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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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S Sophista-tiki Tiki Socialite Seattle WA Joined: Sep 13, 2005 Posts: 1899	S Sophista-tiki Posted posted on Fri, Jul 8, 2011 5:38 PM Grog wear fanny pack!!!!!!!!
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 Fri, Jul 8, 2011 6:04 PM Hi Dawn! He DOES! He keeps my crickets in there!
G GROG Grand Member (1 year) Tujunga Joined: Jun 21, 2006 Posts: 7548	G GROG Posted posted on Sat, Jul 9, 2011 12:54 AM GROG carry a fanny pack to hold pencils art tools, but GROG not wear fanny pack. If GROG wore fanny pack, then GROG not misplace it so often. GROG going to buy fanny pack for LLT, but LLT will probably use his fanny pack to carry "other items" than art tools. GROG miss Tiki-Kate [ Edited by: GROG 2011-07-09 00:56 ]
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 Sat, Jul 9, 2011 5:51 AM THOSE are ART SUPPLIES! Organic Art Supplies! Don't deny the fannyPack,Ernie or the Warner Brothers Letterman's Jacket! two much worse offenses than using orange and green! :)
M MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years) The Anvil of the Sun Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 11035	M MadDogMike Posted posted on Sat, Jul 9, 2011 6:11 AM Kinny posted on 2 consecutive days!!?? Maybe the Golden Age of TC is coming back! :D
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 Sat, Jul 9, 2011 6:16 AM Thanks Mike! Bald unemployed Ernie is just tryin to get a rise outta me in the hopes i will attend or participate in the Moai show today... I'll have some progress shots on the hut soon.... Been harder to post lately as I'm doing projects and commissions that run the full spectrum of subject matter so i just post Tiki stuff when it pops up.....
M MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years) The Anvil of the Sun Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 11035	M MadDogMike Posted posted on Sat, Jul 9, 2011 6:22 AM Awake at 6am on a Saturday? Old Marine habits? Looking forward to your Moai piece.
B Bowana Tiki Socialite La Mesa, CA Joined: Nov 10, 2006 Posts: 1183	B Bowana Posted posted on Sat, Jul 9, 2011 11:02 AM I love this one, Kenny!
TSW The Sperm Whale Tiki Socialite Lakewood California Joined: Aug 23, 2004 Posts: 1553	TSW The Sperm Whale Posted posted on Sat, Jul 9, 2011 11:28 AM I want one of GROGS fanny packs !!
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, Jul 11, 2011 7:33 AM OOOOOOOOOOOOkay! Another quick posting before work of my pathetic progress this weekend.. Ended up with Toe.Horne,Doug DoRr.some Sean fellow,and Jay Catfish Mason instead of artjamming! Here we are tearing up Trader Sams! Didn't get to bed til 3am! Doug DoRr gave us a tour of his pad before we went..........incredible! The man is a true artist,his drive,enthusiasm,and knowledge of his work and materials is SPOT-ON! If you ever see him,go shake his hand! The rest of the weekend was pretty much a bust as well... aaaaaaand to top it off,this is only a progress shot from fiddling around on Saturday didn't even shoot Sunday's progress.... bad bad kinny! my apologies..... Mike-yes i was awake at 6 on a Saturday and 4am on Sunday and STILL didn't get much done....this Old Marine was uninspired for once.... bleh. Didn't get a new Moai piece done for the Moai madness show BUT i did put up some oldies to clear some wallspace... http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=40575&forum=12&9 Bowana-Thank you.my friend! That's "Dream of the Agiba Skullrack" and it was in the Hunters and Collectors" exhibition and now it is at the Scootiki show in Portland! Scott!-Who wouldn't want one of them beautiful packs for their fanny? Melvins tomorrow night with You,Boo,and Toe! RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWK! okay...here's my progress shots...promise to post more later in the week y'see baby,i been Busy! and a close-up.... Hope to see y'alls HERE on the 24th! i got 2 paintings in the art show and a ton of goodies at my booth! It's gonna be a DOOZY! http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=40136&forum=17&39 AlooooooooooooooHAW!
CTIT Chuck Tatum is Tiki Member Southern Cailifornia Joined: May 12, 2011 Posts: 1674	CTIT Chuck Tatum is Tiki Posted posted on Mon, Jul 11, 2011 9:59 AM Aloha, Now quit screwing around & get back to work.
M MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years) The Anvil of the Sun Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 11035	M MadDogMike Posted posted on Mon, Jul 11, 2011 11:35 AM That's exactly what I was thinking - less talking, less drinking, and more painting! :D
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, Jul 11, 2011 11:47 AM Sheesh.... tough crowd. Listen you Clowns! the SECOND any of youse output an LLT-scale amount of artwork Then,and only then,will i even acknowledge your mindless babblings... Thank you. :)
M MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years) The Anvil of the Sun Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 11035	M MadDogMike Posted posted on Mon, Jul 11, 2011 12:08 PM :lol:
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, Jul 12, 2011 12:35 AM AWRIGHT Funnyguy! Down to some serious BIZNAZZ! Kicked out the jams a bit tonight tomorrow....the Melvins! (that was my carrot on a stick) Like i said last posting i forgot to shoot the final from Sunday Here it is,as promised.... and here is tonight's progress... (this one's taking longer than i thought. may have to dump it and get on with other stuff pending) Closer.... Clooooooser.... That's all i got! Talk story soon! Aloha!
T teaKEY Tiki Socialite The thumb ! Joined: Nov 09, 2004 Posts: 3687	T teaKEY Posted posted on Tue, Jul 12, 2011 9:30 AM OMG There are Two Doug Hornes
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, Jul 12, 2011 9:56 AM No teaKs! 1 Doug Horne and 1 Doug DoRr and that's Sean to the right of the Horne i applaud your ever-improving photoshop skills tho.... much better than your "humor" i should add! :) [ Edited by: little lost tiki 2011-07-12 09:58 ]
D danlovestikis Grand Member (8 years) Joined: Jun 17, 2002 Posts: 9216	D danlovestikis Posted posted on Wed, Jul 13, 2011 8:57 AM Beautiful and I love the close up showing all the detail work that makes it so fine. Wendy
S seagoat Tiki Socialite Long Beach, CA Joined: Dec 28, 2007 Posts: 238	S seagoat Posted posted on Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:25 PM Nice talkin' to ya at the Melvins show. See ya at the Beachcomber event.
O OceaOtica Grand Member (1 year) Joined: Sep 29, 2003 Posts: 1098	O OceaOtica Posted posted on Sun, Jul 17, 2011 10:56 AM geez you are lazy, how about doing a painting every once in a while
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 Sun, Jul 17, 2011 7:13 PM Aloha OHANA! I got a little bit of time tonight because i got that dang-blasted paintin done 2)i'm gonna be coconuts to the wall this week after work,prepping for Tiki Highway http://www.tikihighway.com/ https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Tiki-Highway/174452062602742 So tonight i thought i'd relax with the Towering Inferno and some Vonnegut later on... But for now,i had some time and so here's some more step-by-steps with a final cherry on top Tour of the finished painting! AAAAAAAAAAND as an extra bonus I'm gonna throw in a free miraculous shot of my new Bleachjob! face it....it's your Lucky Day... Wendy-I'll be seeing YOU and Dan soon! Saving up some Hugs and giggles just for YOU! You say you like the details..well you are in for a treat today! seagoat-Nice to meet you as well.... man! i am NEVER seeing Melvins LITE again! just MELVINs.... at least BooBen and i caught a buzz out in the parking lot with booze bought at the liquor store across the street! Mike's HARD Lemonade baby! i chugged it to impress Ben... i don't think he noticed... :lol: Cass-gripe and ye shall receive.... the squeaky wheel gets the grease... :) Here is the next session..... adding shadows and highlighting a bit Started giving this cute lil hut some attention... jumble of thatching and palms....adding a strange transparency to the hut.... almost like ,because the village is sleeping,this world is overlapping into another... BREAKTIME.... next session Coming together quite CUTE-ily! started adding some raw umber to get the darker shadows going and to raise and recess certain parts of the piece so the viewer ALSO experiences that dream-like feeling of the sleeping village.... Started fleshing out the "greeter" to the village... BREAK... next session allowing for the grass of the ground to show thru and deepening the shadows of the palms.. finishing up thatching and some landscape grass and such... Wonderin what to do with the moon..... the greeter and the front patio is turning out more defined... Spent a few hours on the front porch and