Post #396922 by little lost tiki on Sun, Jul 27, 2008 2:34 PM

Sorry it's been a little while...but i do have some goodies to share....
But first...

raves-been planning on doing a Sci-Fi Tikis meet inhabitants of a Tropical alternative universe painting for the tiki mag show....
may actually bring it to the Tiki freakout paintjam on Wednesday
....or not.....

Benz-I'll see if i can cram a Spooky tree in that piece just for you!

hiltiki-a million mahalos for all your sweet words and encouragement.. A lotta time i feel like I'm travelling solo with these musings and theories and paintings and such...Glad to see that it's actually a short-bus full of a lot of friends!

speaking of short-buses..._GROG! thanks for poppin in! what this thread needs is a good amateur hour and you always provide! :lol:

Son-of-Kelbo-Glad i could inspire! and I'm grateful for all the Grand compliments,but i don't deserve them...There are so many talented little geniuses around here,and it's a group effort that makes things happen....
As for prints...i had a bad experience with them a few years back and never really pursued it after that....Maybe some day when i got enough funds...i would rather save my money and get a painting book and a drawing book published.....that's on the dreamlist for sure!
Send me your e-mail and I'll send you a better shot of that print....
it seems like you and a lot of folks like those new abstract style ones...
Stay tuned for some paintings in that style....just over the horizon! :)

TikiShark-IRON TIKI! maybe i can get MORTON Downey Jr. to star in that! :lol:

teaKs!-makes me happy that i could touch on some of your favorite subjects...
The Robotic Agiba skullrack just seemed way too happy to adorn with skulls....for now!
You nailed it on the "Hungry brothers" piece...except it's Fruit LOOPS,not Lops! :)

HipHip-a BIG HUG for you! Those pieces look GREAT in those frames! Too bad they probably cost more than the drawings! :lol: The happy hut sunshower one turned out real purdy! Thanks for giving them a nice place to live and sprucing em up with that bamboo! I'm dying to see how the Moonlight Moai is gonna end up!

Babs! tricked out canoe....hmmmmmm! This tikimag painting may have to become a series! YAY!

TikiDuddy-Thanks man! i dig the Green "Home" piece too! Big emphasis on landscape, but a little story kind of surfacing up.....

tikithomas08-Thanks DOOD!
when did you get an 08 after your name...is this the upgraded version of tikiThomas? wow!
the bird of paradise warriors have been on a few paintings before,but i just keep returning to them....
Here's an example.....
"Pompele" or "the land of Pele"

well...i did about 8-9 sketchbook entries of some tikis,kind of bending and twisting them so they fit into this upcoming weird tropical planet vibe BUT...
my scanner at home is shot-so I'll scan em at work this week and post em for y'all!

in the meantime...i put around 12-14 hours into the second JOURNEY canvas......
and the water and transparency are coming along nicely!

Here's how the first two look together so far....
the ghost-like background rower is on top....

here's some details going from the left hand side to the right..

did a little more shading on the trees and huts/added some hi-lighting to the shield warrior
in the sky and tried to bring out the background warrior's outline against the landscape...

here's some of the water detail and the transparent oar rowing along....

Closer!

here's a pen and ink wash study for that area....

here's a closeup of the waters-all violent and crashing
surging with the power of youth and optimism!

(I'll post my water studies below all of this....)

Here's the boat with the oar affixed to the side
I'll be working on deepening that wood and the transparency very soon!

Here's a last view of our fish belly white warrior...
don't worry! I'll darken him up in the future...
as soon as i figger out his tattoos.....

added some white to the sun's edges and to set apart the warrior from the sun....

did a little improvement to the prow's eyes...
and some wave action....
you can see the back of the "ghost boat" very slight and subtle right now..
This transparency-like the water
requires layers and layers of washes to get the right effect.....

and finally....
the other sky shield warrior...and the transparent boat.....

kinda boring...kinda not as "tiki" as i wanted this posting to be
but I'll get those sketchbook entries scanned soon and you'll see! :)

in the meantime-here's some water studies..You see, each of these 4 canvases
has a different vibe/mood-and the water will also reflect that....
hence the water studies....water's freakin hard! but I'm getting better...
practice a lil bit every day and suddenly BAM!
well, enough babbling!

that's it for now friends! GLUB! GLUB!