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Little lost Tiki's Art Chronicles and Stuffs! Page 70!A brief Return,BUT! Some new pieces to Delight YOU!!!

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R RevBambooBen Tiki Socialite Huntikington Beach Joined: Nov 12, 2002 Posts: 7946	R RevBambooBen Posted posted on Wed, Dec 10, 2008 10:14 AM LLT, You need to get to work after selling out. Possible re-opening art show and party in Feb at the new and improved BB hut gallery!
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 Wed, Dec 10, 2008 10:26 AM SCORE! SNIFF! I'm gonna miss these fellahs.... Guess I'll have to make more.... Thanks Babs! Hey Raves! Stoked that Crazy moari got a good home! Keep him away from your kitty! He gets agitated easily! Thanks! Clarita-Big Hug back to you! I'm diggin your policy on Manners! Now i can nag EVERYONE instead of just my family! :) Ben-get offline and get better! February sounds like a plan! PM me I have a Trade Show in Vegas mid-late month so let's work around that.... Now get back to BED!
RH Robb Hamel Member Ohio Joined: Mar 07, 2008 Posts: 1013	RH Robb Hamel Posted posted on Fri, Dec 12, 2008 5:45 AM Rockin' stuff Ken. If you get any more productive you could finally publish your book - by hand-painting each one! Cut out the publisher/printer middleguys!! Jam on.
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 Mon, Dec 15, 2008 9:05 PM THANKS ROBB! Glad you're feeling well and ready for the NEXT WAVE! quickie drive-by art posting... some work from the Worldwide Tiki Exhibition and a new drawing... "the Moai King's Journey" this one is SOLD... tissue paper/ink/and colored pencil AND.... i forgot to mention this... metallic gold ink in certain areas! on Arches Watercolor Paper (100% cotton) dimensions 20” wide and 14 1/8” tall this one has a nice dreamy in and out of reality... i tried to add more vegetation and the same blue "blackline" as the "Dancing Platter".I just love the Moai king's helmet! "Moai king and Eclipse" tissue paper/ink/and colored pencil on Arches Watercolor Paper (100% cotton) dimensions 20” wide and 14 1/8” tall For this one ,i used a darker lighting a forest/tealy kind of "blackline" to intensify the lighting make it crisper and harder like that otherworldly feel you and the atmosphere revert to during an eclipse... kinda like a flashback if you're familiar with those... Anyways, after their journey,the attendants settle their chief down to view n auspicious celestial event. the fellow on the left holds his ceremonial staff while an orongo birdman on the right fans him gently and his chief astronomer explains and interprets the delightful sign in the sky! if you notice on the two Moai attendants i took the liberty of giving them 3 arms to denote movement and excitement... this one's growing on me.... "the Ceremonial Helmet" gouache on a monkeypod bowl from croe67! dimensions 6 1/4” wide and 11 3/4” tall excuse the glare... "Two-Sided Tiki WoodBurnt thing" woodburnt wood/tinted with ink dimensions 3 1/4” wide and 5 3/4” tall "Fishing" tissue paper/ink/and colored pencil on Arches Watercolor Paper (100% cotton) dimensions 16 1/8” wide and 12 1/8” tall Simple theme/Simply rendered or is there more below the surface? Hmmmmmmm.... such is the mystery of Uncle Art... That's it! Thanks for popping by! Now i'm gonna gel and watch some cable.... LOOKY! LOOKY! LIL'COOKIE! http://www.kenruzic.com http://www.myspace.com/kenruzicdotcom [ Edited by: little lost tiki 2008-12-18 09:07 ]
TJ tyger jymmy Member califorina Joined: Apr 14, 2003 Posts: 554	TJ tyger jymmy Posted posted on Mon, Dec 15, 2008 9:29 PM those are off the hook , fabulous dude very kool .