patio... BREAK.... next session wanted to get some ground fluctuation,tear away the steadiness of it,as it invites the world of dreams over to visit... Here's a view down to the rest of the village.. Aloha Mr. Greeter! Started visiting the little hut with the BIG pile of bones in front of it.... Raw umber and Naples yellow ....repeat... Still have to do the palm Leaves... Well Hello little fellar! more on him later.... this is where i slept for 3 hours zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz... BREAK.... FINAL BREAK.... last session.... this morn and afternoon.... and it's done! "the Sleeping Village" acrylic and cel-vinyl on masonite 16x20" as you can see,the palms were developed and the shadows were deepened... and i played around with the nose of this guy.... Before.... After Come on down to the porch...it looks so nice here in the moonlight.... Don't go in...i hear snoring...shhhhhh! What a pretty moon up in the sky,eh? Let's walk over to this side of the hut and check out the two worlds overlapping....watch your step! it seems to be growing right thru the roof! HUH?!?! Whew! we can at least breathe up here... a little less tangled up.... Let's float over HERE! a nice Peter Pan vantage point of the sleeping village... Little Cutey hut appears to consumed too much kava! little hut/big skull-pile seems to be contentedly watching the events unfold.... i wonder if it's the spirits in the bones that are crossing from their world into this one..... Somebody should clean up the front yard...that's a health hazard! most certainly HIS Health hazard! and the greeter bids us a fond adieu and hopes we enjoyed the tour! on a side note... remember this cutey little guy? Well, i've been finally giving my kid's book "the Little lost Tiki" some serious thought... Started looking at old notes and characters and eliminating some and adding others in the pantheon.. Anyways,this fellow reminded me of these travelling throne drawings i had done yeeeears back... that got me thinking about the children's story and DING! this piece inspired some potential characters.... this little walkabout chap! and Hut and Urch! Kind of an extension of my happy Hut theme...but with LOCOMOTION! like this dude's lil legs! hahahaaha! Anyways,i gotta go relax and psyche myself up to do the tedious part of vending pricing/signage/setup....ugh! Best part about it is MP is coming down to crash at the studio Saturday and Sunday night! ARTJAM!!!!!!! Until then.... Oh wait! here's that little treat i promised y'alls! MY BLEACHED HAIR IS BACK!!!!!!! joy! :) Aloha Chillens!
H harro Member Australia Joined: Sep 05, 2005 Posts: 686	H harro Posted posted on Sun, Jul 17, 2011 7:34 PM Super post, super details and super painting!! Not so super hair though. :D
M MarkusK Member Berlin, Germany Joined: Jun 02, 2007 Posts: 98	M MarkusK Posted posted on Mon, Jul 18, 2011 2:31 AM I absolutely love the sleeping village! The quietness, the twinkling stars, kava dreaming... I'm speechless. Now please add that missing moai and move over to the marketplace, hehe. Oh well, the hair. Glad you still have it :D
M MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years) The Anvil of the Sun Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 11035	M MadDogMike Posted posted on Mon, Jul 18, 2011 1:16 PM You're welcome for the Mike's Hard Lemonade, that was one of my best inventions Love the walkabout huts, great personality! Aloha alien!
D danlovestikis Grand Member (8 years) Joined: Jun 17, 2002 Posts: 9216	D danlovestikis Posted posted on Mon, Jul 18, 2011 3:36 PM Love the sweet huts and your photo. Wendy
S Sneakytiki Tiki Socialite Boise, Idaho Joined: Mar 31, 2003 Posts: 1795	S Sneakytiki Posted posted on Sat, Jul 23, 2011 7:35 PM On 2011-07-09 11:02, Bowana wrote: I love this one, Kenny! I second that emotion!!!
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, Aug 9, 2011 7:30 AM Mahalo Kids! Just got 3 pieces DONE this weekend before i have to travel to the Land of Commission for awhile..... Two of em are HERE http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=35616&forum=21&start=210&213 and one i actually took some step-by-steps to show you how a painting is born and raised... harro!will be seeing you SOON,buddy! Oasis is next week! Shoot me a PM soon and we can discuss how to get you your Moai Waterfall piece! Markusk-Mahalo Man! Glad you totally "got" the Sleeping Village... i was trying for a feeling and now,thru your kind words and observations, have assured me that i have succeeded with the vibe i wanted to give it! No Moais in this one...this village is somewhere in PNG land! :) the hair is getting better,by the way! Mike!