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Fri, Jul 27, 2007 2:23 PM
Yea! The Shell in living color at long last! Your paintin' is lookin' like your getting close to finishin up. Go Shark Go! Chongolio |
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VanTiki
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Fri, Jul 27, 2007 7:44 PM
man - I LOVE the way the cave is coming together! The colors are fabulous! You need to have a show on Oahu so we can see these wonders up close. Mahalo for posting the great progress shots - Henrik "VanTiki" |
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Tiki Shark Art
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Sat, Jul 28, 2007 12:09 PM
Mctiki~ Thanks, hey, that's some cool poem. (It's a poem right?) :) The sketch will always have an energy that can never be reproduced in painting I think. It's always a main goal to try o capture some of that freshness, and then elaborate on it. Have a great week end! |
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Sat, Jul 28, 2007 1:00 PM
Wow TSA. The grass in the foreground of that last pic - looks so real! Ha - only kidding |
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TikiFool
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Sat, Jul 28, 2007 3:50 PM
Using Photoshop as a more user-friendly testing tool is... ... BRILLIANT !!! |
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Sat, Jul 28, 2007 6:43 PM
That would be awesome :D The painting is coming along nicely. I check this thread every couple of days to watch it grow. |
TSA
Tiki Shark Art
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Sat, Jul 28, 2007 9:37 PM
Aloha!
Tiki Shark [ Edited by: Tiki Shark Art 2007-07-29 00:53 ] |
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Mon, Jul 30, 2007 8:27 AM
I've been watching this piece evolve gradually, and realized I never once commented! I love that starfish with the eye, the shell...everything comes together and has a life of its own. The colors are beautiful. :D Woo! |
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frostiki
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Mon, Jul 30, 2007 11:14 AM
Yee Ha more color. Nice lobster. |
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Mon, Jul 30, 2007 11:30 AM
mahalo for the great posts, brad. it is a joy to watch your progress on this piece. |
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Tiki Shark Art
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Mon, Jul 30, 2007 12:09 PM
ALOHA TC! Hope everyone had a great weekend! It's Monday, so now you're probably at your desk at work, sneaking onto the Internet to browse Tiki Central while nursing a hangover. Let's see if I can slap something up here to help you decompress back into the work week. Aloha from the Big Island! |
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Mon, Jul 30, 2007 5:01 PM
Wow, this is really just coming to life. It's amazing how detailed your underpaintings are.. Looks like hard, tedious work! It's fabulous!!! |
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Mon, Jul 30, 2007 7:37 PM
I knew this painting was gonna be good....., but now i'd say.......... |
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Tiki Shark Art
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Tue, Jul 31, 2007 10:55 AM
Hey Ho and aloha! Big Aloha! |
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frostiki
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Tue, Jul 31, 2007 11:26 AM
I'm not sure what it is either, but I bet if you dropped it in a pot of boiling water and served it with some drawn butter it would be delicious. BTW, Aren't the Maybe-Lobster's supposed to have black lifeless eyes? |
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Tiki Shark Art
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Tue, Jul 31, 2007 9:38 PM
Frostiki~ Your are so right buddy, the eyes! Big and black. Like a puppy. :) Aloha! |
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frostiki
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Wed, Aug 1, 2007 12:41 PM
Eyes like a Puppy is right, and Yes I would boil that cute little guy if I had some butter, I might even grill him. Now I want some seafood. I may have to try and convince the wife to go out to dinner tonight. That shouldn't be too hard. Oh yeah, much better witht he black lifeless eys, and the shell that you took the bumps offf of looks better too. Not that it looked bad the othere way. It just ads a little more variety into the imagery. |
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Tiki Shark Art
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Wed, Aug 1, 2007 9:18 PM
Aloha TC! Mahalo for watching the paint dry! Tiki Shark [ Edited by: Tiki Shark Art 2007-08-02 01:20 ] |
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frostiki
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Thu, Aug 2, 2007 6:41 AM
Brad, I'm sending you my therapy bill. Because of your painting I am now obsessing on how you get so much detail in there. It has led to my inability to perform even the most basic functions. My thereapist says I have issues with artistic inadequacy. THanks a lot |
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little lost tiki
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Thu, Aug 2, 2007 9:01 AM
Home stretch Brad! bet you already got the next one painted in your head! :) |
TSA
Tiki Shark Art
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Fri, Aug 3, 2007 10:55 AM
Hey TC, and HAPPY ALOHA FRIDAY! Have a great day sliding through work with out really doing any real work in the great tradition of ALOHA FRIDAY. Aloha! |
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McTiki
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Fri, Aug 3, 2007 12:56 PM
Very well balanced. Truly awesome! Mahalo McTiki |
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Fri, Aug 3, 2007 1:33 PM
All that work on the background which we all have been watching , what is it months now?, and now the foreground takes the cake. How cool is that though. Think of it this way, every minute that you spend on these paintings will be divided by all the prints that you can run off multiplying this painting to further greatness. |
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Tiki Shark Art
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Sat, Aug 4, 2007 11:54 AM
Aloha TC! Have a great weekend! Didn't actually make it to the beach yesterday, so we are thinking of going this morning. If we do I'll get a pic for ya. Mahalo for watching! |
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Tiki Shark Art
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Sat, Aug 4, 2007 6:31 PM
ALOOOOOHA! So, now that I'm good and sunburned, I'm gonna get a few brush strokes in on the painting.... Mahalo for watching! |
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Sat, Aug 4, 2007 7:12 PM
The he posts this:
Yep, your new work ethic is really shining through mate :lol: :lol: :lol: |
