Post #336951 by Tiki Shark Art on Sun, Oct 7, 2007 11:23 AM

Aloha TC!
LLTThanks buddy! Jack Kirby is so my hero! His machines were always intergalactic mind bending masterpieces! As a kid I was always half afraid I'd be walking to school and take a wrong turn, accidentally step through a inter-dimensional doorway and end up in Kirby's Negative Zone! By the By I LOVE the cannibal king, and can't wait to see it in person at the Bali-Hai! I don't know How you're gonna get that HUGE new piece finished in time!
SamThat's head swelling praise coming from a master like you! Big Mahalo!
Jpmartdog~Thanks! HA! "It's pronounced Eye-Gore!" You totally got me figured out! I'm all about creating a whole little "world" or stage for the tiki action. I was on location for a movie a while back, and in between shooting, I'd sit and watch the DP light the set, for like 5 hours at a time. I'd be sitting there totally enthralled!
After about a week of this, the DP noticed me, and had me come up and take a look through the eye piece in the camera. The "scene" I saw through the camera was amazing! He explained how he was creating a stage for the action.
He was using light to pick out thet parts of the environment he wanted to stand out. This creates depth and distance and focus, all with lighting. It was like that old phrase "painting with light!" That made a impression on me that echos in my hollow noggin to to this day. So when I'm painting, I'm thinking "if this was a set, how would it be cool to light this?"

Here's "forbidden Island" with only about 9 days left to finish!

Here's the tiki Lounge. I made the "Brain Waves" red. I wasn't sure what color to make them for along time. but, I think red will blend well with the purple interior and the orange exterior. Now, I just have to figure out what "brain waves" look like...

Thanks fer looking at the da' art!
Aloha from the volcanic Big Island!