-mmmmm Hard Lemonade....i won't venture to look on the label at the ingredients,tho! :) i think the Walkabout huts need a painting.... Hope to avoid you at Oasis! :lol: Wendy-I'll be seeing you soon too,my darling!CANNOT WAIT! :) Sneaks-Thank you Man! I think this one is still up in Portland... I'll have to check 'cause i miss it! Love the ideas of an Agiba SkullRack dreaming! Somethin cute AND sinister about it! OOOkay!!!!! I got 20-some minutes to post all this before going to work so wish me LUCK! "the Secret Meal" a step-by-step start with a piece of raw masonite.. Drink lots of coffee'''' sketch on it real quick with a white pastel pencil Go over that a lil slower with a black sharpie pen.... Grab some acrylics and start filling in areas-going thick in some areas and building it up in washes in other areas..... here's the colors i used... some close-ups of the filled areas.... very rough! Here it is after a good initial covering.... close-up! i added a color... then, i grabbed a tube of the dark teal and did a few light washes over the piece....wiping out areas i wanted lighter and deepening areas blah blah blah.... close-ups! I was gonna just PAINT the whole thing But fate played a chance in this one... I lost a close friend,Jeff Kohno,whom I've known for almost twenty years he died suddenly and within a matter of 2 days.... We were very close and he always came by to the studio with some grinds and a desire to get yet another acquisition for his hut down the street (he owned a substantial Ruzic/LLT collection) He also was proud owner of the inspiration bug and began to paint almost as much as i did! Anyways,when he passed,his close friend Stanley brought me a purple box with a handle and two clasps... i opened it...it was FULL of paint pens! He loved those things...in fact,a lot of the work he collected was more acrylic with paintpen embellished over it... So mahalo Jeff! and thank you for the many gifts you brought into our lives.... i felt the best way to honor you would be to break out the paintpens and have a go at it.... It's been a while... so i grabbed the black paintpen aaaaand... close-ups! By using thick and thin lines,it reinforces the flat dimensional quality with the more realistic background depth..... close-ups! Then i started filling in other colors yellow on the flowers green on the leaves getting a more woody texture on the shields close-up a little more work close-ups! worked on the lighting of sun peeking thru the vegetation... After ALL that,i went in with a final black,developing shadows and giving it a more graphic look .......... TA DA! "the Secret Meal" acrylic,cel-vinyl,and paintpen on masonite 16x20 close-ups! Final close-ups! Have a Sun-Shiney Day! and thanks for visitin! :)
D danlovestikis Grand Member (8 years) Joined: Jun 17, 2002 Posts: 9216	D danlovestikis Posted posted on Tue, Aug 9, 2011 7:52 AM A beautiful tribute to your friend that will last longer than any of us. So sorry for your loss. Wendy
Z zerostreet Tiki Socialite http://www.zerostreet.com Joined: Feb 06, 2010 Posts: 2411	Z zerostreet Posted posted on Tue, Aug 9, 2011 8:21 AM Beautiful Ken! I love the woodcut feel of some of the line work! And it's so nice that your friend Jeff was able to be some influence in this piece.
H harro Member Australia Joined: Sep 05, 2005 Posts: 686	H harro Posted posted on Tue, Aug 9, 2011 3:11 PM Great piece Ken, even better the story behind it. I'm sure you're mate would be proud of it. See you soon buddy!
M MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years) The Anvil of the Sun Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 11035	M MadDogMike Posted posted on Tue, Aug 9, 2011 9:35 PM Beautiful vivid colors Ken, great tribute to an artist friend - so sorry for your loss :( "Hope to avoid you at Oasis!" I'll be all over you like a dirty diaper! :lol:
T tigertail777 Member Oregon Joined: Nov 25, 2004 Posts: 679	T tigertail777 Posted posted on Tue, Aug 9, 2011 10:34 PM Your colors are always wonderful, as are your shapes. In some ways your work reminds me a little of Mary Blair's art. Always love watching the in progress stuff. I am very sorry for the loss of your friend, I think it is wonderful you are immortalizing his gift into your work. The threads we weave, the lives we touch are not forgotten they echo from one person to another long after we are gone.
