Cover for the new Tiki Magazine #10

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N nicktiki Grand Member (3 years) San Diego, CA Joined: Jun 05, 2004 Posts: 365	N nicktiki Posted posted on Sun, Apr 13, 2008 2:22 PM Here's the new cover image for Tiki Magazine #10 (Spring 08, Vol. 4, No.1). The incomparable Bamboo Ben depicted by Ernie Keen (Grog have skills). The first opportunity to get the new issue will be this Saturday, April 19th at Tiki Farm's annual Parking Lot sale. Subscriptions will be sent out April 21st. San Diego stores will have them April 21-24th. LA and OC stores will have them the 26-27th. Hopefully everywhere else by May 3rd. We will also have some very cool mai tai glasses for sale at the Tiki Farm event designed by Doug Horne. Doug rocks!! See you at the Farm, Tiki Invasion, Tiki Caliente, Hukilau, and Tiki Oasis. Nicktiki https://tikicentral.com/uploads/2022/48027908.jpg
K Kahu Member Joined: Jan 03, 2007 Posts: 267	K Kahu Posted posted on Sun, Apr 13, 2008 2:39 PM Ok that rocks! How do I get mine autographed ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRHG!?!?
P pablus Tiki Socialite www.thecrazedmugs.com Joined: Jul 23, 2003 Posts: 2163	P pablus Posted posted on Sun, Apr 13, 2008 2:45 PM Grog, amazing work. Can't wait for the mag.
T teaKEY Tiki Socialite The thumb ! Joined: Nov 09, 2004 Posts: 3687	T teaKEY Posted posted on Sun, Apr 13, 2008 2:45 PM Cool Benjamin Rockwell. Not too far off from the "other" prototype cover. Ben is still sitting down on the job. Congrats Ben! I've been looking for the newest cover of Tiki Magazine for the last couple weeks already in the mail. Just miss it.
JC Jeff Central Tiki Socialite Columbus, Ohio Joined: Jul 23, 2002 Posts: 1737	JC Jeff Central Posted posted on Sun, Apr 13, 2008 2:48 PM Bamboo Ben meets Norman Rockwell. I Love It!!! Great job!!!!!! Cheers and Mahalo, Jeff
S Swanky Tiki Socialite Hapa Haole Hideaway, Knoxville, TN Joined: Apr 03, 2002 Posts: 5398	S Swanky Posted posted on Sun, Apr 13, 2008 3:48 PM Very cool. Is that the same brad nailer that built Hale Tiki goign strong?
H hiltiki Tiki Socialite Hollywood, calif. Joined: Jun 10, 2004 Posts: 4256	H hiltiki Posted posted on Sun, Apr 13, 2008 5:38 PM Grog, you did a great job with this cover, real nice. Hiltiki like.
UB Unga Bunga Tiki Socialite CaliTikifornia Joined: Jun 06, 2003 Posts: 5878	UB Unga Bunga Posted posted on Sun, Apr 13, 2008 7:43 PM Groger! Thank God you got the Bud can in there. :) Great cover.
R RevBambooBen Tiki Socialite Huntikington Beach Joined: Nov 12, 2002 Posts: 7946	R RevBambooBen Posted posted on Sun, Apr 13, 2008 8:08 PM Just my luck! Gonna be working in Lake Powell next week and then back up to Nor Cal the next week. Hopefully to be back for Tiki Invasion. Will miss the debut at Tiki Farm. Arrrrrr!!!! Ernie Rocks!
T TravelingJones Grand Member (8 years) Eastern Shores of Western Civilization Joined: Mar 11, 2006 Posts: 927	T TravelingJones Posted posted on Sun, Apr 13, 2008 9:21 PM GROG ROCK!
K kustomtiki Grand Member (3 years) La Mesa Joined: Oct 28, 2003 Posts: 152	K kustomtiki Posted posted on Sun, Apr 13, 2008 9:39 PM Nice work Grog,congrats Ben,it's about time!
B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Sun, Apr 13, 2008 10:15 PM It's No man Grogwell! Great pick of a concept, Ernie. Don't know about the SUBJECT, though... :D
F frostiki Member Mobile, AL Joined: Aug 14, 2006 Posts: 435	F frostiki Posted posted on Mon, Apr 14, 2008 6:59 AM Wow, Grog really does have skills. I can't wait to see the magazine in my grubby little fingers to see the pic up close and personal.
