Post #357346 by little lost tiki on Sat, Jan 26, 2008 3:24 PM

Greetings friends!
Kind of a Burnout week this session,but sometimes turning the mind off can have its advantages and reveal things hidden that deep thought cannot uncover....
But more of that in a minute....
ravers! Great seeing ya at Bai's birthday!And that cake was Yummy!
I'll be buying some BONDO for the surfboard pretty soon, so you'll be able to see the surfboard come to life! pieces for that Surf Show are due the first of March,so i gots to get Pumpin on it!
"the Head that Would Not Shrink" turned out pretty nice...i like how it combined a narrative with a symmetrical/design focused composition..that little guy would be cute all animated! Call me after you graduate and we can bring him to life!
Thank you!
Phoebe and my nanner trees thank you as well!
sandz-mahalos! those studies are easier than they look! Once the ink background on the paper dries, i just 1) sketch out the design with a water-soluble pencil and ink over or 2) just go for it and pay no mind to symmetry or straightness of lines or accuracy of shapes....depends on the mood...
The detail comes from a desire to bring the sketch to life,to make it ready to pop off the page...
I like it to anyone working on something they love or studying a subject near to their heart...if the passion is there,it never gets old! Thanks again for the kudos!
hewey-the RV is for terrain..the spaceship is for getting to that terrain...
Vampiress-yup...the brain is always on overtime..which is good for art, but bad for all the regular stuff,like human contact and simple daily chores...the old blessing/curse dilemma.....the introspection/examination/and encryption of mundane things never stops during the day (which is why i love naps!)....Friends see some trash in an alley-i see a complete narrative,piecing together the life of the product/its manufacturing-purpose-etc./plus the psychology of the consumer/plus its context discarded in an alley...you get the picture...
some days are better than others....
love your Shrunken Head by the way!
Ben-totally! the leaves have a squishy fleshy feel to them....ew.
Swampfire-Thanks Doug!We aims to please! Can't wait til you get your butt out to Cali to get yo MACK on! :)
teaKs-mahalos man! sometimes the good ones are a-born in less than a week...I imagine if his two hungry friends don't devour it, that it would make a great football for the village!
Sam and Brad-Thanks you Guys! You guys and a bunch of other TC artists and carvers keep the bar high and always supply a constant source of inspiration and amazement! i hope i can do the same for y'all! :)
Clarita!
Gracias mi amiga! Glad the painting,phoebe ,and nanners could bring a smile across your face! I'll fly by sometime and give you a ride to one of our Tiki Events!
ZZZZZZZZZZZOOOOOOOM!
Phoebe sez "WOOF!"
Well, this week, i wasn't feeling very "thinky" but i had an itchin to paint and still have a bunch of 14x14 canvases needing some TLC,sooooooo....
I decided to doodle up some Tiki mandalas,playing with the shapes and cramming tikis into compact spaces....
Here's some of my quick studies...
These first two you'll see fully developed below...
These were done very fast by slapping some sepia ink down and then just drawing it in....i tried to make faces within faces on some of these...
so be prepared to TRIP OUT!





This first one i applied ink and tissue paper onto the gessoed canvas to give it a fadey distressed,spacey feel...
then i went over and drew in the blackline with my sumi brush ink pen/blended the areas i wanted blended/and then, when dried,applied ink here and thereto give it some depth.....and then i sealed it and went over it with paintpen-popping out the details i wanted to enhance.....
Here it is! "Tiki Mandala"

and yes, i know that Tikis and a drawing meant to enlighten monks (after weeks of meditation and contemplation) have nothing really to do with it other....I have found sometimes,when viewing Primitive/Polynesian artifacts,that there is a certain amount of symmetry/hidden figures and faces/and often, a spiritual context to them....so sue me! :lol:
Anyways, working on these was fun because i could just turn my head off and draw,and not have to worry about a narrative,just shapes and lighting....
Here's some details...



Here's a piece on paper,a study for my "Tiki Surf Mandala" for the upcoming Surf Show in March....
This one also got the tissue paper/ink treatment/then just ink brush pen/some blending with water/then lighting and shadows with a finepoint sharpie....

Detail!

with the study out of the way, i decided to apply a ground of olive/brown to the gesso to give it a warm undertone....
then i sketched it out with a water soluble pencil and busted out the gouache for the rest of it.....
i like how the wave turned out in the middle!


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if that means anything....

well, to quote Bora-Boris..."that's all i got!"
Later Dudes!
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[ Edited by: little lost tiki 2008-01-28 11:51 ]