G GROG Grand Member (1 year) Tujunga Joined: Jun 21, 2006 Posts: 7548	G GROG Posted posted on Mon, Dec 15, 2008 11:08 PM This one looks like it could be a placemat, or an illustration for a menu. [ Edited by: GROG 2008-12-15 23:08 ]
S sasquatch Member Newcastle, Australia Joined: Aug 29, 2007 Posts: 76	S sasquatch Posted posted on Mon, Dec 15, 2008 11:22 PM .... love your work
S Sneakytiki Tiki Socialite Boise, Idaho Joined: Mar 31, 2003 Posts: 1795	S Sneakytiki Posted posted on Tue, Dec 16, 2008 1:43 AM Ditto what grog said! Also think it would make a nifty fabrique.... Really blingin' pieces, the color composition/bleed over on that first piece is really dazzling. Eye-check!?! :tiki: -S T [ Edited by: Sneakytiki 2008-12-17 07:08 ]
TD Tiki Duddy Member Manitoba, Canada Joined: Jun 04, 2006 Posts: 760	TD Tiki Duddy Posted posted on Tue, Dec 16, 2008 2:19 PM Kenny! the new pieces are BRILLIANT!! the colors Rock! hell everything about em rocks the Moai King's Journey and Fishing are Favorites
S sleestak Member san diego Joined: Aug 11, 2006 Posts: 526	S sleestak Posted posted on Tue, Dec 16, 2008 4:02 PM your stuff is always ripping style, nuff said!
RH Robb Hamel Member Ohio Joined: Mar 07, 2008 Posts: 1013	RH Robb Hamel Posted posted on Thu, Dec 18, 2008 5:53 AM Brilliant. Ripping.... Everybody else has already said it. Good Tiki Mag interview, long overdue, we both read it first thing.
H hodadhank Member Mission Beach, CA Joined: Dec 28, 2005 Posts: 1689	H hodadhank Posted posted on Thu, Dec 18, 2008 3:25 PM Kiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!
R RevBambooBen Tiki Socialite Huntikington Beach Joined: Nov 12, 2002 Posts: 7946	R RevBambooBen Posted posted on Thu, Dec 18, 2008 10:39 PM Grow more of these!! Crazy good! Stained glass?
LT LOL Tiki Member San Diegoish Joined: Sep 06, 2007 Posts: 932	LT LOL Tiki Posted posted on Fri, Dec 19, 2008 12:26 AM On 2008-12-15 21:05, little lost tiki wrote: Yup, Yup, Yup.
R ravenne Member Joined: Jul 07, 2005 Posts: 1015	R ravenne Posted posted on Mon, Dec 22, 2008 10:32 PM On 2008-12-18 22:39, RevBambooBen wrote: Grow more of these!! Crazy good! Stained glass? Dude, if you ever did any of these in stained glass they would be so freakin epic! love love love this one and the other two as well! :D
MR Matt Reese Member San Diego Joined: May 09, 2005 Posts: 1182	MR Matt Reese Posted posted on Tue, Dec 23, 2008 5:53 AM Your stuff just keeps on evolving! I love it. Great work!
B BigToe Tiki Socialite Southern California Joined: Nov 07, 2006 Posts: 758	B BigToe Posted posted on Tue, Dec 23, 2008 8:57 AM did sleestak imply that u paint these under the influence of Ripple? either way, i agree with BenBo that these would be exceedingly good in stained-glass...i would have him get going on it! t
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, Dec 23, 2008 9:11 AM Ho!Ho!Ho! Kiddies! Sorry about bailing for awhile it's not like i haven't been busy or anything... I have 2 drawings(big 'uns) and a painting but won't be able to share them until the dust settles and then I'll probably have even more for ya! so it's a win-win.... plus, i don't see YOU guys helping me paint and scan and post and write,so sorry for the inconvenience! :) (except scanning,the Toe helps with that!) BUT i do have one drawing to post and a funny picture so........................... tygerjymmAY! thanks for visitin,my friend! We need to hang soon.. Artjam at the Batcave in Orange? Been gettin a lot of mileage outta that squirrel picture... time for a new one,man! try google images.... GROG! Thanks again for planning and organizing the Tiki Wonderland3 Tonga Hut show! I'm glad that you're doing so much for the community BESIDES ARTWORK! Menu Illustration would be a Blast! the art and design skillz would gel together for that one... I feel the gravitational pull towards that half-written Children's Book this