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 Sun, Aug 21, 2011 3:09 PM AH-LEW-HAH Pretty peoples! First off..... Tiki Oasis was wonderful it's always cool wandering around,philosomiphizing with all of youse i rarely get out,so it was nice to get some face time with folks hugging folks and swapping stories and drinking shots and.... oh! i bought a flask! 47 and i finally bought one.... what a loser,huh? :) Anyways, i have a pretty involved step-by-step coming up but first,let me reply to all of yooz who left some words here... WENDY! My heart sang when i saw you at Bali Ha'i and later when we were able to walk around the Piggy-Velvet-Donkey show at Tiki Oasis... Your huge Ku with a torch was Amazing! it filled me with a sense of WOW.. and those sparkling skies....... (i always feel like poor Dan gets no attention because you're the one gettin all the love.... Well Dan! I love you too! but Wendy is much more huggable!) Come to Mojave Oasis in October where it's so much more relaxed.... where we can chat for HOURS! :) Hey zero! looking over 20 years of work and the events the peaks and valleys and gutters and clouds an artist can see how even tho NOT aware of it that the artist's "outer" world seeps in... Some paintings there's an awareness of the exact emotion or memory that is being put in there...it's a strange lucidity but it was nice to look to the past for some comfort. Tim! Thanks for the sentiment,man! Very funny how you and ed'sgonetiki crossed paths! Things happen for a reason... We shall be able to converse further Monday night at the studio nose-ring Jim said he may pop by with his missus as well twill be a fun little gathering! Mike-mahalos man! the palette of the ;last one set me to experimenting with some new and challenging colorways so we will seeeeeeeeeee! Sending you and Leslie some love! oh! and hugs! can't forget the hugs! :) tigertail-Thank you Sir! i was JUST over on your thread this morning! i need to see more of Blair's work... i was raised on Marvel Comics,cartoons (mid 60-s-late 70's) and Provensen were a couple that influenced me very early,as well as that Golden book of Dinosaurs with those awemagnificent paintings and D'Aulaire Mythology Books and old Ripley's Believe it or not paperbacks (my grandpa would let us take 1 book out of this HUGE chest every time we visited... i grabbed all the Ripleys-10-11 of em over time!) Your words about friends and loved ones and the lives we touch rings so true....i think you'll agree that being an artist,being born one,there is a sensitivity to situations that resounds inside..... For years in the Marines may have tweaked that a bit but the ability to shut off and turn on emotions as well as being able to view situations close and emotionally-vested or from a distance,as an outsider...very strange.... and i see you've mentioned liking the progress shots Well,since you have been so gracious with the TC art lovers i will follow that cue scroll down,art-brother... and hang on cuz this one got me real stoked! remember we talked about earlier? about when ya start painting every 12 paintings are what you would consider good....a masterwork perhaps? and as one progresses it becomes every 10 paintings is said Marvel.... then every 7 and so on..... Welpers, i think i'm somewhere around every 5 and this one is a masterwork! to me at least you might hate it but that's okay because it makes me very happy! :) :) :) it was a real fun exercise in 1)immediacy 2)minor experimentation 3)application as well as disregard of color theory to a successful end 4)elaborating on a previous theme 5)and MORE! Come looky See! But first,a Brief History lesson...... First experiment with this stained glass abstract style and late night interior Tiki Bar atmosphere... Sven has this one..... he's a visionary like that! "Song of the Pufferfish" cel vinyl and acrylic on masonite private collection which advance into a darker,richer interior and going from the golden glow of the original it changes to a greener hue in "the Lively Conversation" cel vinyl and acrylic on wood with a simple yet stately frame by my friend the genius Bamboo Ben Next i found,while revisiting the book of Tiki the stately Moai inspiration used in the below painting from the Kahiki? maybe? Help me with armchair archaeologists.... anyways,after a 2-year Virgin Mary apparition painting/research jag a few years back i am now irresistibly drawn to grottoes and this Moai fellow was in a grotto... that's enough inspiration validation,eh? there's a drawing somewhere in this vein as well, will post it here when i find it(don't bother waiting-it may take a while...) "After Hours" cel vinyl and acrylic on wood with a perfect frame by Mr. Bamboo Ben private collection i believe the man from Wildsville has this up in his Safari Jungle Bondage Love Room .....or maybe in the bathroom :) This one retained that darker atmosphere of it's partner but wanted a more exciting feel that late night drunk-a-babble so first off,i shifted back to the warmer hues but instead of gold made the red of the moai and the orange glow of the puffyfish lamp to radiate that vibe.... What's the same about all of them previous pieces? WHITE OUTLINES which i like but i wondered what would happen if i did the initial lighting on the ground and through layers and then used a raw umber for that stained glass effect....would it be too dark? probably... hmmmmmm hmmmm BUT! what if i did SOME of it like that and relied on color,MOSTLY pure color real rough to promote the atmosphere.. kinda like "the Invocation" acrylic and cel vinyl on masonite 16x20 Raw umber was used in this in layers ...to achieve a dimensional quality i like... Another thing to notice is the compositional similarity to a few of the above pieces... upper left hand light source shield on the right,slightly lower Elaboration of a theme? Sheer laziness? hmmmmmmm