Post #446837 by bigbrotiki on Mon, Apr 13, 2009 6:38 PM

On 2009-04-13 13:06, Tiki Shark Art wrote:
.....If I leave the dead bird out, The painting becomes a little more accessible to the common viewer, and hopefully then, an image that would sell more prints. You see, I was having this talk with my mom.........Her argument was something like "Do you see Thor painting dead birds? No, you don't. Why? Cause who'd buy a painting of a dead bird?".....

.....Of course, I also consider them heavily influenced by the Aurora monster models I built as a kid. Each one is a specific character on a "stand" (or setting), with hopefully a classic and implied legendary tale behind them....

.....And, I got a really great printer. His reproductions are so spot on, I can retain the image. It's not exactly the same as the original, but it's close....

Brad-
First of all: Mom is always right! And commercial concerns are as valid as artistic ones.... --cuz if you starve to death, you can't paint the next one! :)

Second: As a teenager I painted and built the following Aurora kits:
Frankenstein, The Mummy, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Phantom of the Opera, the Forgotten Prisoner, AND the Guillotine (which I made functional) --and that was in Germany, mind you. There was just ONE store in Hamburg that carried them, and to which I carried my allowance every month.

And last: I am so glad to hear you have a good printer, that is sooo important!