The Velvet Thread of J. Sallin Page 33--Kona Envy 1 and 2 (Gilligan and Wahine)

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IK Iokona Ki'i Member SoCal Joined: Nov 14, 2008 Posts: 816	IK Iokona Ki'i Posted posted on Mon, Nov 24, 2008 6:29 PM Aloha, After seeing all the great inspiring art in person for the Tiki Magazine release party at Damon's on Nov. 21, I want to join in! So here is the first from me. More to come... Mahalo! [ Edited by: Iokona Ki'i 2010-11-26 11:09 ]
H hodadhank Member Mission Beach, CA Joined: Dec 28, 2005 Posts: 1689	H hodadhank Posted posted on Mon, Nov 24, 2008 6:58 PM Cute and wonderful! FLUFF should hire you immediately (if they haven't already). More please!
T teaKEY Tiki Socialite The thumb ! Joined: Nov 09, 2004 Posts: 3687	T teaKEY Posted posted on Mon, Nov 24, 2008 7:15 PM The girl is wonderful which is the hardest part to nail down. The tiki looks to be modeled from a $ store tiki.
IK Iokona Ki'i Member SoCal Joined: Nov 14, 2008 Posts: 816	IK Iokona Ki'i Posted posted on Mon, Nov 24, 2008 7:16 PM Thanks! Guess my day job is spilling into my tikiing. [ Edited by: Iokona Ki'i 2009-03-04 10:01 ]
IK Iokona Ki'i Member SoCal Joined: Nov 14, 2008 Posts: 816	IK Iokona Ki'i Posted posted on Mon, Nov 24, 2008 7:32 PM Thanks Teakey! I actually used a photo I took recently of a big tiki outside of that general store in Hana, Maui for reference. [ Edited by: Iokona Ki'i 2009-03-04 10:00 ]
H hodadhank Member Mission Beach, CA Joined: Dec 28, 2005 Posts: 1689	H hodadhank Posted posted on Thu, Nov 27, 2008 11:49 AM On 2008-11-24 19:16, Iokona Ki'i wrote: Thanks! Guess my day job is spilling into my tikiing. LOL! I knew it! I dig your work and have a great display of Fluff's tropical women's accessories, luggage tags and greeting cards at Freaky Boutiki in Mission Beach. Very popular with wahine of all ages. So what's the scoop? Is there a Claudette? Are there several artists? Won't you please share some of your process. How about a tour of your rough sketchbook??? Pretty please?! - Hodaddy [ Edited by: hodadhank 2008-11-27 12:12 ]
IK Iokona Ki'i Member SoCal Joined: Nov 14, 2008 Posts: 816	IK Iokona Ki'i Posted posted on Fri, Nov 28, 2008 2:00 PM Rock on! Thanks for carrying our fluff stuff! Glad to hear it's popular. I've seen your ads in Tiki Magazine. Are you the owner of the store? We will definitely stop in for a visit and some shopping on our next road trip to San Diego! So Here's the scoop: Yes, there is a Claudette. She is a super talented renaissance woman (artist,musician,dancer,etc...) and an exotic French Tahitian South American Syrian beauty to boot! Also, the love of my life! Fluff is our company and we are the only artists, she being the big cheese, and me, her left hand man. Claudette started Fluff and then I joined in a little while later. We kinda work well together, 5 years later 24/7 and we haven't killed each other yet! O.K. I think I can dig up some process rough sketches and stuff. Might take awhile to scan in. Or maybe start from now going forward. I can promise you they won't be pretty! Mahalo! Jason [ Edited by: Iokona Ki'i 2009-03-04 10:01 ]
H hewey Tiki Socialite Sydney, Australia Joined: Sep 14, 2004 Posts: 4283	H hewey Posted posted on Fri, Nov 28, 2008 5:10 PM Welcome, and great art! :D O.K. I think I can dig up some process rough sketches and stuff. Might take awhile to scan in. Or maybe start from now going forward. I can promise you they won't be pretty! We LOVE seeing this stuff on here mate, pleeease post em up :D
IK Iokona Ki'i Member SoCal Joined: Nov 14, 2008 Posts: 816	IK Iokona Ki'i Posted posted on Sat, Nov 29, 2008 12:40 AM Thanks for the greeting hewey. Will be posting some stuff soon. Stay tuned... Looking forward to checking out your work! [ Edited by: Iokona Ki'i 2009-03-04 10:02 ]
IK Iokona Ki'i Member SoCal Joined: Nov 14, 2008 Posts: 816	IK Iokona Ki'i Posted posted on Sun, Dec 28, 2008 11:15 PM Aloha! It's been a little longer than I wanted in posting something new. I recently purchased some velvet downtown, but alas with the holidays.....anyway, I did manage to make a study of what I might be painting in my first exploration into the dark side. Wish me luck! Mahalo! http://www.fluffshop.com [ Edited by: Iokona Ki'i 2009-04-03 12:08 ]
RH Robb Hamel Member Ohio Joined: Mar 07, 2008 Posts: 1013	RH Robb Hamel Posted posted on Mon, Dec 29, 2008 1:11 PM The study looks good - enjoy the fun of the Black Fuzz.
M MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years) The Anvil of the Sun Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 11036	M MadDogMike Posted posted on Mon, Dec 29, 2008 6:26 PM Belated welcome to TC. Beautiful velvet, nice website too. All your girls have a sexy yet innocent look to them.
IK Iokona Ki'i Member SoCal Joined: Nov 14, 2008 Posts: 816	IK Iokona Ki'i Posted posted on Tue, Dec 30, 2008 6:48 PM Mahalo Robb! Velvet is stretched and ready to go! Time to dive into darkness. See you on the other side.... Cheers MadDogMike! Thanks for the feedback and for checking out the site. [ Edited by: Iokona Ki'i 2008-12-30 19:01 ]
IK Iokona Ki'i Member SoCal Joined: Nov 14, 2008 Posts: 816	IK Iokona Ki'i Posted posted on Wed, Jan 21, 2009 3:36 AM Aloha, Here is a revised version I think I like a little better. Working on some velvets, not ready yet. I will post soon. Mahalo! http://www.fluffshop.com
M MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years) The Anvil of the Sun Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 11036	M MadDogMike Posted posted on Wed, Jan 21, 2009 6:32 AM She's glowing like she's freshly lei'd :) Very nice! Mike
D Danno Tiki Socialite So Cal Joined: Apr 17, 2004 Posts: 190	D Danno Posted posted on Wed, Jan 21, 2009 3:54 PM "I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way." Grrrrrrr....
IK Iokona Ki'i Member SoCal Joined: Nov 14, 2008 Posts: 816	IK Iokona Ki'i Posted posted on Tue, Jan 27, 2009 12:50 PM Thanks MadDogMike and Dano! Here is a progress shot of my next one. Needs more fine tuning and stuff. http://www.fluffshop.com
M MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years) The Anvil of the Sun Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 11036	M MadDogMike Posted posted on Tue, Jan 27, 2009 5:29 PM I love your style Iokona Ki'i, my I don't think I could convince my wife to hang your velvets in the house :)
IK Iokona Ki'i Member SoCal Joined: Nov 14, 2008 Posts: 816	IK Iokona Ki'i Posted posted on Sun, Feb 15, 2009 2:46 PM Thanks MDM! Here it is finished...I made a b/w jpeg. For some reason the color jpeg is all soft and blurry, even at 300 dpi. Will fiddle with it and post the color version soon... Mahalo!
IK Iokona Ki'i Member SoCal Joined: Nov 14, 2008 Posts: 816	IK Iokona Ki'i Posted posted on Thu, Feb 19, 2009 11:44 AM Aloha! I fixed it so the color version is not as blurry as before. Now it's too clear... :) [ Edited by: Iokona Ki'i 2009-03-04 10:02 ]
M MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years) The Anvil of the Sun Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 11036	M MadDogMike Posted posted on Thu, Feb 19, 2009 7:04 PM Something seems inconsistent; the back, breast, and right arm are blurry and everything else is in focus. Gonna be great soon tho' :)
HL Hula Lula Member Pasadena Joined: Nov 14, 2008 Posts: 45	HL Hula Lula Posted posted on Sat, Feb 21, 2009 11:03 AM Hi Iokona, Can you believe, I finally posted! Wow this piece is coming along great! So sexy and mysterious. Can't wait to see it finished. xo Hulita Lulita
T TiKiMaN77 Member Downey, CA Joined: Nov 30, 2004 Posts: 179	T TiKiMaN77 Posted posted on Sun, Feb 22, 2009 4:48 AM I'm totally digging your art here, and can't wait to see what you've got coming up next.
