Post #372796 by Tiki Shark Art on Wed, Apr 9, 2008 10:54 PM

Aloha~
Rob ~ Okee Dokee, I'm reserving one for you right now! (heh heh) Well, who knows? Could happen.
Surf Tiki ~ Thanks, but you're so right. This is not about making a fast buck by any stretch of the imagination. This is OCD tiki art. Honestly, I'm not exactly sure "Why" I'm doing it, or even "How" I'm doing it, all I know is that I HAVE to do it.
Flat Black ~ Thanks! Wait til it's done!
Sam! ~ Big Mahalo buddy! Yeah, I want this mug to look so freaky 3-D that you could grab it off the canvas.

Here's the latest on the Wood Cuts.
#3 "Fern Twilight".

First rough idea.

Got a certain Don the Beach Comber look going I think.

Or maybe that's Fluid Floyd from Don Tiki.

I'm pushing Earl to put color into this wood cut. He's never done a color wood cut in his whole life, so this is gonna be a learnign experience for us both. So, it'll be some plates of an orange to red sunset behind the fern tree and the tiki Lounge dude. Then some blue shades on the under lighting on the figure, the fern tree, and the Big Tiki.

I transferred it to the board, and will start inking tomorrow.

Mahalo~

Tiki Shark

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[ Edited by: Tiki Shark Art 2008-04-09 22:56 ]