Post #321651 by Tiki Shark Art on Sat, Jul 28, 2007 12:09 PM

Mctiki~ Thanks, hey, that's some cool poem. (It's a poem right?) :) The sketch will always have an energy that can never be reproduced in painting I think. It's always a main goal to try o capture some of that freshness, and then elaborate on it.
ChongolioThanks island neighbor! the magic singing shell (as you described) is done! After I put down the orange base, I got a bit nervous on how to make it look more like a shell. It took me a while to get he orange shading where I like it. Ya know, I didn't want to paint in texture or highlights and screw it up, then have to repaint the orange. So, I took a digital photo of the shell, pulled it up in photo shop and tried a few experimental highlights there. I got something I liked, printed it out, and used it a reference when I painted on the shell's highlights.

So this is how It came out.
Vantiki Thanks! I'd love to show on Oahu! Someone suggested to me of having a show of the Hawaiian Tiki artists... like me, Gecko, Thor , Chongolio... and I'm not sure who else. I think that'd be a blast! (of course, we'd HAVE to get Don Tiki to preform!) who knows. Do you think there is enough "tiki peeps" living out here to warrent such a show? Right now I'm focused on getting this one done, and getting something ready for the Tiki Magazine group art show in Nov.

Now, on to the Lobster. Unfortunately the orange and the red are sorta close on the ol color chart. I want to make sure the lobster dosn't just meld (colorwise) too much into the shell. I may push the red on his claws towards a purple/magenta/red.

Have a great week end!
Big aloha from that volcanic tropical island you've heard so much about!