year! sasquatch-thanks! Being an amateur cryptozoologist,I thought there were only bunyips around your parts... Could you send me some photos...maybe some plaster footmolds? Sneakers-Thank you my artistic pal! there's a seed planted about the whole fabric print thing,that needs to be nurtured for the new year...Stay tuned Master Sneak! I'll have to do a step-by-step on those abstract/stained glass style pieces soon..... No eyecheck required...maybe a MINDCHECK,tho! :lol: Duddy-Mahalo! Going back to the cryptozoology theme-have ye seen that Wendigo around your parts? Sleestak-Gracias! the style doesn't RIP half as hard as your sideburns man! I keep thinking of that Tiki mag Anniversary show piece you did where you tatted up that latex.....it haunts me Robb-Thanks for being the steadfast bastion of tiki and velvet awesomness in Ohio! Stoked you and yours read the article...It helps to give some insight into the whole tamale...Can't wait to read your article in the future! Hoooooooooooooooooooooooodddddddddddaaaaaaaaaaaaaaddddddddddd! Miss you man! When you gonna send me that frontal view of the awning? make it happen baby! Kisses to Rita and monkey! and a big hug to you! lots of great stuff at your shop recently! :) Ben/LOL Thanks chums! like i said before....the only way these are gonna get done in stained glass is if i can get one of those NICE commissions,like Chagall,or Matisse and be able to translate it properly...But it's always been a dream to have a studio with a big stained glass on one wall... LOL-glad to hear your pieces made it safe.Thanks for framing em up and displaying em on your wall all fancy-like! Ben-gonna do some paintings like this (2x3) a bit bigger so we'll see where that goes..... ravers-YAY! your computer's back! Thanks for diggin my wiggins! :) Matt-Mahalos Mr. SanDiego!Art is meant to be explored and our job is to take what we do and let it grow and evolve and mix with our older styles into one UBER style...Follow it to its limit...Sometimes i get locked into a certain style for a while,and then the other ones creep in ,and before you know it....evolution! we are ART-O A-R-T-O! (sing it like the Devo theme) Toe-Ripple? Mo' like Night Train! Well Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to you all! Stop and feel the love this Season...it's there! "Lone Night Rower" ink/tissue paper/colored pencil/sharpie on Hot press Watercolor paper (which is actually cotton!) more later.. and here's a shot croe67 took when she visited with Ski last week! Carolyn always brings me lil treats! Here i am with a Cannibal idol she adopted as well as a Medievil Times shield I'm gonna paint up to use during my next village raid... AND... i say AND....... a lil Gingerbread man! Already did the drawing/study and finished it up and tiki'ed it out... but you'll have to wait on the "GINGERBREAD PROJECT" til i get a nice shot of it! laters! Happy Holidays! Hugs to all!
R RevBambooBen Tiki Socialite Huntikington Beach Joined: Nov 12, 2002 Posts: 7946	R RevBambooBen Posted posted on Tue, Dec 23, 2008 9:26 AM E-Tiki phone home!!!!
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, Dec 23, 2008 9:29 AM HUH? WHA?
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, Dec 23, 2008 9:30 AM E-Tiki phone home!!!! What dafudge does that mean? WHAAAA?
LT LOL Tiki Member San Diegoish Joined: Sep 06, 2007 Posts: 932	LT LOL Tiki Posted posted on Tue, Dec 23, 2008 10:34 AM On 2008-12-23 09:11, little lost tiki wrote: You paint n' create too fast - I'm gonna have to start selling blood! (BTW - your second scan isn't showing up.)
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, Dec 23, 2008 11:08 AM No second scan today,LOL! I mentioned i gots 2 more drawings AND a painting but no photogs or scans for a few... and No selling Blood....that's just wrong! Blood should be donated.... now puppies....that's a different story...