IK Iokona Ki'i Member SoCal Joined: Nov 14, 2008 Posts: 816	IK Iokona Ki'i Posted posted on Sun, Feb 22, 2009 10:17 AM Hula Lula! It's about time longtime lurker! Glad you like my piece. Looking forward to seeing your creations on here soon...
IK Iokona Ki'i Member SoCal Joined: Nov 14, 2008 Posts: 816	IK Iokona Ki'i Posted posted on Mon, Feb 23, 2009 12:51 PM I agree MadDogMike. I wanted it to be a little soft, but I kinda put maybe too much detail in the tiki which throws her off some. Will try to fix without overworking it...which I have a tendency to do. Thanks for diggin my stuff so far TIKIMan77! [ Edited by: Iokona Ki'i 2009-02-23 13:06 ]
IK Iokona Ki'i Member SoCal Joined: Nov 14, 2008 Posts: 816	IK Iokona Ki'i Posted posted on Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:03 AM I've been doing art that is cartoony based since leaving art school for quite a few years. Whether for work or for shits and giggles. It's my favorite stuff to do. But, after seeing some of Leeteg's and Tyree's masterpieces in person along with some others, I want to try my hand at doing some velvets and drawings influenced by them that are not cartoon based. So with that being said, I'm going to post some of quick sketches and studies everyday, have a Mai Tai or 4 everyday :) -- just to get loosened up before diving into darkness. Here is my first attempt at a sketch. More to come... Mahalo,
D Danno Tiki Socialite So Cal Joined: Apr 17, 2004 Posts: 190	D Danno Posted posted on Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:20 AM Nice! Keep them coming!
B BigToe Tiki Socialite Southern California Joined: Nov 07, 2006 Posts: 758	B BigToe Posted posted on Wed, Mar 4, 2009 7:47 PM Lookin Great Iokona Ki'i! the cartoony hula girl has a perfect figure! :P the leetag style is killer too...keep pushing that light! alohas, t
IK Iokona Ki'i Member SoCal Joined: Nov 14, 2008 Posts: 816	IK Iokona Ki'i Posted posted on Thu, Mar 5, 2009 7:56 PM Mahalo Dano!...here's another sketch. Thanks BigToe! Nothing like cartoony shaped woman! You should know!
O OceaOtica Grand Member (1 year) Joined: Sep 29, 2003 Posts: 1098	O OceaOtica Posted posted on Thu, Mar 5, 2009 7:59 PM wow, what a beautiful piece, is that grease crayon on black paper? More of these!
IK Iokona Ki'i Member SoCal Joined: Nov 14, 2008 Posts: 816	IK Iokona Ki'i Posted posted on Fri, Mar 6, 2009 11:43 PM Cheers OceaOtica, thanks for your comments. Just got the Tiki Mug book and your work is stellar! Congrats! Yes, I'm using oil pastels aka greasy crayons. Pretty fun way to loosen up while sketching. Thought I would do some in progress shots. Really enjoyed the ones I've seen on here. Usually forget to do it myself, just race to get something done. I'll try to be better...:) Here is the first one...
IK Iokona Ki'i Member SoCal Joined: Nov 14, 2008 Posts: 816	IK Iokona Ki'i Posted posted on Sat, Mar 7, 2009 9:11 AM Next couple of progress shots...more to come! [ Edited by: Iokona Ki'i 2009-03-07 16:43 ]
4 4WDtiki Tiki Socialite Omao, Kauai Joined: Aug 03, 2004 Posts: 1995	4 4WDtiki Posted posted on Sat, Mar 7, 2009 10:58 AM On 2009-03-05 19:56, Iokona Ki'i wrote: I love this one! The colors are so intense! You need to stay with these crayons for awhile!
M MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years) The Anvil of the Sun Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 11036	M MadDogMike Posted posted on Sat, Mar 7, 2009 9:02 PM Love the "play-by-play" pixs. You're doing great at this new style of yours, looks nice and vintage - but don't give up the "cartoony" stuff, it's cool too.