History lesson complete fast forward to last weekend here is a record of how i gleaned from previous pieces changed em up a bit took a few risks and made a real pretty picture! You might hate it tho hey! it's a big blue marble,right? so here goes.... "the Mystery Bowl a chronicle of its creation got some Bamboo Ben frames at the TikiHighway event and i just LOVE how they really set off the paintings! ben...yer a genius! mahalo! Started this one with a quick pencil sketch circles/an oval/two cylinders/and some elliptical diamonds(for leaves) didn't shoot that because i was in a frenzy! But i just started grabbing colors and sloshing em around,trying to capture the atmosphere first so i can just pile the detail atop it here's how it looked after mah FRENZY! Here's some close-ups to show you how rough and rugged it is! The two mugs i used were from a 75 mug sketchbook jag earlier this year...ideas were a flowing...i just need someone to make them for me.... the fellow on the left was a perfect choice as i had already begun to abstract him as an actual mug... may i introduce.... Mr. Stumblebee? Staggerbee? and across the Red lake of libation is Crybaby-Whineyboy another "dream" mug from that mug inspiration discussed earlier.. altered and improved in this imaginary bar.... Side Note:Please don't make these as mugs to sell to people without working out something with the me,artist. (it makes sense!) I'm a very fair business guy-ask anyone! I'd love to help you make some cash but don't get all sneaky unless you enjoy car bombs and Rambo-like traps! Thank you and now back to our regular programming :) the Mystery Bowl... Crybaby! i gave him a pug nose! and here we are! Phase Two! a lil bit of white to build up the main light source.. See? i didn't abandon white completely! started sprucing up the Mystery bowl... and opening the character's eyes... Mr. Staggerbeegets a pretty umbrella and a skewer with cherries! added some yellow highlights as well around the rim of this mystery bowl por exemple... Mr. Sourpuss gets a lemon! and some yellow highlights started throwing some of the background blue into the shadow areas of some places...working on staggerbee's abstract split Phase Three! RAW UMBERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! it's dark and warm and makes great shadows and it's not as harsh as black! or white,for that matter.... flashing out puffyfish... someone's not too happy about the mystery bowl breaking into the plane of his eye....wah you can see a lot of the mix of the blue and the raw umber for the shadows...gives it a nice otherworldly feeling... this effect worked well with the table wood grains blue underneath and the raw umber over it.... here you can see both the hard outline and the shading...ENJOY! Phase Four! Phase four is just a lot of cleaning up... doing washes for shadows and for hi-lights as well! here's a close-up of the infernal concoction! working out the interior vegetation... and the fish float globe lights! this lighting shot reminds me of those European nativity pieces and here's the lighting over crybaby added some shadows to puffy and added some dark to his glow just to get it vibrating... here's the hole in his back.... PHASE FIVE defining and shading the leaves....also bringing the table grains alive! Just needed a little bit of raw umber for the background it was atmospheric enough on it's own! phew! eye-to-eye tried to make it glow a bit from the inside.... more of the morestuff... crybaby and his background vegetation started workin on his woodgrain...wah. playin with the plains of the contents of the mysterioso bowl puffy's straining to reach that straw! so close! Speaking of close.... here's that umbrella again... and a fish float globe! and a few final touches on the mystery bowl and the tabletop... and Done! "the Mystery Bowl" acrylic and cel-vinyl on wood with a PERFECT bamboo ben frame! and just the piece... and OOPS! i ain't done with it yet! Forgot just one area... can you guess? If you guess correctly i'll send you a FREE print for only $10! no i won't.... Anyways,hope you enjoyed that! Thanks for visiting and showing up to class today! :)
T tigertail777 Member Oregon Joined: Nov 25, 2004 Posts: 679	T tigertail777 Posted posted on Sun, Aug 21, 2011 3:56 PM Oh, LLT how you think I could hate any of your work is beyond me. :wink: Love how it turned out the poor little pufferfish desperately trying to get a drink cracks me up. Thanks for posting the in progress shots, as I said I always love to see those; it is a fascinating window into how an artist works, and no two artists ever work exactly the same. I also like the stained glass look with the white lines on the first painting in your post, that is a very interesting look that grabs the eye. I really like your use of raw umber to give a warm glowing feel, I may have to try that on my next painting. As for Mary Blair, here is a few videos that will give you a little more insight into her work (at least what she did for Disney, which is a large amount of her work though she did do work outside of Disney as well). First to go with the theme of this year's tiki oasis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COOKmTKdbW4&feature=related And then a general overview of most of her Disney work: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLUkOk9wqZ4 I find a remarkable kinship between her shapes and colors and yours, though you two of course have completely different styles. I think it is also the swinging 1960's feel you both have going on. :wink: I really dig the Bamboo Ben frames too they really set off your work. [ Edited by: tigertail777 2011-08-21 15:58 ]
Z zerostreet Tiki Socialite http://www.zerostreet.com Joined: Feb 06, 2010 Posts: 2411	Z zerostreet Posted posted on Sun, Aug 21, 2011 4:22 PM Amazing! Your steps put all others to shame! Great work as always!