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 Wed, Dec 24, 2008 8:28 AM oops! double post... [ Edited by: little lost tiki 2008-12-24 11:56 ]
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 Wed, Dec 24, 2008 8:49 AM Aloha Ohana... This nagging feeling of only sharing one new piece and a stoopid picture of "Mr. Personality" with alls y'all yesterday really bugged at the cranium.... So, may i present a brief history of some of my handmade mugs,and then some concept sketches for future ones... If you haven't been to Babalu thread,ya need to visit it... His Clayjams are like a Clown Car filled with geniuses! :) Anyways, i think i shared this first one on here... did this one at the studio in Orange,before Oasis when everyone who was in the area stopped by! Babs set up a clay table and we had a fun, but brief time making stuff... hence the retarded naive charming quality of this one! This next one was done at a ClayJam after i had spent most of the day glazing up the first...Babs has these cool retro lamps that he based the diamond motif on.... Rick has a wonderful habit of coming up with "canvases for us to play on....i could have never pulled off that triangular shape or the smooth accurate diamonds... so i scrawled some very simple tiki faces into the diamonds just for fun-no accuracy-more the spirit of tiki.... Thanks to Netflix and the OC library i began watching documentaries and artist videos and had been into Picasso lately because of his rawness aggression and playful challenge of his art. besides his artist and model series of drawings his ceramics were incredible! He tackled it with abandon High Fire? No! Low-fire it! let's see what happens.. he took risks and just went for it... and kicked BOOT-! Miro kicked a lot of convention out the window with his ceramics also... Anyways, I think that's the fun of these Clayjams Playing/Learning/Experimenting all in the Spirit of Art! (pronounced "AHHT") Anyways, i was thinking of those courageous daring artists and shot from the hip with the glazes... and it turned out really really neat! Both matte and shiny glazes were used to color in the simple little tiki faces.. enough of the long intro.... Sooo! babble!babble! Thanks Rick! Anyways, a few months back,after the first CLAYPLAY at the studio with Ricky and all the sketchbook appeared so i draws in it! so here's some future plans for mugs.. gonna do this first one next.... Happy Moai/Sad Moai and here's some others! There! I feel better now! Art posts with just one picture are pathetic... unless you're Clysdalle lol! Then it's "normal" :) don't worry, he never reads this! :) MELE KALIKIMAKA gang! Thank you ALL for such a great year filled with learning and laughs and love! it's a blessing to have so many cool and genuine friends... during vacation Read the articles on Squid and moi in Tiki magazine's latest issue! JonPaul makes us look good! he's like a literary plastic surgeon givin us an artistic nip and tuck! Miss you Squid! Viva le Ceramic!
LT LOL Tiki Member San Diegoish Joined: Sep 06, 2007 Posts: 932	LT LOL Tiki Posted posted on Wed, Dec 24, 2008 11:26 AM Interesting post Ken - I had no idea that Picasso and Miro had done any ceramic work.
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 Wed, Dec 24, 2008 11:38 AM and THAT, Dear LOL is why EVERYBODY should read more! here's some quickie stuff i googled fer ya! http://www.a-r-t.com/picasso/ http://www.criticalceramics.org/reviews/shows/miro.shtml http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9507E0DA1038F937A35756C0A962948260 Enjoy!
M MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years) The Anvil of the Sun Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 11035	M MadDogMike Posted posted on Wed, Dec 24, 2008 11:52 AM Ken, love the 3D clay tapa look
LT LOL Tiki Member San Diegoish Joined: Sep 06, 2007 Posts: 932	LT LOL Tiki Posted posted on Wed, Dec 24, 2008 11:53 AM Cool - thanks! Now I have something to do at work today. :D
G GROG Grand Member (1 year) Tujunga Joined: Jun 21, 2006 Posts: 7548	G GROG Posted posted on Wed, Dec 24, 2008 6:56 PM
G GROG Grand Member (1 year) Tujunga Joined: Jun 21, 2006 Posts: 7548	G GROG Posted posted on Wed, Dec 24, 2008 7:03 PM
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 Wed, Dec 24, 2008 10:20 PM Ernie, get a hobby or a girlfriend... there are better things to do with your talent and time! Here's a tripped out 3-D Christmas greeting for you!
B Babalu Tiki Socialite Lemon Grove Joined: Nov 19, 2006 Posts: 2518	B Babalu Posted posted on Wed, Dec 24, 2008 10:39 PM K, Those mug drawings RAWK! It's time to make them brother! I hear from a good source that there is going to be a kick ass show in March, or April (up close to you) of hand built (no molds) ceramic mugs and bowls...It's time to kick the Clay Jams into high gear! Let's have some fun!
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 Wed, Dec 24, 2008 10:51 PM werd...
RH Robb Hamel Member Ohio Joined: Mar 07, 2008 Posts: 1013	RH Robb Hamel Posted posted on Mon, Dec 29, 2008 1:20 PM Kenneth-rockin'-almighty! Das mugz-und-sceches be da ting! Hecho in Kenny! (sorry, hit the Pharma-Kava a little too hard) Leave it to you Ken to BLAZE NEW TRAILS where the rest of us didn't realize there was a direction you could go. I'm in the groove with you, my man.
R RevBambooBen Tiki Socialite Huntikington Beach Joined: Nov 12, 2002 Posts: 7946	R RevBambooBen Posted posted on Mon, Dec 29, 2008 5:31 PM Since you scared the livin' crap out of my kids with the Choopacabrah (sp?) thang the other night, they've been obsessed with it since. We were at the River Jetty's the other day and found this (?). Is it it? Or, the victim? Good thang there wer'nt alot of people on the beach cause they were screeming at the top of thier lungs " Chubacabrah!!!" (sp?)
