Post #395066 by Tiki Shark Art on Sat, Jul 19, 2008 2:41 AM

tikiracer ~ Thanks. I may hand tint some, see how they look when they print. Earl thinks they'll be best in b & W. What's next? Well, what came next was me getting total art block on my next painting. I'm still working through it. Got some books from the library and soaking up inspiration.
GROG - Mahalo~ and thanks for the Title Idea, I'm gonna use it. "Spirited Away".
KAHU ~ I think it's my most developed. I pushed harder to make it complex. Perhaps it's too complicated, and lacks the clear strenght of #3. But They all go to tell one long story, So I'm okay that they are different.

What else is going on? Well.....
You know I design beach towels for a day job. And, I'm always trying to get a TIKI into a towel design.
Well, I proved that the image sells with last year's Body Glove Tiki Towel. This year, we opened up a new lines of "Printed Towels" with Body Glove, and I got six designs to the finished stage. And THREE of them( I am glad to say) have tikis in them!
They will be part if our "Body Glove" line. The Body Glove folks are the BEST at getting to embrace the tiki idea. They're great beachy surfer kinds of folks who enjoy a good mai tai. And the owner has a vacation house named the Tiki Shack.
Here's the sneak peak at the towels finished art...

"Gothic Tropic Tiki"
30" x 60" printed towel.

Swirl Pool
30" x 60" printed towel

Lady of the Lava
30" x 60" printed towel

They are not done, but right now, prototype samples are being made. So, many things could still go wrong. I'll let you know how they develop.
Mahalo~