"Ello Folks!
Tis a Foine Noight fer eh Displaye of Tiki Artefects,eh?
Anyways,that's all the "old cockney" dialog you're getting tonight!
I got's a lot of art to share and gotta get some sleep before work tomorrow,soooooo............
On 2012-05-22 06:05, tigertail777 wrote:
HA HA HA!!! Awesome LLT! Love the pufferfish with the eyepatch. I just went back to my MAD magazine reading days. Ya gotta have a fem fatale in one of those paintings somewhere. :wink: You doing anything for the art swap?
Hey tigertail!
Glad it brought some smiles!I DID use a lot of the common Spy vs Spy elements (Hat-Lit Bomb-Shades-Bottle of Poison-Periscope-Poison Darts-Mechanical Claw-Dagger-Radar Listening Device-Dynamite Plunger)
Waitaminute! Those are ALL Spy vs Spy elements....
Hilarious!
As for the Art Swap.....
Look Below for i will share it with everyone FIRST!
On 2012-05-29 20:15, anthonymaye wrote:
I just spent like three hours of my life eye effin your thread I'm in love with your work and would be in line to buy the book big toe spoke of
I can't wait to see more.
Thanks Anthony!
It's pretty cool that someone would
go over this thread for a full three hours....
i do hope you found it somewhat amusing in between the paintings....
There are some gems back there....
the step-by-step of the 9-foot surfboard
is one i like to hunt for and reminisce on the experience.....
Not sure of the Book you're talking about...
Neither Toe or i have been swept up
or tapped by any big publishers...
but who knows what will happen in the future...
the gears are turning...
My money's on toe getting a book first and I'll have one published post-mortem...
which would be a bummer because i ,for one ,
would like to have a book of my work to refer to and remember! :)
it's not fair... :(
I have in the past,published 2 books of tiki Artwork
(B&W Limited Edition Kinko Specials)
A couple of limited Edition Coloring Books,and two kinko assembled (B&W) Collections of sketchbook entries
(They're all sold out-but you may find em on ebay after i croak!)
Anyways...
Mahalos for being so kind and enjoying the work so much.....
Okay! Onto the Art!
Firat off... My piece for the Pele/Fire/Volcano Art Swap
It has an 8/8/12 Deadline..
This is open to all
and a really fun way to meet other fellow Ohana members and exchange some good mana!
Go Here and Participate!
It's Fun for Cryin Out Loud!
:)
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=42792&forum=18&167
Anyways here's my contribution to the Swap!
"Bath in the Land of the Volcanoes"
ink,water=soluble pencil and tissue paper stain on Aquarelle watercolor paper
AAAAAAAAAAAAND... for those of you who have been patiently awaiting the finishing of that Cannibal Totem....
Well.... It's finished! YAY!
Here it is!
and with a clever "timely" title as well!
momma's gonna beam when she hears of this! :))
"the Have and have Not's"
acrylic and cel-vinyl and paintpen on canvas
15x45"
Here's the HAVE fellow!
A Bowl full of bones as well as a mouthful!
More than enough to share!
and he's standing on top of that poor gent
with the fire in his belly!
and here's the rest of him and his poor friend
supporting all the weight..
maybe a clever analogy to
the financial burdens of the Middle Class
and who that money benefits?
Naaaaaah! These are Hawaiian inspired Tribal Creatures!
But then again...hmmmmmmmm...
Anyways.... I was asked by Joe at ElroyArtSpace
to be in their 3rd Annual Art Exhibition during
the Famous TIKI KON 2012 Event!
Here some of the info i feel safe leaking to the gen pub
if you get my drift....
"What Makes Your TIKI Hapi?" exhibition will be a 2-month long show, with an opening reception during Portland's
First Thursday Art Walk on August 2nd.
My BOITHDAY!
Leo's RULE!
The requirements for the work....
1)Newly created Wall hang-able(under 40 x 36")
2)And the theme is ....
"YOUR artistic interpretation/answer of:
What Makes Your TIKI Happy?..."
Such a Simple Framework to get all of us creating and flourishing
and makin some great work for this show....
Thanks Joe and Elroy ArtSpace for including me in this one!
You're a Peach!
Here's their website...
http://www.elroyartspace.com/index.html
and the FACEBOOK page to Tiki Kon 2012!
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=19904&forum=18&start=2820&2828
and here's a link to artists and photos in last year's show!
http://www.elroyartspace.com/scootiki_modsgods-july2011.html
Anyways ..with those guidelines in place...
i began....
with a 16x20 piece
of beautifully assembled
and sanded wood..
Heaven....
But first...before desecrating such a surface of beauty
something needed to formulated...
WHAT would make tikis happy?
a drum circle?
a midnight row?
a pile of victim's bones to eat at leisure?
Tons of Cocktails?
Joe from the gallery mentioned how he liked the recent spy piece
"Pele's Diamond"
i had painted for Tiki Oasis...
so then i thought.....