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 Mon, Dec 29, 2008 10:45 PM HELLO KIDDLES! how's your holiday goin? Hope all was merry and bright! :) Robb, Mr. Pastel!would love to see a Robb Hamel velvet on a mug! Now THAT would be the shizznazz! We's in the groove,bruthah! :) Booben! :lol: CHUPACABRA! we also YouTubed some aliens,ghosts,and Giant skeletons! Blake would make a perfect Cryptozoologist! Is it it? Or, the victim? the answer is "neither." that's a Bunyip! :lol: 2x3 brother! :) well, last page, you saw a funny little gingerbread man and thought to yourself.. "whaddaheck is that crazed maniac gonna do with that?" Well.... here's the study... and here's the "Tiki Gingerbread Man"! run! run! as fast as you can! :lol: and here's some details... ink and gouache on gessoed wood.. Here's a photo of a recent drawing.. I'll post the scan in it's place after i scan it... it should look better... "the Afternoon Boat Trip" ink and sharpie and colored pencil on Watercolor paper i think I'm getting closer to that Children's Book style i've been searching for! Here's some details for you to peep at! the low relief look and the glimpse underwater add to the magical mystery of this one! wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! and here's a blast from the past! i've been neglecting this 4-panel commission for more months than i can remember! So it's time to buckle down and get this puppy finished.. Here's the second panel when we last left it in July.. and here it is today.... behind each pair of canvases (can-vi?) there will be a subtle warrior rowing through the scene.. and here are the first two "Journey' canvases showing the rower in the background so far.. so anyways.. here's where we are today! finally got that feathered cape done! MON-NOT-TOE-KNEE! here's a detail of the prow and part of the elbow of the background rower... here's a warclub attached to the boat.. Here's the front of the boat and the "ghost" oar of the background rower.. here's part of the attached oar on the carved boat... the motif on the background rower's boat and the main figure's boat has been quite a tangled challenge! Here's our hero's face.... here's that derned cape.. Did a lil bit of work on the foreground spears... Here's the front of the warrior's boat-you can see a bit where the background rower's boat overlaps.. detail of the warrior's shield.. and also got some of the background island village.. well, i'm off til the 5th! so i imagine you'll see more progress soon! Happy New Years!
TSA Tiki Shark Art Member Joined: Aug 31, 2006 Posts: 3978	TSA Tiki Shark Art Posted posted on Tue, Dec 30, 2008 12:21 AM The Afternoon Boat Trip - top drawer! It'd be brilliant to see a whole children's book full of such beautiful illustration. It's good. It's CHUPACABRA good!
C croe67 Tiki Socialite Joined: Jan 05, 2003 Posts: 1202	C croe67 Posted posted on Tue, Dec 30, 2008 7:10 AM Diggin' how you tricked-out that Gingerbread Man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He's AWESOME!!!!!! He's lookin' WAY better now that your talent has been applied to him!!! :wink: Also lovin' the ceramics - 'bout time LLT did more mugs!!! I look forward to seeing those produced! Of course, I love the Moai mug best :wink: Have a FUN break from work :) :)
RH Robb Hamel Member Ohio Joined: Mar 07, 2008 Posts: 1013	RH Robb Hamel Posted posted on Tue, Dec 30, 2008 6:20 PM Awesome stuff or better. Here's what I got for X-mus: the world's best Tiki mug ever... PUPULE!!!!!! This is it on my actual shelf. It is so big I can get my fist inside it. I'm gonna get wasted whether I want to or not with THE BIG GULP OF TIKI MUGS!
B Babalu Tiki Socialite Lemon Grove Joined: Nov 19, 2006 Posts: 2518	B Babalu Posted posted on Wed, Dec 31, 2008 7:44 AM My gosh! Give you a couple of days off and you fill an Ark full goodies! You Sir are one gifted induvidual. Keep slinging paint and posting!!
C Clarita Member BA Arg Joined: Sep 26, 2006 Posts: 1301	C Clarita Posted posted on Wed, Dec 31, 2008 8:17 AM cookies? where? me want, or gingerbread tikiman, yummy! happy new year!
