Post #417706 by Tiki Shark Art on Thu, Nov 6, 2008 10:04 PM

ALOHA Tiki Tribe~
Big Toe~ OH, I'd be thrilled to have inspired you with the pumpkinheaded surf ghoul. Your Rat-Fink-Dragon is totally showing up in my next painting (number 18)! Or at least my version of it.
LLT~ Creepy and decorative... that's exactly what my art is all about!
THOR~ Thanks, it's fun making up tropical plants. Well it sure helps having a lot around here to look at as reference - then take it to a place more "exotica" than real. Hey I wasn't roller skating down Kalakaua Ave in black speedo on Halloween.... That wasn't me. I was roller skating down Ali'i Drive!
Bigtoe, LLT, and THOR.... wow, I'm really having a moment. It just hit me how much you three guys inspire me. Big Mahalos duuudes!! (snif snif!)
Here's da' art...
Now, I was talking to Kenny and he gave me this idea - some little trick he used on that bitchin Shrunken Head Masterpiece.

I lay some tracing paper over the painting and sketched out where I wanted my palm trees. I also didn't want to ruin to much of the sky.

Then I cut out the sketched palm. And drew on the painting around them.

See?

Then I started shading roughing them in. URK! Orange and Green,.... nice! No, that's not the final color this thing is gonna be. I sort of semi monocromaticly layering stuff in.
Mahalo from the Big Island!