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Wed, Jan 12, 2011 2:12 PM
Thanks Mike! |
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Wed, Jan 12, 2011 5:04 PM
Fun stuff Robert!! Of course I love the monkey's :) |
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Wed, Jan 12, 2011 5:42 PM
Thanks Doug! You know I bow to all your primates! |
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Thu, Jan 13, 2011 11:55 AM
Speaking of Primates....here's a quick lunchroom sketch. Mixing my love of drawing chimps with my love of guitars! Especially big hollow bodies...I think I may paint this after the cigar box. |
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Thu, Jan 13, 2011 2:47 PM
Rock on!!! :D |
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Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:39 PM
Rock on I must! |
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Fri, Jan 14, 2011 8:33 AM
Can't wait to see this one done! |
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Fri, Jan 14, 2011 3:49 PM
Thanks Ken! Almost there.... |
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Fri, Jan 14, 2011 8:35 PM
"TIKILANDIA FLOOW SHOW" Acrylic on 17x7 inch cigar box lid. Excuse the soft photo. I have to reassemble the cigar box and I will take better pics! |
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Sun, Jan 16, 2011 4:00 PM
Here's a look at the final cigar box. I'll have this one and at least one other for sale at Hukilau! |
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Sun, Jan 16, 2011 4:07 PM
Awesome! I can't tell if the heat I feel is coming from the fire or from the wahini :o |
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Sun, Jan 16, 2011 8:10 PM
I'd like to think it's from the Wahine! Started another chimp painting (the one pictured a few posts above)! Having a lot of fun with this one! Here are my steps so far: |
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Tue, Jan 18, 2011 6:12 AM
Adding more detail! |
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Thu, Jan 20, 2011 6:50 PM
Working the stage a bit now...the guitar will be a challenge I think! |
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Thu, Jan 20, 2011 7:01 PM
Red velvet fez and matching jacket - this chimp in the KING of STYLE!!! |
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Thu, Jan 20, 2011 7:06 PM
Thanks Mike! And thanks for giving my thread a pulse! :wink: |
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Sun, Jan 23, 2011 6:54 PM
"Dusty's Gig" is nearing completion! |
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Wed, Jan 26, 2011 7:04 PM
Nearing completion on "Dusty's Gig"! |
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Fri, Jan 28, 2011 4:11 AM
DUSTY'S GIG
[ Edited by: zerostreet 2011-01-28 04:15 ] |
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Fri, Jan 28, 2011 5:33 AM
Fantastic, Robert!! |
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Fri, Jan 28, 2011 6:21 AM
Thanks Chris! I'm enjoying the chimps! |
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Sat, Jan 29, 2011 12:10 PM
Jumping right into the next one....this is an 18x18 piece of ply. I had sketched out an idea that I loved for this piece and I seem to have misplaced the sketch! So I'm going by my memory of it...we'll see how it goes! |
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Sat, Jan 29, 2011 4:57 PM
Dusty looks great Robert! The blue wash in the final really makes it POP! Looking forward to your next. |
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Sat, Jan 29, 2011 8:34 PM
Thanks Mike! I'm very excited about this new painting! Excuse the poor pics! This one is titled "The Sentinel" |
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Mon, Jan 31, 2011 4:56 PM
always love a monkey in a fez -great painting ! |
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Mon, Jan 31, 2011 5:12 PM
OOH! the Sentinel! i just started doing a few pieces on black grounds i like how you can fade the light into the darkness You have got the fever lately..one after the next! |
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Mon, Jan 31, 2011 5:46 PM
Thanks art from the Jungle room!