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 Wed, Dec 31, 2008 11:18 AM Brad! CHUPACABRA good? wow...That's quite the compliment! You're BRAD to the BONE! :lol: Thanks for the encouragement! Children's Book coming Soon! as soon as it's finished! :lol: croe67! hey sweets! thanks again for the Gingerbread man and other assorted goodies!! You definitely got the eye for these Thrift shoppe treasures! MOO-AI! :lol: Actually, was gonna take a shot at the Happy Moai/Sad Moai mug concept next time there's a Clayjam! well....5 more days of vacay! where does it go? Feels like I've had me nose to the canvas FER-friggin-EVER! Robb-Congrats man! somehow i knew.. out of the 3 mugs.. that PUPULE would be the one you were drawn to... Glad to here you're fisting it already... :lol: May i recommend drinking coffee in it for starters? Then , slowly add Bailey's or Amarullo to replace the coffee you've consumed and you're in store for an interesting day of motionless vegetation! :) I am honored to be on your wall and shelf,my friend! BABA! Thanks for the visiting! I feel so blessed to be friends with so many talent geniuses! Inspiration for All! Your newest edgar winter cobra fang is the creepiest of the three! Can't wait to see what you and BOWfinger built yesterday! CLAYJAM! Happy New Years Clarita! you got here a little too late for cookies... GROG ate 3 and put the rest in his Simpsons jacket... I'll bake some more...just for you! :) welpers... yesterday decided to loosen up after painting that feathered cape and other meticulous details.. and there was "the Lost rowers" just sitting on that easel neglected for months.. and beckoning.. saying,"come Kinny! Time to loosen up for a day time to thrust these rowers deeper into the jungle ! so i dids... here's what i gots done yesterday! and here's some details to show the fast/loose brushwork on this! man! did i ever get a workout running around this monster adding highlights/color fills/etc. and here's some close-ups of the side of the boat motif and paddles so far... and some ultra ultra closeups.... Still a lot to do, but the thick claustrophobic feeling is there....and the tension of the crew will be more intense once the finished lighting adds to the drama! i need some studio assistant elves! Also finished a drawing... "Fishing" ink/tissue paper/colored pencil on watercolor paper loosely based on those Solomon island paddle motifs and goin off from there.... here's a closeup of the boatsmen.. FISHYs! Caught FISHYs! Birds wantin the FISHYs... well, that's about it! Off to the Studio! ALOHA!
T TabooDan Tiki Socialite Coast of BC now in Crowsnest, AB., Canada Joined: Jul 18, 2004 Posts: 691	T TabooDan Posted posted on Wed, Dec 31, 2008 1:40 PM Hey Ken, I gotta say your characters, themes, attention to detail and colors are so vivid and full of essence and life that you are truly a very gifted artist!! Love checking out your stuff so keep it coming!! Happy New Year to you!! TabooDan [ Edited by: TabooDan 2008-12-31 13:43 ]
B Bowana Tiki Socialite La Mesa, CA Joined: Nov 10, 2006 Posts: 1183	B Bowana Posted posted on Wed, Dec 31, 2008 3:43 PM What a busy busy guy Lord Kenneth is! I love the vibrant colors! Say, by any chance is that the Gingerbread man who lives on Mulberry Way?
H hodadhank Member Mission Beach, CA Joined: Dec 28, 2005 Posts: 1689	H hodadhank Posted posted on Wed, Dec 31, 2008 6:33 PM Wowza! I can only imagine what it would be like awning, er, OWNING a giant neo-cubist moai rower painting of some sort by Ken Ruzik. Perhaps all the rowers could have GROG's head. Perhaps not. But I'm not greedy. I'd want to share it with the whole city. Such a conundrum. Yep. [ Edited by: hodadhank 2008-12-31 18:36 ]
TSA Tiki Shark Art Member Joined: Aug 31, 2006 Posts: 3978	TSA Tiki Shark Art Posted posted on Thu, Jan 1, 2009 3:44 PM The Lost Rowers are looking really nice! I love it!~ Happy New Year!
T tobunga Tiki Socialite Joined: Apr 12, 2008 Posts: 1235	T tobunga Posted posted on Fri, Jan 2, 2009 7:08 PM Hey Kinny! Happy 2008! We missed ya down at Kona on New Year's! The Lost Rowers is lookin' great... and I love the crosshatching detail on The Afternoon Boat Trip... ads one more layer to your already detailed, intricate work! Keep 'em comin' in '09!