Post #490116 by Tiki Shark Art on Sun, Oct 25, 2009 12:21 PM

Aloha and Happy Hawaii-Ween Tiki Tribe!
mp~ Thanks! I really went all out on the glossy wet shiny mug-a-fi-cation. Hope I didn't go too far? er....naw! This is my LAST DAY to paint. Tomorrow morning I have my printer up on the north side of the island waiting to scan the painting in, then I rush it to UPS and ship it to the FreakyBoutiki art gallery in San Diego for the big TIKI TAROT HALLOWEEN SHOW!
Gosh, I hope Hodadhank is going to make an actual deck of Tiki Tarot cards! I'll happily supply the professionally scanned image of card Number 1 "The Magician"!
K, here's where we are...

Over view. Almost there...

Here's a detail of the tiki's face. I still have to put all the woody looking texture on him. I love doing this part. All the cracks and distressed wood is fun to build up! What's not so fun, is making the lei look like soft flower petals. That's a bunch o work. But the final effect is always worth it. Then I have to put in the "infinity" symbol above his head.

Here's a detail shot of the bottom.
As we can see according to the Tarot all four suits are here in the Magician card.
Wands - Swizzle Sticks
Cups - Tiki Mugs
Swords - Plastic garnish Swords
Pentacles - Hawaii State Quarter

Wish me luck on getting him all done today. Sunday... My buddies are off to the beach, and I'm staying in my studio and working like a good boy.....

Big Aloha from the Big Island