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Post #688047 by Tiki Shark Art on Wed, Jul 31, 2013 12:22 AM

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Thanks Everybody!
This is going to be just line art, no grey tones.
Like the wood cuts.... I really had fun doing that style, and it has a common link to some popular wood cut
art from Hawaii made back in the day. So, it's sort of a riff on that style, yet very low-brow. Here's the
finished Pencil work. Next I"ll pull out the brush and ink it. Wish me luck - I once was inking a very complex
drawing and at about 3/4 done, spilled ink all across it! EEK!.

I'm pretty happy with it, it looks a lot like the painting, yet the tikis look more like the mugs than the original
tiki designs, which I think kinda' makes them better looking. Here;s the ad with the original painting as ref:

And here's the mugs:

[ Edited by: tiki shark art 2013-07-31 00:25 ]

[ Edited by: Tiki Shark Art 2013-07-31 00:26 ]