Post #493282 by Tiki Shark Art on Wed, Nov 11, 2009 12:23 PM

Aloha Tiki Tribe~
TikiG~ Mahalo for letting me know someone getting something out of this! You are totally welcome! Yes, I hear ya... some artists explain such a cool, calm way that make their art:

Rough sketch. Color Comp. Photo reference. Finished drawing. Then perfect transfer to canvas and just paint.

I've tired that process...but it seems my process wants to be a little more organic and messy. There's so many things I've never painted before, so it's always a new-first-time experiment. Like you said, you can discover some very interesting things by accident! I did. The sky on this one was one big long learning process on how to try to paint the sky in a completely different way. Some things worked, many didn't. But I think it gave me some new ideas.

Swampfire ~ THANKS! Your words keep me gong when things all look wrong and that little voice in the back of my head is saying "What the..?"

Here's some work on the clouds

Sketch with possible mountains, Palm tree, and cartoon Waikiki - thought this would ginve depth. Distance and layers of this cartoon Hawaiiana-world.

Have a good Veteran's Day!
B~