Tahitiki's carvings - new bone carving - 01/08/11 - page 22

What they said! :o

Chicken bones!!? Whoah. Do you find them brittle at all?

I've been working on a Maori pole, for a while. It's been soooo much work, I had no idea. I already revised the design about 20 times and i'm still not fully satisfied with the results but i'm getting there. It's about 5.5' tall.

Tahitiki

[ Edited by: Tahitiki 2010-08-11 16:30 ]

Wow I would say it is perfect!

That is AWESOME but an artist is never satisfied with his work!
Good luck cant wait to see more.

:) very nice!

Wow, that's tiki porn!

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Tahitiki

[ Edited by: Tahitiki 2010-08-11 16:30 ]

Id say he is looking incredible! The time and concentration that you
put into him is going to leave you with a masterpiece.

Beautiful pole Tahitiki! Very nice! Really! Do you manage some Moko before the finishing?

J.

Thanks for all the good words. I've actually work a bit on it this week and start seeing better results with the body shape. It's finally going closer to where i want it to go. I'll post some progress picts next week. And yes I'm definitively going to work on a Moko and some tats when the main carving is done.

This guy is Really looking Great, Lots of work produces Lots of Excellent detail. Can't wait to see him finished!

I like the clean lines. Gives good definition to the shadows.
Nicely done!

Bowie

The carving seems to be close to the end, I don't really worry about the Moko/Tats, I know it will be a success !

B.

Still working on the Maori dude, It's getting better, I'm getting closer to finishing the carve, then It's going to be tattoo time!!!
In the meantime, here is a poster and a t-shirt I created for an office event:

Men T-shirt:

Girls T-shirt:

Tahitiki

[ Edited by: Tahitiki 2010-08-25 08:04 ]

dude, your stuff is so good that I am seriously humbled every time I check this thread.

I'm a huge fan.

Haha! Cool! You're company still hands out free Ts?! Thing of the past at my workplace. :(

Hey thanks, yes they still handout free T-shirt for these events as long as you participate.

Here is a what the Hachdays are:
Hack Day is a one-day (24 hour) event where all Yahoos are invited (called upon!) to put on their hacking hats (regardless of your day to day role) and build something that you want. Afterwards, we drink beer and watch our fellow hackers present the awesome things they've done.

It's always a fun event and it's really cool to see what ideas people come up with.

Tahitiki

[ Edited by: Tahitiki 2010-08-26 07:55 ]

hey tahitiki,

i just went through your thread and now i realize i have SOOOO MUCH more to learn. i've seen your stuff...but not all at once. holy crap you are good.....you do some NIIIIIIICE stuff bro.

cheers to you from hurricane riddled florida :)

i love this homer pic too

Classy logos

Thanks Creative Chimp and seeksurf,
Still trying to post some more stuff, just have to move my ass a bit, I haven't worked on the Maori dude for a while, but I'm almost done with the general carving, after its tattoo time. Fun Fun Fun.

Some progress shots, just finished the eyes, working on the chest piece.

Bad Ass! Cool blending of styles. I want it guarding my house!!

Thanks dude, funny you're saying that, I have another log of the same size and was thinking of doing a Tahitian tiki with the same kind of proportion so I can prop them on both side of my door just like guardians, you know Tiki bar entrance type.

that is beautiful work.....very clean and love the details you cutting in.

Nice! Very,very nice!!!

like him a lot, very cool combination of styles.

Wonderful !

WOW, What an Impressive, Awesome Maori, Man he has some Powerful feelings!

Thanks guys, this moko carving is taking forever, but i'm having fun.
Here is where I'm at so far:

Awesome!!!

As said before, I'm a huge fan of your work.

That's a knockout. Well done!

Keep 'er comin'!!!! Lookin REALLY cool.

more update picts, I just realized how much the body and the face changed since my last full shot.

Tahitiki

[ Edited by: Tahitiki 2010-11-11 16:24 ]

Holy COW!!!! Incredible. Lovin' the progress shots.

Awesome progress. Love where this guy is going!

My new favorite tiki.

i love what your doing with the details on this piece....just beautiful

Bitchin Carve my friend!!!!! I'm gonna put my chisels on Ice and go back to my surf cave now!!!! Always love your style full carvings! Do you hav any more surf T's? and how much do you want for a T,Aloha, Mooney

WOW, Tahitiki, you are going into a Whole new and Higher level here:

thanks guys, haven't done much on it the past 2 week but I'll post some updates when I get back to it.

Mooney, what's your size, not sure I can get a t-shirt but i'll check.

lmk ok.

Here is my last bone carving.

Tahitiki

[ Edited by: Tahitiki 2011-06-30 09:44 ]

SWEET!

that is some very nice detail on the tiki as well as the pendant

Very nice Tahitiki!

Always clean and precise!

On 2011-01-08 16:10, Tahitiki wrote:
Here is my last bone carving.

Fine, balanced, elegant...

J.

Do I smell an update?

Dude, I wish, I've been consumed with life stuff and haven't done anything on the maori for at least 4 month... what a shame, hopefully I'll get back there.