The Lurid low-brow Tiki-Art of Brad (tiki-shark) Parker - Other Crafts

TSA Tiki Shark Art Member Joined: Aug 31, 2006 Posts: 3978	TSA Tiki Shark Art Posted posted on Tue, Sep 11, 2012 4:34 AM ALOHA TIKI TRIBE! Professor G - Oh yeah, baby! I love this portrait of Vincent Price. It's a promo shot from the movie "The Bat". Custom double mat. Huge dark metal frame. Only problem is the frame is so heavy that the first time I hung this huge portrait in my art studio, it pulled the hook right out of the wall!... ... and it fell! EE-GAD! In my mind, I saw shattering glass & a bent frame - all after this long wait and expensive shipping.... it's at times like this that living so far from the mainland, on a remote volcanic island, in a small town, with no cool shops to get great swanky swag like this can really suck... Jeepers Creepers! After shipping it all the way here, to the Big Island from my friend in Hollywood ... and it FALLS .... but, I grabbed it! ... and it thumped good on the floor, but the glass didn't break! (WHEW!) Vincent is on my heavy wooden dresser in da' studio for now, till I can get a really heavy duty hook to hang it properly. And, if you wanna' hear a great, creepy, 'ol time radio show with Mr. Price? It takes place on a tiny island, with shark infested waters, that kinda' setting? go to http://talestoterrify.com/ go to "Pod casts", then to "archives", then to "episode #31". You'll find a nice tropical "Tale of Terror!" Hawaiian Eye - Episode Two Got the "Zombie" done... "the Moon o' da' Cat" is done (for now), I'm working on the building... Here is a closer look at the Zombie. I really went to town on his "Aloha Shirt", and I think it pays off - hope so. Took a long time. What do you think? So, on to the Tiki soon. ( I sometimes save the best parts for later) Discovered I had miss spelled the word "Detective" on the wall, so, I painted it out, - ready to repaint it. Type is a REAL pain in the butt! It's gotta look nice, and it takes real drafts-man-ship to do it by hand. Oh, it'd be so easy in Photoshop, - but, sigh, this is all about ol' school acrylic on canvas. This is a commission - a 2nd pass at "Hawaiian Eye", with a few additions requested by the patron. I think I'm getting somethings down better on this 2nd try. But, I can never re-create the exact energy, & magic of the first one. I aim to make "another version of the vision"- good in new ways. Better? Well, hard to say, I try. More 2 Kum! ALOHA! B tiki shark P

ALOHA TIKI TRIBE!

Professor G - Oh yeah, baby! I love this portrait of Vincent Price. It's a promo shot from the movie "The Bat". Custom double mat. Huge dark metal frame. Only problem is the frame is so heavy that the first time I hung this huge portrait in my art studio, it pulled the hook right out of the wall!... ... and it fell! EE-GAD! In my mind, I saw shattering glass & a bent frame - all after this long wait and expensive shipping.... it's at times like this that living so far from the mainland, on a remote volcanic island, in a small town, with no cool shops to get great swanky swag like this can really suck... Jeepers Creepers! After shipping it all the way here, to the Big Island from my friend in Hollywood ... and it FALLS .... but, I grabbed it! ... and it thumped good on the floor, but the glass didn't break! (WHEW!)

Vincent is on my heavy wooden dresser in da' studio for now, till I can get a really heavy duty hook to hang it properly. And, if you wanna' hear a great, creepy, 'ol time radio show with Mr. Price? It takes place on a tiny island, with shark infested waters, that kinda' setting? go to http://talestoterrify.com/ go to "Pod casts", then to "archives", then to "episode #31". You'll find a nice tropical "Tale of Terror!"

Hawaiian Eye - Episode Two
Got the "Zombie" done... "the Moon o' da' Cat" is done (for now), I'm working on the building...

Here is a closer look at the Zombie. I really went to town on his "Aloha Shirt", and I think it pays off - hope so. Took a long time. What do you think?

So, on to the Tiki soon. ( I sometimes save the best parts for later) Discovered I had miss spelled the word "Detective" on the wall, so, I painted it out, - ready to repaint it. Type is a REAL pain in the butt! It's gotta look nice, and it takes real drafts-man-ship to do it by hand. Oh, it'd be so easy in Photoshop, - but, sigh, this is all about ol' school acrylic on canvas.

This is a commission - a 2nd pass at "Hawaiian Eye", with a few additions requested by the patron. I think I'm getting somethings down better on this 2nd try. But, I can never re-create the exact energy, & magic of the first one. I aim to make "another version of the vision"- good in new ways. Better? Well, hard to say, I try.

More 2 Kum!
ALOHA!
B tiki shark P

Post #651573 by Tiki Shark Art on Tue, Sep 11, 2012 4:34 AM