Why not put some mugs together with what makes THEM happy?
Humans are always happy in a Tiki Bar
Especially after a few!
But what about the half empty abandoned mugs
enjoying mixed company
with new and old friends
i got me a thunkin.....
so i started sketching out mugs that i would like...
Dream mugs....Dream mugs that make me smile....that make me hope...
that make me happy!
Perfect!
:)
Here's the art spasm from that welling of thoughts...
a TApa Bowl
a HAppy Cannibal with a lil treat
a Papua New Guinea Shield
who....with his GAZE invites YOU
the viewer into the picture
Because what is a mug without a
human to hold it
drink from it
admire and contemplate it....
I imagine THAT's what makes these Tikis the Happiest!
i chose the PNG Shield for the painting...
and developed it further into this...
"the Potion"
ink,tissue paper stain and acrylic gouache
on Aquarelle watercolor paper
Despite not making it into the painting
This lil guy DID make it to the drawing stage
"NomNom"
ink,tissue paper stain and acrylic gouache
on Aquarelle watercolor paper
private collection
some abstract moais that might work better somewhere else....
a Maori chum
who's just a little too WIGGED to be happy
and a bare bottom cannibal bowl
Total Dream Bowls!
Neither made the cut....
Here's a study for some Orongo mugs
i had done an orongo bowl in a previous painting
and just thought they needed mugs as well
in my dream mug land!
i think my love for the Orongo birdmen clouded my vision
on how to best communicate happiness...
Birds just have that STARE....not happy not sad
Body language aint gonna cut it for this piece
it has to be more direct...
i even developed this into a watercolor ink drawing
but that was just for me...
(see below)
"Orongo Mug"
ink,tissue paper stain and acrylic gouache
on Aquarelle watercolor paper
Next sketchbook musing brought a Volcano Bowl idea
i used for the "Bath" piece way up top
and a new look for the pufferfish
as well as a take on the backstabber tiki in "Pele's Diamond"
but this time he's holding a drink instead!
YAY!
Here's a more developed drawing i did of him...
"the Conversion"
ink,tissue paper stain and acrylic gouache
on Aquarelle watercolor paper
Not really sure WHAT he's converting to
BUT he had that feel and lighting that reminded me of some of the Classical Saul/Paul Conversion pieces in Art History...
Here's an initial layout for this piece..
with a few mugs that shouldn't be there..
I really liked the volcano bowl in it's simplicity
it's carefree DUH I'M HAPPY mood!
so i developed him a little bit further
AND got the composition 80% nailed..
"Study for as yet unnamed painting"
pencil on tissue paper and ink stained
Aquarelle Watercolor paper
which in turn inspired this drawing...
"Volcano Boy Bowl"
try saying that after a few!
ink,tissue paper stain and acrylic gouache
on Aquarelle watercolor paper
Also,the Second Tiki on the bottom right
is also a Poached character...this time we paid him S A G wages to
pose as a cannibal...happy with his prize....
THAT's what makes THAT Tiki HAppy!
He deserved to be turned into a sketch as well...
"Shifty"
ink,tissue paper stain and acrylic gouache
on Aquarelle watercolor paper
private collection
Anyways.... Here's what i got so far on the Beautiful sanded WOOD!!!!
the lighting's gonna be a lil off these first few step-by-steps
so bear with me,m'kay?
and the glare....
please excuse the glare...
Here's a closeup of the washes i've laid over the initial pencil work...
You can see how it's just fill in
the colors
then do the lighting
step back
squint
then repeat
This shot is closer to the real colors..
of course,the happy bar scene wouldn't be complete
without the warm mellow light of this fellow!
And of course,his friends offer up astraw to him!
Here's the PNG guy hypnotizing the drunken reveler
with Happy Exotic Vibes from warm tropical Shores!
:)
i put "Hapi Tiki"
the mug designed by Munktiki's Paul Nielsen for Tiki Kon 2012
up on them shelves...to kind of give it an homage feel
a celebration of the event...amongst other things....
here's what the mugs look like!
Beautiful huh?
i know Dawn will FREAK over these colors!
Anyways,here's where i put those two fellahs...
and here's an ultra-close-up for all
you Artistic technical geeks out there!
REPRESENT!
and ....on a final note
before i pass out into DOZEYLAND
a few other pieces i managed to finished
(from half done pieces of long ago
awaiting the RIGHT time to be BORN!
"Between Worlds"
Ink and acrylic gouache on
Aquarelle watercolor paper
private collection
and the anticlimactic...
"Cannibal Mug"
Ink,tissue paper stain,and acrylic gouache on
Aquarelle watercolor paper
That's it NIGHTY NIGHT!
Thanks for visitin Folks!
Hope you enjoy this new batch!
:)
http://www.kenruzic.com will be up someday,i Promise!
I'm on FaceBook Too!look me UP,suckas!
[ Edited by: little lost tiki 2012-06-05 18:48 ]
