Post #670472 by tigertail777 on Sun, Mar 10, 2013 12:14 AM

I guess right now my tiki work is getting the studio ship shape. The plan is for it to have a sort of Tiki room/Adventureland theme centered around the time period of the 1940's through the early 50's (with maybe a smattering of late 30's). Right now I and my dad are working on getting burlap covering the walls to cut down on that hideous silver foil insulation glare. I am on a majorly tight budget so am doing this as cheap as I can. Once the burlap covers the walls then I will put bamboo poles in the corners of each panels to stretch the burlap tighter and cover all of my dumb stapling mistakes. Also the ends of each of the 2X4's will have split bamboo. I found a very nice 1920ish camel back trunk off Craiglist cheap that will kind of go with the flotasm jetsom nautical stuff that will be in there, and serve the purpose of holding my completed paintings in one place away from sunlight. The tiger fur you see on the chair will be covering the upper 2X4's all around. You will also notice a huge ass convex mirror hanging off the wall... a good source to use for referencing body gestures and anatomy quickly, because it is convex I can see my whole body at once from head to toe. The glass top drawing desk you see also currently serves as my painting easel. Once I have some money saved I'd like to get some lahuala matting for trim and to cover the horrible ceiling. But you know, Rome wasn't built in a day it's going to take time for all the finishing touches. Meanwhile the goal is to get the studio in working condition before summer.