Aloha friends!
Happy Tiki Freakout Day y'all!
shows like this make all the
brain-battering and paint slingin
fade away!
YAY!
Robb-Thank you Sir!
"Psycho-delic"? :lol:
Seeing your work on a freshly painted gallery wall was the hi-light of hanging the show on Tuesday!
i really looked and looked at the gentle waves lapping the shore on that Moai piece...
That's Freakin NEXT LEVEL! That's FREAKIN' GAME OVER!
Sam! Stoked you're a part of the FREAKOUT as well! The way you blend,as well as the crispness of your type
and the underlying humor of all your paintings always astonishes me....
Judging from the Swami and Unknown Hinson,you know the deal on getting lost in a drawing...
There's always a different feel of intimacy with drawing that painting sometimes lacks...
i think it's cause it's much more immediate...faster results?
i dunno, but once you start drawing something,if it feels right,
you're not gonna stop until it has just the right amount of "life"...
some artists do it in a gesture, a line,but some require MORE i guess!
Thanks for being YOU!
Sneaky!
Robot Solomon Islanders! Tron/Boomboxes,lots of retro space books,and memories of Jack Kirby and the involved massive detailed machinery/weapons he would draw.....good stuff! wait'll you see some of the other robotics I've been cooking up!
Thanks for the studied observances of the mandala...the pieces that please me the most are the ones that are 60-70% studied up and controlled,but when that element of chance and surprise pops up mid-piece-it's no longer just about lighting and shading,and bringing areas to recede and some to prominence..all of a sudden it's about throwing the map away and exploring....seeing new solutions-questioning first assumptions about a piece...and that's when it gets fun and scary at the same time! I'm glad it worked out...Saw a pic of it when it had the wood all over,and i can remember my gut not liking it from Day 2...i think that's why i stalled it for a good month and a half....
thanks for making me contemplate this again...
Sneaky is Freaky! Paints girls,daschunds,and Tiki!He's bold not Meeky! That's my man Sneaky! werd...
Benz!
I sometimes imagine a canvas like that...a big white square full of teeth and claws and soul-searching and technical problem solving......or as a time-eater...swallowing all my free-time! :lol: That tree is a little bit spooky.....maybe I'll "cute-n" him up for the painting! is "cute-n" a word? Sorry to cause you distress my friend! :)
Brad-don't register your vote til you've seen all the candidates...
i got some more drawings done and forgot to scan my ROBOT KU at work last week ,but will post it next week!
in the meantime....Cheggout all the new drawerings!
I feel truly honored to have gotten postings from FIVE Masters of Tikidom in a row!!!!
thanks guys for doing what you do and being AWESOME at it!
Mutual Inspiration pact is in FULL EFFECT!
a slow start at first..grabbed my water-soluble pencil and water brush and just started doing studies
flippin between the INHABITANTS and the VISITORS
trying to find a solution......
part of me wants to paint this in an abstract style...see what that surprises in the brain.....
so i just grabbed my Tiki/Polynesia clipping folder and did some studies-some stylized-some abstract
some....not so good :lol:
A few weeks ago,at work,a client asked us for a Safari vibe..
so being the R&D guy at work, i found a goldmine of old village and hut and native etchings..
there was one with a mother and child,that i decided to try as some cannibal plant person...
i love the kid-but the mother's face needs a change-up....
the shield warriors may play a part in this painting too!
next, i wanted to do a robotic PNG Agiba Skullrack...but how?
first attempt....
eh.....
second attempt...
i like! :)
Now i gotta figure out how he moves....
so i did these....
lastly...i did a robot KU-but ran out of time to scan it at work....
but i did scan the robot version of Hawaii's famous Pele statue...
that's it for now!
FREAKOUT! :lol:
