Tonga Room SF (Not) to be demolished? - General Tiki

JB Joshua Bell Tiki Socialite San Francisco Joined: Aug 22, 2006 Posts: 197	JB Joshua Bell Posted posted on Thu, Feb 2, 2012 7:51 PM On 2012-02-01 02:12, kraken wrote: `Three days is long enough to be kept in suspense, Joshua. What is your "bit of a surprise"?` Just waiting for confirmation that someone out there cared! On 2012-02-01 09:56, Unga Bunga wrote: Probably a commemorative t-shirt. Surprised I have not seen one yet. Well, I asked the folks at the Tonga Room if they had a copy of the artwork. They checked and said they did not - in fact, they didn't have anything better than the Flickr photos. :( So I took that as a challenge. Behold! If you want a version that's printable at any resolution, download: http://calormen.com/tmp/paradise.pdf I was working off photos on Flickr so some details might be slightly off, but can be easily corrected. I'm also not sure what the big black... thing... in the lower right is supposed to be. I recreated it, but have it "hidden" in the PDF/AI files. I suspect it may have held the artists signature, or have been painted over some graffiti. I'd love a better photo of that area. Regardless, I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I do. I made a shirt for myself using an ink jet transfer. I printed it on an 8.5"x11" sheet, trimmed the white off from around the edges, and ironed it on to a black shirt. Looks faboo. Making some for the rest of the family once I get a new printer. If the Tonga Room reps on this thread are interested (HINT HINT) I'm more than happy to provide the Illustrator files. I obviously agree with Unga Bunga that these would make fabulous souvenir shirts for sale at the Tonga Room (HINT HINT), and would love to get some properly silkscreened (HINT HINT). Possibly Gangs of SF would be interested cooperating on a run?

On 2012-02-01 02:12, kraken wrote:

 Three days is long enough to be kept in suspense, Joshua.  What is your "bit of a surprise"?

Just waiting for confirmation that someone out there cared!

On 2012-02-01 09:56, Unga Bunga wrote:
Probably a commemorative t-shirt. Surprised I have not seen one yet.

Well, I asked the folks at the Tonga Room if they had a copy of the artwork. They checked and said they did not - in fact, they didn't have anything better than the Flickr photos. :(

So I took that as a challenge. Behold!

If you want a version that's printable at any resolution, download:

http://calormen.com/tmp/paradise.pdf

I was working off photos on Flickr so some details might be slightly off, but can be easily corrected. I'm also not sure what the big black... thing... in the lower right is supposed to be. I recreated it, but have it "hidden" in the PDF/AI files. I suspect it may have held the artists signature, or have been painted over some graffiti. I'd love a better photo of that area.

Regardless, I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I do. I made a shirt for myself using an ink jet transfer. I printed it on an 8.5"x11" sheet, trimmed the white off from around the edges, and ironed it on to a black shirt. Looks faboo. Making some for the rest of the family once I get a new printer.

If the Tonga Room reps on this thread are interested (HINT HINT) I'm more than happy to provide the Illustrator files. I obviously agree with Unga Bunga that these would make fabulous souvenir shirts for sale at the Tonga Room (HINT HINT), and would love to get some properly silkscreened (HINT HINT). Possibly Gangs of SF would be interested cooperating on a run?

Post #623383 by Joshua Bell on Thu, Feb 2, 2012 7:51 PM