Post #325141 by little lost tiki on Sun, Aug 12, 2007 7:27 PM

:D Hello Kiddies! :D
I'm very excited today!
Doyawannaknowwhy?
Cause i got my custom Cannibal Tiki from Clysdalle this weekend!
What a beautiful piece! the guy went all out! I'm honored to own this!
I haven't felt this giddy since receiving Paipo's Moai Tangata Manu! :D
Thank you suburbanpagan and Clarita! Great new work you BOTH got cookin!
TC artists....they're definitely a breed apart! Such talent and Ohana Luv!
Okay! Here's some photos i took today of Clysdalle's grand opus!
i requested only a 4-foot cannibal piece and requested a butterfly somewhere
on it....Simple,vague instructions, space to allow Dave's mind to graze
but still fenced in enough so he wander out of the pasture....
Here's the front....

Beautiful,eh? Here's a detail of the front near the top...

look! He's cannibalizing a Butterfly! Love the blue and lt yellow on him!
Perfecto!
Dave said that the wood he chose had these little holes punched in it....
He built the whole form around these five little holes....

Here's the Body...Love those legs!

Here's my beautiful wahine and wife Terrill posing next to this lucky Tiki
to give you a size reference.
What a fox!
She's like Vanna White in a sarong!

Here's a side view! I can't get over how cool the eyes are!

top side detail

bottom side back

Here's the back with the KU inspired back helmet/spine

and for the ladies.....the obligatory booty shot!
No junk in this trunk!

Thank you Dave! I'm really moved by how much you put
into this fellow....you Rock like Dolemite!
it's been a busy week and weekend...Didn't get much art done,but i did get
the main figures in the "Birth" panel all arranged and ready for some serious
brushwork! Here's the WHOLE first panel so far...

I did the oarsman in a sepia-he's going to be the underfigure,the one that will
peer out from the main canvas. The prow of the boat follows the movement of the
Figure bringing the child to the boat to begin the journey...The prow's top also approaches the Heavenly paradise in the clouds,a play on the size of the background oarsman and his boat...

i started some huts and palms to scatter amongst the clouds....
His profile fits in perfectly and will appear inside the rising sun

Here's a closeup of the child being escorted from Paradise into the boat.
In areas like this,the prow will barely be seen as the 2 figures deserve more emphasis....

and here's the boat,awaiting the beginning of life's journey...
This piece will be more blues and cool colors to convey a wet misty morning..
Note the clouds pouring down some rain,,

Here's the sketch I'll be gleaning the starting colors from.....

That's it for now! Stay Tuned! A lot more Surprises comin down the pipeline...
Very Soon!
Thanks for visiting!