TSA Tiki Shark Art Member Joined: Aug 31, 2006 Posts: 3978	TSA Tiki Shark Art Posted posted on Mon, Aug 22, 2011 6:45 PM Wonderful! Love the steps ... very inspirational! "the Invocation" is magic! Love it Love love it!!!!! Brad (Tiki Shark) Parker [email protected] http://www.tikishark.com http://www.wylandbigisland.com/ http://www.facebook.com/bradtikisharkparker http://www.cocktailnation.net [ Edited by: Tiki Shark Art 2011-08-22 18:45 ]
RH Robb Hamel Member Ohio Joined: Mar 07, 2008 Posts: 1013	RH Robb Hamel Posted posted on Tue, Aug 23, 2011 6:10 AM I love how the Tiki mug seems to be suffering due to an IMPALED BRAIN! L - U - M - I - N - O - U - S !!
SF Swamp Fire Member Long Beach, CA Joined: Jul 31, 2003 Posts: 1203	SF Swamp Fire Posted posted on Tue, Aug 23, 2011 4:25 PM Another great one Ken! Dig those color choices, great job.
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, Sep 6, 2011 1:33 AM Greetings Fellow TCers... been working feverishly on studies for a secret project that will be revealed before Halloween and 1)has nothing really to do with Halloween 2)i think you'll really enjoy it once i am able to share the whole process from start to finis (which i am VERBOTEN to do until said clandestine project is finished) Anyways, i have 2 new ones for this thread... They are not step-by-steps BUT are completed pieces with DETAILS and therein lies the rub.... the OTHER CRAFTS section is for step-by-steps and instructions..... SO,i figgered that i would post some close-ups of essential areas in these pieces to give you a peek into how i achieve the illusion of depth and other fun eyeball wowsers... But first,let me reply to some friends... tigertail-Aloha! No progress pics on these two,as i was in a FOCUSHAZE and banged out a bunch of pieces two weekends ago so i could still post pieces here on a regular basis while continuing with the secret project..... SO while it looks like kinny is diligently working on a painting a week,he really banged out 5 in a weekend BUT,on the surface it will look as tho i am on a regular painting schedule WHILE SECRETLY working on a SECRET PROJECT unbeknowest to most foolish humans..... anyways.... Thanks for the Blair vids...it's always a delight to see her work and i always discover a new piece or two every time our paths cross... i think the kinship we share is love love for our craft our imaginative worlds and the beings that populate them.... and you're right,the Boo frames make them look like real art! :) Somethin about them....it's his mana in each one,i think! :) Thanks again for all the thoughts and yes! DO give raw umber a whirl..... i think you'll dig it.... zerostreet-SHUCKS! you're makin me blush....i'll try to do more in the future the more artists out there with more knowledge of their craft and genre can only improve the whole scene.Mahalos! Brad! Thank you my friend...There's a weird feeling in the Invocation JUST LIKE AN INVOCATION,i imagine! Dontcha love it when that happens? Kinda like you nailing that wave in your tigershark piece.... it's always a tickle being able to be able to share amongst ourselves... this art gang we have here on TC.... You're always so giving with your step-by-steps and thoughts and your artistic honesty That is what makes your works ring so true..... looking forward to next year and all the kudos awaiting you! Robb-that was my attempt at a deconstruction of an actual Tiki mug when i went on a 75 mug concept sketchbook jag (that i will share someday once i get some of the primo ones in the works) Here is the original sketch and thank you for the Luminous comment,chum. If anyone should know,it is you! and great article and eye-dazzling photos of your work in the newest Tiki Magazine! Congrats! Doug! Thanks buddy! It always feels good when all you heavy hitters come in here and are well-pleased with your oft-times annoying and spastic misfit artist-friend! i tell ya, that raw umber against that blue and yellow was like all POW!!!! Truck Turner-next on the film-list for the next ARTJAM! well, here;s a piece i posted last week but here's some details of it all up close so you can see the brushies and all that "the Elusive Straw" acrylic and cel-vinyl on wood with a PERFECT Bamboo Ben frame! Here's the Ku and waterfall display in the back A close-up of the frustrated pufferfish and how i achieved the inner and outer lighting on him A lil PNG style mug (if i ever created him in real life i WOULD tone down the colors,mind you...) Here's a funny lil cannibal mug i gleaned from a 3 year old sketchbook entry His expression is