Post #637231 by little lost tiki on Sun, May 20, 2012 8:33 PM

HELLO FOLKS!
Just a quick Drive-By and show ya how very close i am to finishing a painting for the Tiki Oasis Spy Themed Art Show!
But First...

On 2012-05-13 13:59, MadDogMike wrote:
The WENG WENG Rap!
Kinny, you need to go over to the Tiki Spy Oasis thread and start lobbying to have Weng Weng as the official spy of TO12

Mike! Weng Weng would be a GREAT Mascot for Tiki Oasis!
Here's my favorite picture of him...EVER!

and that rap is HORRIBLE!

On 2012-05-13 14:19, Will carve wrote:
Ken,
That really pops when you add the pen.
Your carve is on the way.
Will

Hello Will!
Received it and it is Wonderful!
Thank You sooo much!

Will be painting it up Soon
and will post some progress shots of it
from your beautiful carve to our glorious finished collaboration!

Heath and Vampiress....
Basta with the Weng Weng!
Let the folks discover him on their own....

Took a Break on the Totem and decided i had better start working on the
Tiki Oasis Spy themed piece for the art show there
and for a chance to have that art be the cover of an event record....
The only requirements were that it was to be no bigger than 12x12
have a Spy/Secret Agent theme
and have a Tiki somewhere in it...

So here's some of my warm up sketches as i explored Spy/Secret Agent themes..
First i thought of perhaps a villian
with some kind of Tiki amidst his lair....

MAybe flank his large seat with two shieds?
Give him a sidekick?

Here's another one in his Secret Laboratory...
The shield on the wall with a dagger
was a concept that stuck with me
and led to the final piece........

That was when it struck me....
How about some intrigue at a Tiki Bar?
and instead of having human spies and agents and villians,
let the mugs and decor fill that ticket...

So i tried out a PMP mug hiding out in a pineapple.....
A mysterious Moai with a Topknot fez....
a Cannibal with an old school Spy vs Spy Bomb...
The old Poison Blowdart routine....

Here's some more ideas and further explorations of others...

Here's another reeeeeal fast and rough sketch

Added a lil color to the sketchbook entries.....

Started to work out a layout....

Figuring out who goes where to help the piece flow right!

And here it is about 90% done....

"Pele's Diamond"(working title)
12 x12"
Acrylic and cel-vinyl on wood

Here's the Pufferfish,with an eyepatch
and a Mechanical Claw HAnd
attempting to pilfer Pele's Diamond!

A radar/listening device used by the bottom mug
and a spilled bottle of poison....
Did it make it's way into somebodie's drink?

Here's the original inspirational shield,
eyeing the pufferfish
and brandishing a shiv!
to the upper right of him is the net i have to finish and then ALL DONE!
:)

Periscope UP!

Here's that Cannibal,holding onto that old school bomb
(i still have to make it look lit
(plus all the lighting that accompanies THAT!)

Here;s a shifty Moai with blank expression,
Spy vs Spy hat
and shades....
(Maybe a member of the Moai Mafia mayhaps?)

Here's Blowgun Boy up in the Corner
getting ready to shoot a poisonous dart at some unsuspecting agent...

And lastly,this mischievious mug has some Dynamite and
a twitchy plunger...

Well that's it so far......
Whaddya Think?