Post #485467 by little lost tiki on Mon, Sep 28, 2009 10:14 AM

Well.... Got a bunch o stuff to share on this lovely Monday mornin....
So i'll be brief....

tikiracer!
Thanks mate!
Something about giant Squids.....
and Octopi...
and Puffer Fish....
that stokes the imagination!
Glad you get something out of these step-by-steps...
i wish i could have you all over again for a massive ARTJAM!
it's been too long....

TravelingJonesy-
Mahalos for the unabashed enthusiasm! :)
Glad you enjoy it!
Always trying to push the edges out a little...
FINALLY got this puppy finished (sans "fine-tuning)
so scroll below and cheggitout,my friend!

hankee!
i remember!
Too bad we forgot to click some photos of the Kraken..
Nobody will ever believe it!
and beware of the Curse of the Unlucky BigToe Sketchbook!
it's claimed more lives than most felons!!!!

Robb-Blah! Blah! Blah! back to you!
Now pipe down with the embarrassing platitudes
and whip out some more ebony velvety goodness!

Clarita-Thanks my dear!
I guess that one was a hit....cause it's now readying itself
to live in a mystery patron's home! yay!
We think alike,Clarita...
i think many artists do
it's just that their hands
makes the results look different!
:)

Onto the ShEW.folks!
First off....
"Night of the Falling Stars" is pretty much finished
(asides from some fine-tuning here and there...)
with the sides painted and it awaiting some wire hanging stuff on the back...
here it is in all it's 24x36" glory.....

Here's some final close-ups,where you can see where i added some slight tinting in the suckers and a few other areas,as well as deepened some shadows and brought out some highlights
to help the "carved" illusion read better!

the floor of the sea...

tentacles piercing the surface
and a desperate rower calling for help!

this fellow chasing a poor Islander up the hill....

here's some of the background village and hills...

the stars falling out of the Night sky....
Are they heralds of the Squid's arrival
or merely onlookers?

What Polynesian inspired painting DOESn't have a volcano!?!?!?

The strange ceremony between chief and cephalopod...
it appears the chief has taken his servant's spear
and is conversing with the beast....
hmmmm

Tips Ahoy!
and a tentacled victim struggling to get free...

Sea bottom..

Think I'll keep this around the studio for a few days
and enjoy it
before sending it off to it's new home....
:)

Next offering is actually gonna be for the TIKOT-the Tiki themed Tarot show
at hodadhank's Freaky Boutiki gallery next month...
he asked me to do a Death card (seeing as it's the most iconic)
and i was gonna do a collage,but got inspired by this
olde-timey Frenchy tarot card..

where it pictures him as the REAPER!
harvesting heads from across class lines...

Well, here's my offering for the invitation....

PNG and MARQUESAN skullheads...

a Maori skullish head....

and a skeletal Moai!
i likee! :)

and a feathered cloak and helmet for the Hawaiian chief skeleton....

Now all i gotta do is pick a font and set up the invite!
YAY!

I'm gonna sepia-tint this before framing,so stay tuned!
:)

and for the last entry...
in above mentioned TikiTarot show
the Last Judgement card was picked for yours truly!

How appropriate is that?
Well, a few years back, decided to tackle a 5x5 foot Last Judgement piece
because it's a genre that not enough great artists have tackled....

Well, this Judgement was more of a nod to the Rider-Waite tarot cards and other
versions of this card....

So, this time,it was a MAORI approach to this time-honored "Day of Reckoning"

Instead of being raised from their graves
instead they are rising from small pools of water
like resurrected Venuses..

here is the middle figure..
inspired by an object found in a book about 1690-1790 polynesian artifacts....

this fellow on the right is still a little wobbly..

and here's the Angel meant to replace Michael in the original card.....

I love the arrangement of his arms as they hold the trumpet....

Well, that's it for now,friends!
have a Great Day!