W WooHooWahine Grand Member (8 years) Mission (Impossible) Viejo, Ca Joined: Mar 04, 2005 Posts: 3457	W WooHooWahine Posted posted on Mon, Apr 14, 2008 7:41 AM WOOOHOO Grog!! Congratulations on making the cover of Tiki Magazine :)
R rugbymatt Member Sacramento Joined: Jun 03, 2005 Posts: 1205	R rugbymatt Posted posted on Mon, Apr 14, 2008 7:41 AM On 2008-04-13 14:48, Jeff Central wrote: Bamboo Ben meets Norman Rockwell. Bamboo Norm? Ben Rockwell? Bamboo Rock?
S SoccerTiki Grand Member (8 years) TheSoccerTikiGrotto, Island of LongBeach Joined: Feb 24, 2005 Posts: 1988	S SoccerTiki Posted posted on Mon, Apr 14, 2008 8:30 AM I predict another Tiki Magazine Issue sell-out (like C'Al's!)
BK Basement Kahuna Tiki Socialite Jawja Province, Isle of North America Joined: Oct 14, 2002 Posts: 3618	BK Basement Kahuna Posted posted on Mon, Apr 14, 2008 9:12 AM Cool! Eli is double proud right now up at the big Cove in the sky! I heard it was a dooz, Grog, great job, braddah.
G GROG Grand Member (1 year) Tujunga Joined: Jun 21, 2006 Posts: 7548	G GROG Posted posted on Mon, Apr 14, 2008 9:33 AM Thanks everybody. I really enjoyed doing the cover for Tiki Magazine. And thanks Nick, for the opportunity to illustrate the cover. Maybe next time I'll get a better subject to illustrate. (Just kidding---love ya Ben. Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!)
C Chongolio Member The Coast of Kauai Joined: Oct 02, 2002 Posts: 2765	C Chongolio Posted posted on Mon, Apr 14, 2008 10:42 AM That is simply too cool. Best cover yet in my opinion. Right on Grog! Right on Ben!
M MakeDaMug Member behind a cluttered desk Joined: Mar 28, 2002 Posts: 1183	M MakeDaMug Posted posted on Mon, Apr 14, 2008 1:28 PM Great cover Groggy! There's a lot that you did here that shows the skills of TC's favorite caveman! Now onto business...
R ravenne Member Joined: Jul 07, 2005 Posts: 1015	R ravenne Posted posted on Mon, Apr 14, 2008 2:46 PM Wow Grog that cover is so RAD! I love it!!! Why don't you post art in other Crafts?! Ah well, this is totally awesome, I am definitely gonna grab an issue :D
R RevBambooBen Tiki Socialite Huntikington Beach Joined: Nov 12, 2002 Posts: 7946	R RevBambooBen Posted posted on Mon, Apr 14, 2008 10:13 PM On 2008-04-14 13:28, MakeDaMug wrote: Great cover Groggy! There's a lot that you did here that shows the skills of TC's favorite caveman! Now onto business... Now onto more business.... http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=28059&forum=17&0 Arrrrr!!!
MR Matt Reese Member San Diego Joined: May 09, 2005 Posts: 1182	MR Matt Reese Posted posted on Tue, Apr 15, 2008 5:06 AM Great cover GROG! I always was a sucker for Norman's stuff. Really looking forward to this issue. Cheers.
T teaKEY Tiki Socialite The thumb ! Joined: Nov 09, 2004 Posts: 3687	T teaKEY Posted posted on Tue, Apr 15, 2008 8:57 AM Hey grog, The picture of Ben looks like a photograph but still done in a painted style. Is that something that you were able to do in Photoshop? What are the phtots taped to the canvas of?
LLT little lost tiki Tiki Socialite Orange,CA-right near the Circle! Joined: Jun 12, 2006 Posts: 7763	LLT little lost tiki Posted posted on Tue, Apr 15, 2008 9:10 AM Great Cover Ernie! slow and steady wins the Race!
A AlohaStation Tiki Socialite So FL Joined: Sep 27, 2004 Posts: 2434	A AlohaStation Posted posted on Tue, Apr 15, 2008 11:51 AM Excellent. So why don't you have more stuff on display here?
A AtomicQ Member San Francisco, Ca Joined: Apr 14, 2008 Posts: 6	A AtomicQ Posted posted on Tue, Apr 15, 2008 11:59 AM The cover is awesome! Excellent work! Can't wait to get my copy...
M mymotiki Member Joined: Sep 18, 2007 Posts: 556	M mymotiki Posted posted on Tue, Apr 15, 2008 2:21 PM GROG DRAW GOOD. GROG HAS TALENT
J jpmartdog Tiki Socialite Amesbury, Mass Joined: Mar 27, 2005 Posts: 650	J jpmartdog Posted posted on Tue, Apr 15, 2008 7:12 PM FAN-%@#&%$-TASTIC Cover. Beautiful illustration Grog! Can't Wait to get my subscription. I'll try not to spill Mai-Tai on it, or get my greasy 'chicken' fingers on it! Really great work GROG! Ben, you know what we all think about you! Perfection all around!
