The Lurid low-brow Tiki-Art of Brad (tiki-shark) Parker - Other Crafts

TSA Tiki Shark Art Member Joined: Aug 31, 2006 Posts: 3978	TSA Tiki Shark Art Posted posted on Tue, Nov 10, 2009 1:08 PM Aloha Tiki Tribe! TeaKEY - Oh yeah MUCH garnish will be on Mr. Mai Tai!! He's way far from even being roughed out, really. We're still on the clouds and possible new layers of background sea mountains and bit of a cartoon version of Waikiki. LLT - Malaho my friend. Kicking was indeed in order, but perhaps I needed my own behind kicked for being foolish enough to listen to such miss direction. I forgot my philosophy professor's words: "Don't let anyone tell you who you are - figure it out yourself." But, I did have a lot of good times as a commercial illustrator. Got to work with some amazing folks: rock stars, movie stars, directors. Played with state of the art research and development video game toys. So, who knows if that path was right or not. What's important is I'm here now. And now I'm working on this painting to totally be the best it can be. The sky is progressing. I took down most of the "spatter" effect on the sky - because it gave the sky too much detail, and brought it forward, when it needs to be more indistinct and recede into the distance. It dawned on me I'm gonna use stippling on the sandy beach, so I can't have it in the sky too. Started on the clouds... Big Mahalo from the Big Island! B~

Aloha Tiki Tribe!
TeaKEY - Oh yeah MUCH garnish will be on Mr. Mai Tai!! He's way far from even being roughed out, really. We're still on the clouds and possible new layers of background sea mountains and bit of a cartoon version of Waikiki.
LLT - Malaho my friend. Kicking was indeed in order, but perhaps I needed my own behind kicked for being foolish enough to listen to such miss direction. I forgot my philosophy professor's words: "Don't let anyone tell you who you are - figure it out yourself."
But, I did have a lot of good times as a commercial illustrator. Got to work with some amazing folks: rock stars, movie stars, directors. Played with state of the art research and development video game toys. So, who knows if that path was right or not. What's important is I'm here now. And now I'm working on this painting to totally be the best it can be.
The sky is progressing. I took down most of the "spatter" effect on the sky - because it gave the sky too much detail, and brought it forward, when it needs to be more indistinct and recede into the distance. It dawned on me I'm gonna use stippling on the sandy beach, so I can't have it in the sky too.

Started on the clouds...
Big Mahalo from the Big Island!
B~

Post #493092 by Tiki Shark Art on Tue, Nov 10, 2009 1:08 PM