Post #316034 by little lost tiki on Sun, Jul 1, 2007 12:29 AM

Thanks to y'all for all the nice wishes and stuff! I wish i wasn't so tired or i'd answer every single one of ya! Tiger tattoos and beach Towels....Isn't this Tiki Central,not Tiger central? Guess I'll have to paint up a Tiki and Tiger sometime soon.... Ivan and Clysdalle seem to think this freehand stuff comes easy....nope!Seeing as we do a lot of tiger tees at work,especially during the whole tattoo phase,you get to know and recognize the visual characteristics/cliches of certain categories of art...i think that's what made it so easy...You do and do something over and over and suddenly,one day, you can do it without even thinking about it! Works for tigers,but ask me to do a portrait or a car and I'm struggling for hours!I think GROG can draw anything....TikiShark too.... Lucky Bassards!
Anyways,a big thank to all of ya,especially TygerJymbo for the "Little Bus Toga Hut Tour" photo! YAY!
Well, almost done with the Cannibal Island,and then it's off to paint the Bamboo Ben built Ohana Hut Shelf for he Chongolio raffle!
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=24550&forum=12&start=0&24
You'd be stupid not to buy at least a dozen tix!
Anyways...it's almost 12:30 and I at least wanna post these progress pix before i hit the hay!

here's the main cannibal tiki-really starting to come to life!
More grains and subtle lighting/plus the added tan lighting
on the skulls and the light blue in the eyes adds some depth!


still got some work on the volcano...

you can see a lot of the work on the flowers/lighting on the palm leaves

the dreaded 5-story tiki! Run!

torches blazing in the river...and a skull on a pole,warning
unsuspecting travelers!

Did a bunch of studies from masks,mostly from the new guinea area this week
will share them soon! YAWN! Sweet Dreams! :)