G GROG Grand Member (1 year) Tujunga Joined: Jun 21, 2006 Posts: 7548	G GROG Posted posted on Wed, Apr 16, 2008 10:30 PM On 2008-04-15 08:57, teaKEY wrote: Hey grog, The picture of Ben looks like a photograph but still done in a painted style. Is that something that you were able to do in Photoshop? What are the phtots taped to the canvas of? It's all Photoshopped Teakey. The picture on the canvas was from this photo, and I used some filters and drew on it in Photoshop to make it look a bit more hand-drawn. The photos at the right are Ben's "Inspirations and influences". His wife Vicki, his dad, his mom, a map of Hawaii, and his kids. Thanks everybody who has responded on here with such favorable remarks. If you're going to Tiki farm's parking lot sale, Nick will be debuting the mag there, so if you get one and run into me, I'll be happy to sign it for you. Bamboo Ben is on-the-road doing some builds, so you'll have to get him to sign it at another time.
K Kahu Member Joined: Jan 03, 2007 Posts: 267	K Kahu Posted posted on Thu, Apr 17, 2008 5:08 AM Photoshoped or not, it still takes skills to put it together and make it all look good, I am sure I said it before, but heck it is worth saying again, Good Job Grog!
F FLOUNDERart Tiki Socialite Orlando Florida Joined: Sep 02, 2003 Posts: 1140	F FLOUNDERart Posted posted on Thu, Apr 17, 2008 7:28 AM That's awesome. Why anyone would want to immortalize Ben is beyond me though.
T tikiyaki Tiki Socialite The Exotic Port of REDONDO BEACH, CA Joined: May 18, 2004 Posts: 2725	T tikiyaki Posted posted on Thu, Apr 17, 2008 8:31 AM On 2008-04-16 22:30, GROG wrote: On 2008-04-15 08:57, teaKEY wrote: Hey grog, The picture of Ben looks like a photograph but still done in a painted style. Is that something that you were able to do in Photoshop? What are the phtots taped to the canvas of? It's all Photoshopped Teakey. The picture on the canvas was from this photo, and I used some filters and drew on it in Photoshop to make it look a bit more hand-drawn. The photos at the right are Ben's "Inspirations and influences". His wife Vicki, his dad, his mom, a map of Hawaii, and his kids. Thanks everybody who has responded on here with such favorable remarks. If you're going to Tiki farm's parking lot sale, Nick will be debuting the mag there, so if you get one and run into me, I'll be happy to sign it for you. Bamboo Ben is on-the-road doing some builds, so you'll have to get him to sign it at another time. Wow.....GREAT Cover....what a great concept. It's amazing to see Ben's parents are just as tiki as he is....cool !
T tikitony Tiki Socialite Ventura, CA Joined: Aug 18, 2002 Posts: 861	T tikitony Posted posted on Fri, Apr 18, 2008 7:22 PM Nice work Ernie! Looks awesome!
S sleestak Member san diego Joined: Aug 11, 2006 Posts: 526	S sleestak Posted posted on Sat, Apr 19, 2008 4:59 PM truly fantastic! nuff said!
T TIKI-TONGA Member Arcadia Ca. Joined: Dec 08, 2004 Posts: 322	T TIKI-TONGA Posted posted on Sat, Apr 19, 2008 9:15 PM Grog do excellent work. Tiki-Tonga like Grog's cave paintings also.
O Ojaitimo Member Joined: Aug 04, 2006 Posts: 1317	O Ojaitimo Posted posted on Sun, Apr 20, 2008 2:19 PM Good job Grog. You should do a commercial for Adobe. " Photoshop, so easy, a caveman could do it"
G GROG Grand Member (1 year) Tujunga Joined: Jun 21, 2006 Posts: 7548	G GROG Posted posted on Tue, May 6, 2008 6:10 PM Thank you everybody who has complemented GROG' cover illustration for Tiki Magazine. Plastic surgery ala Photoshop---It took 4 photos to make 1 good Bamboo Ben. First pic shows the pose GROG start with, and then GROG have to add different arms and a different head. And this was the photo of Eli that GROG use in the mirror. Ben and Vicki were a great help in getting me some of the photo reference GROG needed and gave GROG nice input. GROG really appreciate Nick asking GROG to do the cover illustration. [ Edited by: GROG 2008-05-06 18:27 ]
M msteeln Member Ka'a'awa, HI Joined: Mar 24, 2008 Posts: 296	M msteeln Posted posted on Tue, May 6, 2008 7:36 PM Still waiting for Honolulu Borders to rack it. :-? Got it! That is some stunning bamboo work! Great to see included, a fine expose of The Smokin' Menehunes, with Kevin Bullat on steel guitar. [ Edited by: msteeln 2008-05-08 12:55 ]
RB Rum Balls Tiki Socialite Da Big Island Joined: Oct 04, 2004 Posts: 910	RB Rum Balls Posted posted on Wed, May 7, 2008 7:27 AM It is an amazing cover...I keeping looking at it, and finding new things to appreciate. Grog do good!
