ALOHAHAHA Kids!
Lots of restless energy here in cali
with all the earthquakes and Santa ana winds
recharging the body and mind's Bio-electricity...
at least that's how it works fer me! :)
California is like a giant freak magnet
and it's the Teutonic plates grinding against one another
that sets off a signal to all the freakypeeps
to migrate there....
maybe it's a Giant Natural selection thing
draw all the misfits to a locale
and then crush em with an earthquake...
hmmmmmm....
THAT is why i try not to think too much without an itinerary...
too many of those weirdo thoughts pop up!:lol:
Anyways.....
Spermy-you're the one who truly rocks the hut!
especially the hair and smile! :)
thanks for poppin in!
makes me smile reeeal big!
Duddy!
whatchoo been up to? i gotta check your recent work out.
been in a post-vacation whirlwind.....HALP!
thinkin about actually trying these themes on canvas...
i thought of your warm fire glow in that tiki beach piece of yours while i was figuring out the lighting and shadows and trying to abstract and bend them...Stay warm up North,brother!
Swampfire!
Hey big man!
It was a total pleasure seeing you and Stacey!
Soooo Glad y'all are closer now!
Glad i got to chat with you...
i'd like to see you push your abstract tikis a bit more
especially with your mind and talent tackling it!
Glad those Dr. Shrinker pills are working!
you're only supposed to take ONE not three a day! :lol:
Kiki!
Hello! Thanks for the visit AND such nice comments!
i'm glad this thread can make people smile...
instead of just crackin meself up! :)
LALALA!
as for the Sea monster and these recent batches...
i need to get over to the BigToe's and scan these up...
regular photos hide about 60% of the way it's supposed to look!
i promise to do that soon!
You're in Irvine!
That's so close!
if you ever wanna visit the studio in Orange
and see all this crap in person
shoot me a PM! :)
Clarita! seeing your post is the Greatest
way to start the year! :)
you too Chongo! I'll call you soon,soulmate!
Well, another ART ESPLOSION!
BA-BOOOOOM!
the thing that sucks about these drawings
(besides the obvious! :lol:)
is that,after spending hours on them
you still have to photograph and post em
and eventually scan them
just in case you wanna make prints
and at least for a record of them....
so lately..
i'm more into MAKIN em
than DOCUMENTIN em all nice...
hence all these crappy pics of them..
I PROMISE to scan and repost them soon..
Okay?
Okay!
no sizes right now!
this is cutting into my studio time!
Baining Mask,new Britain
ink and colored pencil on watercolor paper
Here's that New and more accurate scan,as promised!
detail
(I'm not going to replace the detail shots-takes too much time and i already
wasted a BUNCH of hours getting these scanned!)
"the HeadHunter's Voyage"
ink,sharpie,gold ink,colored pencil on watercolor paper
this guy is based on those anthropomorphized dog-faced
characters that show up in the Solomon islands..
Here's the clean scan...
Again, I'm keeping the initial detail shots from the digicamera
so the WHOLE scan is the most accurate!
JoJo the dog-faced headHunter-close up of his profile...
and here's his bootipul boat
and his oar....he's nekkid!
!!!!
the next one really made me happy
the colors/the attitude/the slow movement
it just communicated what i wanted
almost exactly! which is rare...
usually i'll find something that bugs me
but this one...neh!
I'm Lovin it!
can i get sued for saying that?
"Migration"
tissue paper stain,ink,and colored pencil on watercolor paper
Here's the final scan...
this one will probably end up as a painting too...
we'll go left to right,okay?
here's the remnants of their last home
accompanying them on their migration...
"Why don't they just fly instead of row,uncle kinny?"
BECAUSE THEY'RE FLIGHTLESS BIRDS?
CAUSE THEY PREFER IT?
because if they could fly
there would be no need for a boat
and the drawing would collapse,okay?
Okay!
:)
just chillin wit mah peeps...
get it? peeps?
eh...
i loves these little fishys!
here's one that PAIPO gets first dibs on...
"the Fishing Celebration"
tissue paper stain,ink,and colored pencil on watercolor paper
another one inspired by those Solomon island paddle scenarios...
with the new inproved CRISP and CLEAN scan!
but this one goes further than previous studies i had done...
a fish/man ocean spirit..
a fish/bird spirit-a unifying of their relationship
a bird/fish feeding frolic!
the background fishers get an awesome view of the
HUGE Mother Frigate
reminds me of the Thunderbird myth of te native Americans..
foreground drummer
he is seated low in the boat-so i provided a transparent/decorative solution to his bottom half!
here is the central element of the piece
a young boy releasing a bird to join it's Mother frigate
and the celebration of that/and of the fisherman's bounty
and how both the physical and spirit world react...
and these guys doin all the work!
closeup of the fisherman...
and on a closing note
last week i got back into the Journey series of four canvases
i had established the Birth and Vigor(warrior/middle age)
pieces and then started to think about the old age canvas..
well, i'll just post the drawing and a detail
and save the explaining for later....
Here's a clearer scan than the initial one...
and here's something else
but i can't talk about it much for now
til i get CLEARANCE...
that is all!
Thanks for the Visit!
BYOB next time!
BRING YOUR OWN BRUSH!
:lol:
Are we there yet?
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[ Edited by: little lost tiki 2009-01-18 12:22 ]
