Post #421441 by little lost tiki on Sun, Nov 30, 2008 1:31 AM

Thanks Ben!
and thanks for pickin up those 2 shrunken heads!

He's gonna burn the edges-mount em on wood and clearcoat em!
They look cool at Frankies near the Shrunken Head painting! :)

Did a few BIGGER drawings (fergot the size...some European measurment)
on the Arches with ink and tissue paper staining and some water-soluble pencil shading...
HERE'S THE CLEANER SCANS
i took these just so you can see
the GROUND being BROKEn with these...
It seems like the Code is slowly being cracked on this style
And what a fun journey it has become!

Here's a fun little simple one
"the Undergrowth"
When i was a kiddle, one of the best things to do was to run off into the wilderness areas and just explore.I discovered that,under all the bushes and grasses.that there were nests and bugs and nifty little ferns and such!
I guess this piece is a salute to that...

Here's a drawing where a petroglyph has been stylized into a character or characters....
Let me introduce.... "the Flower Eaters"

Here's some studies for Tiki Moderne Abstract tikis
that i decided to give a fabric print composition to....
"Six"

Also attempted to simplify/revisit the Cannibal King
but in a cuter/abstracty style!

detail

found a new way of sbstracting skulls
paring them down to essentials...

Also, been working on the whole FEAST theme..
Here's 3 that developed one after the other...
Each one a little bit different
in characters/vegetation/and style a little too!

"Feast Day"

I like the birdman in the back,shouting his friends onward!

the next one has four of my little Moai friends jaunting along...
This one makes me smile sooooo big!
the colors just pop off the paper!
"the Dancing Platter"

some details....

and this last one,a little deeper in the jungle
and a little more mid-day...
"the Meal"

I like how this one has a Hawaiian,a Maori,and an Rapa Nuin (is that how you say it? Rapa "New-ee-en"?

So many stories pop up when i look at their attitudes and body language..
I'm glad that this style has gone so well...
I had been searching for a style
for my half-written "little lost tiki" kid's book
and i think this may be the look for it! :)
Funny how it all just clicks into place!
Just got a bunch of canvases,a few biggies and i think i may tackle
one of these-probably the Dancing Platter one!

and just so you don't think i dropped the paintings entirely...
started this one..some abstract masks...

That's it for now kind family......
see y'all at the Tonga hut next Saturday!
:)

[ Edited by: little lost tiki 2008-12-03 10:25 ]