Post #313832 by little lost tiki on Wed, Jun 20, 2007 12:09 AM

Hello Everybody!
been busy showin and makin art this whole week,haven't had time to rest! But i have a special surprise......a new one started!
but First....

suburbanpagan:thanks for noticing the linework! Spent many years as a youth doing studies of Jack Kirby Thors mixed with Durer's woodcuts! I try to keep a balance between drawing and painting time,but drawing usually gets more time...(as there's no setup necessary!)Do you draw a lot? Would love to see some of your sketchbook pages!

congatiki:Thank you so much for actually reading all this stuff! Before TC,the only time i'd hear any feedback was at art shows or the rare artist gatherings at the studio....I can't tell you how grateful I am to be able to have access to the knowledge and advice of so many talented folks!It's been a great year-I'm hooked! don't worry about the Hoity Toity part,i'll still be a retard-artist guy....but with Bodyguards. I like the Cannibal's Fancy Hat too! Maybe a painting for the big ol' Tiki Bash....

Sophista-tiki: not a chance! Slow down? Can't do it! I'll have plenty of rest time in my coffin awaiting that trumpet! Plus you heard Bullet,i got woiks to do! I consider these circles under my eyes as badges of dedication! Speaking of BUSYBEES...you're no slacker yourself! Lookit all those shows you're in...plus the Polypop Museum....sheesh! I hope there's an artist Rest Home we can all retire to someday!

Hewey:Thanks for the advice! One must always strive to do beter each painting! :) It has been a great year,and it's because of gents like you!
frostiki: I'll try my best to make this year better than next! In fact,I hope everyone will try that! As for all the detail,the more details,the more it tells me a story,and the more story,the better the piece...Got patrons from 12 years ago,telling me about recently discovered details in their paintings! Glad you like the CD cover!Smile!

kingstiedye:a Big Thank You to you!
Thanks for not only the commission,but for adopting the Foggy Morning! I think it'll look splendid in your Tiki Museum!

Thanks also for tolerating our off-beat antics on the events threads!

Benzart:Losing it? Done lost it my friend! ( at least I'm not crazy enough to double-post..yet!
:lol: )Sanity is overrated!It's always the duty of the shaman,the social observer,the Historian,and the artist to keep one foot in the real world and the other slightly detached-observing and learning from that other place.I know you go there ...often!Thank you for all your wonderful creations and advice and insight and gentle humor!!!

teaKs:I agree about the Polynesian Shields...their power and graphic strength and rawness,simply incredible works,pieces of art,yet made outside of the context of civilized art-almost like a self-contained traditional art movement! Glad you checked out some of the other work on the "Last Minute" thread! Gotta feed the Brain-the brain wants more challenges and mysteries to unravel! I stay up late a lot,but no, I don't miss much sleep 'cause I loves my naps!

Sneaky:Been diggin your new panels and the series that they're becoming!You more than anyone have probably noticed some of the similarity in themes and appearances of totems and tikis and masks throughout the world.Almost like a connection unseen.....Thanks for diggin on Vanuatu and the polynesian Butterfly! Do you sleep much?

Okay folks!Here it is...the beginnings of my commission for ktd. "Cannibal Island" is the working title for now! Bullet's requests were for something in the same style as Polynesian Butterfly/same kinda colors-intensity/a volcano/palms/tikis/huts/a Van Gogh starry Night influenced sky/a river,if i could fit it in/and skulls...Simple enough instructions ! So, I banged out a sketchbook entry and ink drawing just to get a grip on ground color placements....


The colors in the above sketch weren't that poppy vibrant psycho palette like the
Polynesian butterfly,soooo...
I'm currently on phase 2 out of 4 "phases" in this style.
Phase 1 is sketching it out lightly then coloring it in-i used acrylics and did a basic abstract
to indicate loosely what goes where...(did that last Thursday night and forgot to bring my camera to the studio last friday...sorry! lost to the ages....)
Sealant-Satin finish i use-not too shiny,not too matte.....
Phase 2 is all about the indigo-fleshing out the initial forms and figuring out how to flow the
landscape and composition-where does the eye want to go...
Sealant
then i apply colors-say...all white areas around the stars
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green grass/palm tree details
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etc. etc. etc.
this is where I'm at right now...

Phase 3
after all the colors are applied-there's a lot of little sloppy(but not in a good way) overlaps/awkward areas/places that need to be "crisper"-the Indigo goes back over lines and general cleanup....
SealantSealantSealant
Phase 4 the Bling phase...
i'm starting to photograph embellished pieces BEFORE the puff paints and twinkly zing stuff-then i apply the twinkly zing stuff AND the glow in the dark-it's semi-opaque soi try to place it in areas and outlines that enhance the lighting That way it looks good both day and night!
Here's some details...




So that's what I've been working on this week!
Oh! Almost forgot these two....


It's late! Gotta go to work,then the dentist after work! Ugh!
But after that,it's Art Supply Warehouse!!! Yippee!