Post #406565 by little lost tiki on Mon, Sep 8, 2008 12:25 AM

YAY!
Finally got a digital camera battery! Sorry for the delay!
allow me to get y'all up to speed.....
first off,added the finishing flourishes to
"the Expedition"
adding puff paints to certain areas to give it a bit of dimensionality and POP!
here's the whole kit and kaboodle...

this one's going in the Tiki Magazine show with 3 others....

here's a detail real close to show you an example of the puffpaint embellishments....

i sealed these under a high gloss varnish and the surface looks like glass!
Hope you can see this puppy in person.....
the gloss just juices up the colors!

here's the brothers...

here's a closeup of the lights on this explorer-intending to disorient the occupants...

here's a close-up of the brother's robot exploration vehicle....

here's the robot rowing moai-zooming thru the squishy smoke curls of the planet's volcanoes...

Here's a Zoom-in on them...

Up-close you can see the puffpaint embellishments on the Vanuatu-inspired rocket ship..

Here's a fellow wielding a rockin rickety personal transportation craft...

here's the giant PNG Agiba Skullrack giant robot performing tests on the volcanic bubbles...

A janus-headed orongo occupant steps out to provide some back-up...

the scout examines the situation from a cliff's edge...

the chief walks out onto a branch to greet the newly landed explorers...

the alarm is sounded and the villagers gather to meet these new arrivals....

this fellow falls to the ground in astonishment....

this bird of paradise warrior readies himself to defend the village....

and this gent points his spear at the newly landed crew....

seeing as the Tiki Magazine theme is "Tiki island lands on Planet Rooth"
i figured this one fully immerses itself in the theme....

Brief station break.....
banged these next two out over the week....
Both of these are painted on bamboo Ben wooden plaques with rope hangers...

these are both acrylic with paintpen...
"the Greeter"

and this funny little one....
"the Thief"

I just love these little Maori minkeys!

My friend Justin Barry gave me 3 2x2 foot wooden canvases
that he had painted drippy backgrounds on....
He moved to San Fran...
gonna miss him!
thanks Justin!

one, i kept the background
and the other, the ground was virtually eliminated,,,

Here they are...
the first....

"the Battle"
acrylic and paintpen on wood

i think this one may be headed to the Tiki Magazine show...
Hot outta the oven!
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

this is yet another abstract shield/battle/ambush piece
i thought i'd bust my chops on an actual painting
instead of a drawing..
more of a commitment,you see....

here's some closeups...
Optical blending in full-effect on this one
the colors seem to blend as you back away from the piece
(kind of the way it looks in the above piece...)

So here's some of the graphic hard edged lighting...

Note the leaves on the top intersecting with the arms....

Check out how the fist acts as the eye on this shield warrior....

This one has the arms and legs overlapping in a
Most Peculiar Way! :)

here's a good shot that captures the waaaaaay simple lighting and shadows on the flowers....
and that upraised leg on the left makes me GUFFAW!
haw!haw!

This is how i feel when i do my goofy dance... :lol:

This guy's leg got a great curve!

This is my favorite part of the piece....
i wanted to capture the shifting light of a forest
yet keep it very flat and stage-like...
and that piggy nose on the shield guy make-a me laugh!
ha!ha!

here's the second one...
this one i'll be letting the drippy ground painting show thru....

"Village and Waterfall"
paintpen on oil on wood

here's the first jam session on it..
No narrative,more landscape..more mood
i used indigo for the "blackline" to soften it...
Black would be too hard and harsh
this needs to be MEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOWWWW!
dig?

then i sealed it with Liquitex High Gloss varnish and KAPOW!
ready for the second application/layer...
the layers of glazes make the colors appear to lay on top of each other
floating...
here's the 6-hour session i finished today at the study
while watching" Memento" and "Clockwork Orange" at le studio.....

here it is!

i studied the plumerias in our new yard during ciggie breaks
and thought they'd look nice in front of the suggested waterfall
thanks to Justin's drips!

Here's some details showing the ferns that have been developing in some previous pieces...
Aso note the subtle lighting on the palm fronds through use of two shades of green
to define the leaves.....

look! a Hut!

more Huts!

and a third Hut!

there's areas of blotchiness and drippiness and sloppiness
that evoke the cold mist of a waterfall
and other areas that suggest bunches of flowers
and other areas that speak of torrents of water crashing down...
fun fuN fUN FUN!

and off-subject,but kinda along the abstract line
as well as the landscape theme....
this one is on a BOB ROSS canvas!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
where i laid down a light wash of warm grey ink
and tore up a few different colors of tissue paper
and laid em down,,,
then i squeezed more water on it ,peeled off the paper after about 45 minutes
and realized that, as wet as it was
that it would dry around Thanksgiving... :(
so i tipped it on it's side onto an OC Weekly
and let it drip down...

after a sufficient amount had dripped off
i grabbed a brush and swirled some tree trunks..
after it was dry i started the blackline....

also started another abstract that's going i don't know where..
and finished a few delightful drawings....
stay tuned for the remorseful cannibal!
Coming Soon! as soon as i can get it scanned.....
thanks for visiting and tolerating these rants.....
Myself and my typing fingers bid you all good night!