Post #364698 by little lost tiki on Mon, Mar 3, 2008 9:56 PM

Alo-HAW Kiddies!
ravers-yeah...I think I'm gonna have to chain it to the wall so it don't intimidate the smaller boards! :lol:
i hope the high tiki goes out to some stoked artist for Hewey's tikiSwap! I like those disembodied heads floating around all spooky-like! And I'm gonna be saving my shekels for some more linen canvases!Thanks fer visitin!
hewey-most people don't realize how big it is til it stands up! working on it flat ,it wasn't until Big Toe made me stand outside with it that i realized.....Holy moley! That's BIG! It goes almost all the way around the sides with the wood grain lines...and as for the back....scroll down and you will have your answer!Very pleased that you are pleased with the Maori Wrowee! I hope a fellow pothead gets that one!
GROG-I was thinking teaKEY and Swampfire could take turns riding it....and creating tsunamis! :lol:
Hey Brootal! Welcome to TikiCentral! Thanks for diggin it!
How does it look when it's covered in wax? it looked pretty awful before i scraped it all off and wiped it clean with Bestine...I've coated it in about 10 layers of Ceramcoat indoor/outdoor matte sealant and wouldn't recommend putting any wax on this puppy! This is more for a wall than the ocean...if some crazy patron decides to buy it and takes it out,then I'll get a pic of it covered in wax for ya!
According to my landlord,who gave me this awesome board, it surfed pretty good,like steering a big boat! :lol:
Alrighty......now some art!
First off....the sketchbook study for the Surf moderne piece...just cause i likes it!

some details changed,but that's the way a work evolves.....
Now for the back of the board!
Please don't be disappointed...

Here's a shot of the signature and title and the hanging...the back has more blue mixed with the brown.just swatches of color,nothing fancy like the other 2-sided boards......
here's a closeup of the title "Guardians of the portal" all GRAF/TRIBAL stylee!

and here's how i hung it! Thanks to all of y'all that gave me advice on this! I measured it out and put three holes in a triangular formation....i poured some of this hard plastic resin stuff i got a while back into the holes and screwed in the screws,leaving about 1/4" for the wire to wrap around...After it dried, i poured some more resin on it, let it dry,then wired it-taped up the ends,and pured some more resin on it....the baby's stable now!
here's a diagram if you ever need to hang a surfboard from a wall!

Besides tedious stupid stuff like hanging, i also got a few drawings done...some from scratch, others half done and discarded for months.....
"the War Dance"
,after the initial ink, i applied colored tissue paper on top and wetted it , letting the color seep into the picture ,then went over that with a sharpie blackline....

here's a non Tiki one... but pretty, so I thought I'd share....
"the River of Life" ditto with the colored tissue paper technique on this one too!

i like how the texture evokes the shadows of the trees on the grass.....
Then i did 2 studies for the second canvas of my 4 canvas epic....the Journey
this canvas deals with middle age and has a warrior theme and warm vibrant colors...

My patron wanted flaming arrows and spears,a battle scene of sorts....
Playing around yesterday, i popped this one out as a concept study/finished piece...

That's all i got for now...might start on this canvas soon....gotta go swig some ZIPFIZZ and get crackin!
Bye Folks and Thanks for all your kindness!