N nicktiki Grand Member (3 years) San Diego, CA Joined: Jun 05, 2004 Posts: 365	N nicktiki Posted posted on Thu, May 8, 2008 6:39 AM I also wanted to give big props to Grog. I can't tell you how many people love his new cover. I don't know if its a combo of Grog's great cover, interesting subject matter, the talented writers, photographers, or artists that contributed to this issue but, this issue is about to be our fastest sold out issue! Its been out less than a month and we have less than 200 copies available (we printed 12,000). Hope to see everyone at Tiki Caliente this weekend. Nicktiki
RB Rum Balls Tiki Socialite Da Big Island Joined: Oct 04, 2004 Posts: 910	RB Rum Balls Posted posted on Thu, May 8, 2008 8:10 AM Nicktiki, that's great news! Hopefully that means you're making money and will keep publishing for a loooong time.
R RevBambooBen Tiki Socialite Huntikington Beach Joined: Nov 12, 2002 Posts: 7946	R RevBambooBen Posted posted on Thu, May 8, 2008 11:38 PM On 2008-05-08 06:39, nicktiki wrote: I also wanted to give big props to Grog. I can't tell you how many people love his new cover. I don't know if its a combo of Grog's great cover, interesting subject matter, the talented writers, photographers, or artists that contributed to this issue but, this issue is about to be our fastest sold out issue! Its been out less than a month and we have less than 200 copies available (we printed 12,000). Hope to see everyone at Tiki Caliente this weekend. Nicktiki Aye Carumba!! Grog Rocks!!!!! ..and Tiki Mag Too!!!
R RevBambooBen Tiki Socialite Huntikington Beach Joined: Nov 12, 2002 Posts: 7946	R RevBambooBen Posted posted on Thu, May 8, 2008 11:42 PM p.s. What was the tiki bar at the Sheraton in Palm Springs called back in the day... This is a pic from there.
N nicktiki Grand Member (3 years) San Diego, CA Joined: Jun 05, 2004 Posts: 365	N nicktiki Posted posted on Sun, May 11, 2008 7:13 PM Ben, Too bad you weren't at Tiki Caliente. A lot of people mentioned that they wanted you to sign their copy of the new issue. They'll have to catch when things slow down. Nicktiki
H harro Member Australia Joined: Sep 05, 2005 Posts: 686	H harro Posted posted on Mon, May 12, 2008 8:51 AM On 2008-05-08 06:39, nicktiki wrote: I also wanted to give big props to Grog. I can't tell you how many people love his new cover. I don't know if its a combo of Grog's great cover, interesting subject matter, the talented writers, photographers, or artists that contributed to this issue but, this issue is about to be our fastest sold out issue! Its been out less than a month and we have less than 200 copies available (we printed 12,000). Hope to see everyone at Tiki Caliente this weekend. Nicktiki Is there an outlet in London, UK to pick up this issue and the last few? Since I've been travelling I've lost touch but used to pick up each issue when I was in Aust. I think the last one I got was the shag cover.
N nicktiki Grand Member (3 years) San Diego, CA Joined: Jun 05, 2004 Posts: 365	N nicktiki Posted posted on Mon, May 12, 2008 3:44 PM Check Cheekytiki or Hot Rod Tiki in the U.K.
BK Basement Kahuna Tiki Socialite Jawja Province, Isle of North America Joined: Oct 14, 2002 Posts: 3618	BK Basement Kahuna Posted posted on Fri, May 16, 2008 8:25 PM On 2008-05-08 06:39, nicktiki wrote: I also wanted to give big props to Grog. I can't tell you how many people love his new cover. I don't know if its a combo of Grog's great cover, interesting subject matter, the talented writers, photographers, or artists that contributed to this issue but, this issue is about to be our fastest sold out issue! Its been out less than a month and we have less than 200 copies available (we printed 12,000). Hope to see everyone at Tiki Caliente this weekend. Nicktiki Well, you see, Nick, with both Ben and me in the same issue you have absolutely, positively devastating sex appeal and skill level that's just hard for most people to resist. I mean, I would totally buy it... :)

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