Precious! NOM NOM NOM! and one of them little Maori monkeys.... with the arms cleverly placed where the ears should be to enhance the effect (there's a tad of transparency on this one where it meets cannibal boy and the flowers floating in the drink....) and here's a BRAND new one (to you) "Midnight Oasis" acrylic and cel-vinyl on wood with another PERFECT Bamboo Ben frame! Tried a slightly different palette on this one especially the use of BLACK instead of raw umber for the outlines.. this one gets a little more abstract as you will see in the details so COME ON! Let's step to this! Here's the Ku sentinel,outside and awaiting any visitors.. by applying washes to the edges of the black line-it created a low field of depth in contrast to his right which attempts to extend the plane of the picture surface farther back Here's one of the two huts this one with a fish globe lamp hanging out front i allowed the clouds and landscape to peek thru the hut and lit those areas as if they were a part of the hut a tried and true EYE MESSER UPPER at the right times.... Here's the sky and the moon Very light washes were used on the moon to brighten it and recede it into the sky more Naples yellow was used in this piece than white...used very little white here's the other hut with a shield greeter up top and two happy tiki pillars supporting the porch.... and here's a bigger close-up to show you the details of the interior Well,not really details more like suggestions of the interior this was done by use of washes and light drybrush over the ALMOST dry areas figgin painstaking but the intensity only took about 20 minutes.. Welpers...that's it gotta work tomorrow! Night Crew! and mahalos for your comments and visits! :)
M MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years) The Anvil of the Sun Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 11035	M MadDogMike Posted posted on Tue, Sep 6, 2011 9:18 AM I'm with Brad, "Invocation" is one of my favorites. Love the way the colors pop on the "Elusive Straw"
RH Robb Hamel Member Ohio Joined: Mar 07, 2008 Posts: 1013	RH Robb Hamel Posted posted on Tue, Sep 6, 2011 9:28 AM I JUV the little mug NOM, NOM, NOMing the skull! Brilliant!
W WestADad Tiki Socialite Tornado Alley Joined: Mar 31, 2009 Posts: 747	W WestADad Posted posted on Tue, Sep 6, 2011 10:27 AM Oh my word, I can't stop looking at Midnight Oasis. Love it!
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, Sep 12, 2011 12:48 AM It's LATE! i gotta get to sleep! But first.... Mike!-Thanks Buddy! i plan on trying that outline-less Invocation style very soon again! It's callin me! Robb-Mahalo Sir! I hope he grows up and becomes a real NOMNOM mug someday! WestADad-I thank you! and,in case y'alls don't know.... they all look better in person! and i will have these at Mojave oasis for the folks to gape,oggle and adopt if they wish! Here's another one i finished a few weeks back but have been doing the slow release while i work on the Top Secret project I've been teasing y'all about.... "the Volcano Bowl" acrylic and cel vinyl on wood with a perfect bamboo Ben frame! and some details.. as you can see, i muted the palette and got a lil rough with the texture on this one..... here's the Volcano Bowl a Crabby Moai mug a Silly Maori mug with an arm for a handle! and a Modernist Lono-ish mug I'd love to stay and chat ,but i put about 30 hours into art and stuff and this boy needs some zzzzzzzz's...... Goodnight Ohana!
T tigertail777 Member Oregon Joined: Nov 25, 2004 Posts: 679	T tigertail777 Posted posted on Mon, Sep 12, 2011 4:54 AM I love how your color palette perfectly fits the mood and tone of each piece. I really dig the browns and burnt umber in this volcano one. :) Beats me how can do these so quickly and so well executed.
D davidleslie Member Utah Joined: Mar 22, 2007 Posts: 64	D davidleslie Posted posted on Mon, Sep 12, 2011 7:25 AM Kinny, it is true....you are magic.
M mp Member Nor Cal Joined: Mar 12, 2009 Posts: 459	M mp Posted posted on Fri, Sep 16, 2011 8:35 PM Excellent work here! Its like Little Tiki Birthday & Christmas presents to gaze at every few days! We are indebted to you Kin!
H hiltiki Tiki Socialite Hollywood, calif. Joined: Jun 10, 2004 Posts: 4256	H hiltiki Posted posted on Fri, Sep 16, 2011 9:00 PM Ken I love all your recent pieces with the Bamboo Ben frames. Keep them coming cause they are fun. I loved the Mystery Bowl piece.
D danlovestikis Grand Member (8 years) Joined: Jun 17, 2002 Posts: 9216	D danlovestikis Posted posted on Fri, Sep 16, 2011 9:19 PM You are the Picasso of tiki, Wendy