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Tiki Shark Art
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Sat, Aug 4, 2007 10:21 PM
Hewey~"Yep, your new work ethic is really shining through mate." Aloha from the Big Island! |
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Sun, Aug 5, 2007 12:07 AM
Aloha from the Big Island! Bastard! GROG hate you even more. [ Edited by: GROG 2007-08-05 00:09 ] |
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Sun, Aug 5, 2007 12:25 AM
At the risk of aping GROG....you bastard!! [ Edited by: Paipo 2007-08-05 00:25 ] |
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Sun, Aug 5, 2007 11:15 AM
GROG not ape--- GROG groglodyte. |
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frostiki
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Mon, Aug 6, 2007 7:55 AM
You Suck. Beaches (OK if it wasn't so damn hot and humid rigth now, I could take the 45 minute drive to the beach) painting skills beyond belief and not accepting the blame for my artistic inabilities (I like to refer to it as laziness). BTW where do I find the Artagra. Oh yeah the flowers are coming along nicely. |
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Mon, Aug 6, 2007 10:56 AM
Aw, I've missed a lot this last week! Catching up has been nice, though--I have too much anxiety to watch TV shows and prefer them to be all collected on DVD so I can control the pace of the story better. Yeah, I'm a piece o' work. :) Brad, love the lobster! The big, wet eyes aren't so much cute as they are deep sea and alive in that creepy way--especially with the shell held in its claws as if it's making an offering to the Cthulu starfish? Brilliant! The whole scene has a sumptuous and disturbing decadence to it, like a ritual you don't want to stumble into. By the way, nice beach shots. :) Take care, I. |
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Tiki Shark Art
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Mon, Aug 6, 2007 9:42 PM
Aloha TC! Big Mahalo for watching the paint dry! |
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ivanchan
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Mon, Aug 6, 2007 9:48 PM
Hm, writing art reviews... And yeah, being an artist of any sort--obsessions help, if not make the artist! :) I've always been fascinated by the dictum to hide brushstrokes. I tend to like to see them--see an imprint of the artist's gestures while painting--but the smooth finish of the old masters is also something I admire. Take care, I. |
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Tiki Shark Art
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Wed, Aug 8, 2007 2:17 AM
Aloha TC, Oh, here's an art hint I just learned: keep a spray bottle of water handy to keep your pallet of acrylic paint wet. Helps keep your paint from drying out - especially when you work as slow as I do! Mahalo for watching~ |
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frostiki
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Wed, Aug 8, 2007 6:28 AM
I just keep a rum drink by my side to keep my palette wet. Oh, you were refering to a different palette. The flowers are coming along nicely. |
TSA
Tiki Shark Art
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Wed, Aug 8, 2007 4:31 PM
Frostiki~ mmmmmmm... Rum! Great Idea! That should help make the flowered lei a tad easier to deal with painting! |
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Tiki Shark Art
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Thu, Aug 9, 2007 10:25 AM
Aloha TC! Big aloha from the Volcanic Tropical Island! Hey-the Volcano is flowing big time again, so this Sat we may drive the "go-tiki" over there and pay a visit to madam Pele. If it's good, I'll get some shots. |
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Thu, Aug 9, 2007 1:18 PM
Wow TSA! This thread reminds me of issues of Communication Arts or Step-by-Step graphics when they show the process of a great illustrator and the in between steps! Brilliant! |
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little lost tiki
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Thu, Aug 9, 2007 1:23 PM
Wow Brad!
amother good idea is to put about a 1/16th inch of water in your pallette(you need the ones with the 1/2 inch indentation) then you place a bunch of paper towels on that and keep your acrylics on that...that keeps 'em moist for hours! There's also pallettes that are like tupperware that you canclose at night and they STAY FRESH! Congrats on this beauty! |
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suburbanpagan
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Thu, Aug 9, 2007 1:46 PM
Stay moist! |
TSA
Tiki Shark Art
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Fri, Aug 10, 2007 10:51 AM
Happy ALOHA friday Tiki Central! Anyways, so, I think I'll quite on this one, and start over. :) Just kidding. No, I gotta' realize each piece is a learning experience. finish it. Learn from it. And move on to the next one and apply what I've learned. So, next, is the TIKI MUG! Oh, yeah, and the hair. Which I'm still not sure how it do. Big Aloha from the Big Island! |
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YankeeAirPirate
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Fri, Aug 10, 2007 11:47 AM
Great stuff. I see so many artistic folks here in the forums. I've never been creative in that way, but I'm working on it. In the mean time, you give me something to work towards. BTW, I'm from the Big Island. Wea you stay? |
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ivanchan
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Fri, Aug 10, 2007 12:16 PM
As the artist, yeah, you'll always see stuff you want to change or improve on--I forget who said it, and it's been attributed to a few people, but "masterpieces are never finished, only abandoned." Artists are never done and they're always learning. That said, I still think this is a flippin' amazing painting!! :) Take care, I. |
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Fri, Aug 10, 2007 1:31 PM
Yep, it's called Grog-syndrome because that's how GROG feel about all of GROG's artwork at one point or another (including after it's finished). It ends up looking big, ugly, dumb and stupid, and all you see is what's wrong with it. |
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little lost tiki
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Fri, Aug 10, 2007 1:42 PM
i do believe we've coined a new art-term! Indubitably! |
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Paipo
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Fri, Aug 10, 2007 3:30 PM
I'll take one! Put me on the list! |
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Clarita
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Sun, Aug 12, 2007 12:15 PM
Oh very nice! A lot of new color going around, Great! Love to watch your progresses! |
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