Thanks Ken! Don't quite know what The Sentinel is guarding but it has something to do with the idea I have (my most ambitious I think!) of a whole sub text for my "Tiki Tower Island" world. Several pages back in this thread I posted a sketch of a map of the island. This is where all my Tiki paintings (with the exception of my Mai Kai painting) take place. I am hoping to one day find the time to do some sort of animation of the island showing the various locales I've painted and give the whole thing some sort of lore. So what the Sentinel is guard has not quite been thought up yet! :) As to painting on black, I just look over Robb Hamel's thread over and over again for inspiration and education! Really that thread is what inspired me to try a faux black velvet thing. The benefit of working this way is when you mess up you paint more black over it! And you are right about blending the light into the dark. It is so cool an effect! And lots of fun too! |
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Mon, Jan 31, 2011 6:05 PM
Robb will be pleased to have inspired yet another artist! is that black gesso or just black acrylic paint as a base you're using? Anyways...gotta get back to work! |
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Mon, Jan 31, 2011 6:22 PM
I've been using black acrylic. I feel it worked better on canvas than on the wood I am now using! Gotta go buy some black gesso! |
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Mon, Jan 31, 2011 6:24 PM
Oh and as to Robb, I messaged him personally when I completed THE GREETER (pic below) I was very happy with this painting and felt a lot of gratitude toward Robb and his work! |
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Mon, Jan 31, 2011 6:48 PM
Starting to block in the Tiki...more soon! |
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Mon, Jan 31, 2011 6:56 PM
Damn, zero! great atmosphere on the latest so far...very nice! G |
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Mon, Jan 31, 2011 7:27 PM
I think it's a platform to sacrifice poodles and small children to Moe :lol: Looks great Robert! |
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Mon, Jan 31, 2011 7:31 PM
Thanks Greg! Where you been? And thanks Mike! But there will be no sacrifices made on Tiki Tower Island! :) |
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Wed, Feb 2, 2011 7:01 PM
After a brief pause for an impressionistic Super Hero painting (which can be seen at http://www.zerostreet.com ) I'm back on The Sentinel! |
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Thu, Feb 3, 2011 11:31 AM
Really liking this new work Robert! All my favorite tiki elements are in it. [ Edited by: WestADad 2011-02-03 11:31 ] |
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Thu, Feb 3, 2011 5:53 PM
Thanks Chris! I'm enjoying working on it! I imagine one of your favorite elements are the float lights? I am currently trying to make my own for to use as decor at the Hukilau in my Tiki Tower tent! MadDogMike gave me some pointers and links to help me along....I may post pics soon! |
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Fri, Feb 4, 2011 5:41 AM
Yep! I love the lights, but the whole piece just talks to me. Good luck with your project lights, MDM always gives I'll be watching for your next "Sentinel" update! |
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Sat, Feb 5, 2011 8:44 PM
Thanks Chris! Here's the latest, I'm having a hard time photographing this well in the low light of my studio. |
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Sun, Feb 6, 2011 12:45 AM
Zero, I love your new painting. I love the darkness. |
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Sun, Feb 6, 2011 8:05 AM
I'm extra digging The Sentinel. There's a weighty quality to the hut, nice perspective on it, and the whole setting is something I've never seen - always a big plus! The weighty feeling the hut has is what really intrigues me, it gives the whole thing more "thereness", one of the keys goals of most artists, realists or not. I think that's what pulls people in when they see it, part of their brains registers the object as real. |
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Sun, Feb 6, 2011 2:43 PM
Thanks MP, I certainly agree with what you're saying and in the coming days will be making the Tiki more "high contrast" by adding in more darkness. When working from black I tend to go back and forth adding light and darkness. Robb, thanks so much for the comment! I am especially happy with the hut. Perspective is not my strongest skill, I sometimes get a bit lazy checking it, but this look right to me moment I sketched it! Got lucky I guess! :) And as I've said before, your work has directly inspired these faux black velvet styled paintings! |
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Mon, Feb 7, 2011 7:18 PM
Working on stickers for some upcoming shows...the ones you see below will be freebies. |
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Mon, Feb 7, 2011 8:23 PM
I think Cosmo is my favorite 'cuz he is most like me - smooth, suave, and sofistikated :lol: ZEROSTREET CHIMP TRADING CARDS!!!!! |
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Tue, Feb 8, 2011 5:45 AM
Oh yeah! I'd be all over some cards of the boys! |
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Tue, Feb 8, 2011 4:01 PM
Thanks guys! A trading card set would be very cool! Actually I just received a 6 card set that I printed to sell next month at a local arts show and then at Hukilau in June. It's a set of 6 5x7 inch postcards (see pic below). I'll be selling them for $10 a set at the shows...if any TC'ers would like a set I'll ship them out (within the US) for the same price. Just send me a PM. These and other items probably won't appear in my online store till after Hukilau.
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Thu, Feb 10, 2011 6:52 PM
Taking a little break from The Sentinel to work on this quickie...almost done. Steps will be on my website soon! |
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Thu, Feb 10, 2011 9:08 PM
I couldn't help but smile with that guy. He must like his job. Soothing colors just a joy to behold, Wendy |
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