T tikipaka Tiki Socialite New York Joined: May 31, 2006 Posts: 644	T tikipaka Posted posted on Sun, Mar 8, 2009 5:08 AM Wow, these are great! More progress pics please. :D
RH Robb Hamel Member Ohio Joined: Mar 07, 2008 Posts: 1013	RH Robb Hamel Posted posted on Sun, Mar 8, 2009 6:52 AM Love the luminosity! Very nice work, I wanna see more, please.
IK Iokona Ki'i Member SoCal Joined: Nov 14, 2008 Posts: 816	IK Iokona Ki'i Posted posted on Sun, Mar 8, 2009 8:55 PM Much Mahalos for the kind comments! I forgot how much fun crayons were! Here's the next one, getting closer to finishing it... Thanks 4WDtiki! I was hoping to capture some glowing intensity. Appreciate your comments MDM. More cartoony stuff will make its way here for sure. Hello Tikipaka! Cheers for your feedback! Thanks Mr. Robb "Gustiki Doriki" Hamel! Hopefully I'm learning something from your insightful thread! Jason [ Edited by: Iokona Ki'i 2009-03-08 23:35 ]
IK Iokona Ki'i Member SoCal Joined: Nov 14, 2008 Posts: 816	IK Iokona Ki'i Posted posted on Wed, Mar 11, 2009 12:17 AM another sketch in progress, Thanks for looking...
M MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years) The Anvil of the Sun Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 11036	M MadDogMike Posted posted on Wed, Mar 11, 2009 6:23 AM Jason, the finished one looks great, very lifelike. The sketch is coming along too.
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, Mar 11, 2009 7:54 AM gotta love them wahines! you got a great style that amplifies the theme perfectly! Go Man Go!
G GROG Grand Member (1 year) Tujunga Joined: Jun 21, 2006 Posts: 7548	G GROG Posted posted on Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:26 AM GROG like.
D Danno Tiki Socialite So Cal Joined: Apr 17, 2004 Posts: 190	D Danno Posted posted on Wed, Mar 11, 2009 11:37 AM WOW! Turning out great! Love em!
T TikiMango Member Satellite Beach, FL Joined: Jun 17, 2008 Posts: 798	T TikiMango Posted posted on Wed, Mar 11, 2009 6:42 PM Mad skills with the Crayolas!
IK Iokona Ki'i Member SoCal Joined: Nov 14, 2008 Posts: 816	IK Iokona Ki'i Posted posted on Thu, Mar 12, 2009 11:00 PM Aloha MadDogMike, Little lost tiki, Grog, Dano, and Tikimango! Many Mahalos for the generous comments. Here's the next progress shot,I didn't get a chance to do too much but I'll finish it tomorrow. Next stop Black Velvetville!
D Danno Tiki Socialite So Cal Joined: Apr 17, 2004 Posts: 190	D Danno Posted posted on Fri, Mar 13, 2009 11:29 AM Ooooooo . . . so nice!
M MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years) The Anvil of the Sun Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 11036	M MadDogMike Posted posted on Sun, Mar 15, 2009 10:51 AM So does the missus let you bring in a model for these paintings or do you just have to wing it? I was doing a small nude sculpture and I had to buy a cheap Barbie to use as a model :lol:
IK Iokona Ki'i Member SoCal Joined: Nov 14, 2008 Posts: 816	IK Iokona Ki'i Posted posted on Tue, Mar 17, 2009 12:30 PM what a coinkydink! I too am using a cheap Barbie as a model! :D Actually, I'm working from different reference materials. From old postcards and pictures to my own photos. The cartoony stuff is made up but I might use some references for poses, BG's, plants, etc... The missus is quite an exotic beauty so hopefully I can get her to don a grass skirt, lei, and a pareo too! Speaking of pareos, here's my next progress sketch shot. If I do a velvet of this it won't be this colorful. Just playing around... Mahalo for looking! Nearly finished.... [ Edited by: Iokona Ki'i 2009-03-18 12:10 ]
M MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years) The Anvil of the Sun Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 11036	M MadDogMike Posted posted on Tue, Mar 17, 2009 1:13 PM Looks great, very similar to the last one. Good luck with the velvet, it seems daunting.

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