with the first painting in the series that I believe will be SUPER fun, funny and entertaining. This can focus us on a specific story so we all are more able to become part of it. In the end though, all ideas will be filed for the entire series.

OK, My first painting will have a "working title" of: "Trader Hick's BAR'N Tiki Lounge".
It incorporates the word barn in it playfully..cus, well that's where it takes pace Ya'll!! Here's the story....

We are in a very "back woods."...ok call it "hickish" farm in the Midwest or Kansas I was thinking. There lives there, a well seasoned farmer who has built a new barn to serve his practical needs. However, the old barn still stands despite his wife's wishes. Why, well, because he is a true bonified lover making his own lil Tiki oasis! Yep, this is HIS space to use anything he can muster up on the property to create the atmosphere and ambiance to impress his bumpkin buddies!

Now, this feller is a bit of a BS'er you could say! He likes to make his buddies "THINK" he knows everything about a tropical oasis bar in a real tropical location! However, he and all the visitors have never left this small town, so, what they come up with is gunna be something else!!! Ay, they have heard of things lie tikis and palm trees and Mai Tais from old travel posters and word of mouth. However, Lord knows what that meant in their minds. So, out favorite farmer is gunna dig up all the stuff he can find and dream up all the "fish tails" and bs he can muster to turn the inside of this here barn into a true Oasis for all the neibors and kin!! So, for these parts he truly is the Trader Vic..no!!...I meant,"Trader Hick" that will bring the Tiki culture to the farmlands!!!

K... just to start the juices flowin'... I won't show ya too much of what I am thinking already..except a couple items we could find in this "BAR'N Lounge." These are very small doodles from my sketchbook that I did in my notes. I often take a sketchbook with me everywhere to write new ideas and draw VERY rough thumbnail sketches I can later elaborate on and incorporate into a composition that's far more refined.

Above is an idea for a "farmer's palm tree" It could be in the painting stuck in a hay mound. It's made of things I have seen in a farm type environment. A pitchfork with old cans strung on the handle makes the coco palm trunk. The palm frond leaves are two Moose antler rack trophies roped together with bowling ball coconuts. Makes any country folk feel like they are right in Hawaii!

Above is a "Farmers Mai Tai" It uses an old milk bottle, perfectly round "pineapple ring" fresh from the can and a maraschino cherry and drink umbrella that was sent away for! Hmm wonder what this tastes like????

lastly, above is a genuine Hawaiian "Tropicle Sord Fish". Or, at least what one MIGHT look like if you only have a few old mounted catfish trophies, a dull steak knife and some twine!! Heck..who will know it ain't real..especially in the dark mood light'n????

Well, that's all for now. For those of you who may actually live on a small farm in Kansas..PLEASE don't be offended!! I have relatives out that way and they could actually be models for this who get a HUGE kick out of this sort of thing. This is VERY exaggerated and all in fun...and in this series I promise to make fun of all regional stereotypes equally!!!..K?? HAaaaa I am currently designing two other paintings, mug ideas and busy as all get out. I will get on and off here during break times!! Can't wait to see your ideas!!! Have fun!!

ALOHA TC OHANA!! ~~THOR

Post #243606 by THOR's on Tue, Jul 18, 2006 9:44 AM