Post #435050 by little lost tiki on Wed, Feb 18, 2009 9:03 PM

Phew!
Long-distance tag can be tiring!
Anyways, i gots these two new abstracts done
but won't get to scan em til next week
so I decided to give you some blurry teasers
just to keep the goofs at bay...
NEWSFLASH! THE NEW SCANS ARE DONE!
I'll be replacing those blurry pics RIGHT NOW as you READ!
First one....
these are both 18x24-BIG!
"Moai King addresses the Stone Giants"

This one is tissue paper ink stain first
then ink outlines on the watercolor paper....
then subtle blending
using water against the hard line
to create shadows/depth
and then water-soluble pencil and hard pastel pencil (white)
for lighting....
Lots of painstaking work...
Tiki Tunnel Syndrome! :lol:

the fun part about these are how the characters come to life in a spontaneous manner...Once their area in the space is formed,they begin to move and tell me what they're doing/what they're thinking...
Not really literally..
that would be crazy...
:)

it appears as if they've escorted their king to the great outcropping to hold a conversation with the wise old Stone giants who reside at the base of the lava lake...

that guy in the lower right hand corner is gettin a bit edgey....
Here's the king...

WAAAAAAAAH!DOOOIEEEEEE!

the three Stone giants

the volcano in the background

and this great piece of turf!
It makes me think about mary blair and marc chagall...

Next one..
"The lost Tiki"

This one required a different approach
All in the name of science and risky adventure!
Hang on! YEEEEE-EEEEE-EEEE!
i took a plain white piece of watercolor paper
and forestalled the tissue paper/ink stain
and decided to do all the outlines FIRST!
after that, did some blending and shadows
NEXT I filled in the colors with ink-coloring book style
now, when you do that against an ink line-it will bleed if you wash it too wet
BUT if you throw it in wet and sop it up quickly with a paper towel...
MAGIC CAN HAPPEN!
it'll pick up parts of the outline and fade it
thus causing a less intense color
then you can throw in another wash for a subtler shadow...
Anyways, the risk was taken and i was able to achieve this different feel
and IN LESS TIME than the other one
('cause those pencilled in hi-lights are a BEACH sometimes!) :)

Here are the brave orongo/birdmen,after weeks of cutting a swathe thru the jungle,chance upon a lost tiki left by an unknown society...

kind of an elaboration on the Moais discovering ruins
Discoverers/lost Cities/Explorers have always been of interest
so expect more of deez! :)

LOOK!

Here's a blurry close-up so you can see how rough the blurred and blended ink lines become after this technique!

PEEK-A-BEW!
(say it like the original Inspector Clouseau would)

here's the lost tiki!

I tried to fit a couple of faces in there!
and i like how the branch is both in front of/behind/and thru the tiki.....
TRIP-OWT! :lol:

and a slice of jungle vegetation....

and here's an ULTRAULTRACLOSEUPSUPERDETAIL PICTURE for you!

here's gawkin at you! :)

Hope you liked the new improved posting with the fresh scans!
they look a lot closer to the originals now....

Be on the lookout for the Moai Rowers plummeting down a waterfall...
in abstract!
soon!
love ya!
Mean it!
:lol:

By the way...
i've been selling affordable drawings on eBay these past few weeks
for cigarette/art supplies/hair products money..
Five people have been able to adopt some beauts!
And so should you! if'n you want!

Please help me keep my locks beautiful!
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HelloooOOOoooOOOoooOOOoooOOOOoooooo!
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[ Edited by: little lost tiki 2009-02-24 22:15 ]