TSA
Joined: Aug 31, 2006
Posts: 3978
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TSA
HAPPY ALOHA FRIDAY TIKI TRIBE!
Atomic Tiki Punk ~ Yes Vincent Price at a tiki bar would be fun! You're right, there are a lot o fun cross over subculture elements yet to explore.
Tiki Baï ~ Thanks so much! I'm seeking that ever better sense of lighting and that more dimensional rendering... all takes time & practice. I always think how LONG it takes me to paint. I'm surprised you think I paint fast... I feel like I go very slow. Like I still have not gotten done with the lei - and I'm not posting till I get them done... tomorrow I think. So, Big thanks.
I sleep, curled up with a copy of "Tiki Modern" and my new favorite book.... the "Famous Monster Movie art of BASIL GOGOS"! Just got it in the mail! (Hooray for Amazon - without which I could not have survive out here on this remote volcanic island!)
Basil Gogo's is a genius - iz best known for painting the covers of Forrey Ackerman's "Famous Monsters of film land" magazine - a publication which influenced me to a big way. It really blew my mind as a kid. I remember golden moments of my childhood... going to the news stand in great anticipation of each new issue of "Famous Monsters", or "Creepy" and "Eerie" and, of course, (gulp!) "Vamperalla". What a powerful hypnotic hold they had on me - rocking my world.
This book is a wonderful collection of Gogo's work, movie monsters, plus some other cool "pulp" cover work. Well worth a look.
Big time inspirational stuff!
Aloha!
Brad (Tiki Shark) Parker
http://www.tikishark.com
http://www.myspace.com/Lotus_Land
http://www.cocktailnation.net
[ Edited by: Tiki Shark Art 2010-02-05 18:09 ]
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