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FLOUNDERart
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From: Orlando Florida
|  Posted: 2005-10-31 3:21 pm Permalink
Doug your Adobe Illustrator skills blow my mind! I can't even draw a straight line in Illustrator.
Keep up the incredible work brutha.
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PalmCityTiki
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From: Palm City, Florida ( no really)
| Posted: 2005-10-31 5:40 pm Permalink
Sweetest stuf I've seen in a long time. Really nice touch on every single one.
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teaKEY
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From: The thumb !
| Posted: 2005-10-31 6:16 pm Permalink
I like how the the second to last, the window looks like its own painting. Cool stuff. You got like a hundred mugs in that painting. TikiMag. has had the best cover art and now you are going to have to sign some peoples covers.
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Sam Gambino
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| Posted: 2005-10-31 9:05 pm Permalink
Doug- More than ever, this is top notch stuff.... Love the Woody too!
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Chongolio
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From: The Coast of Kauai
| Posted: 2005-10-31 10:20 pm Permalink
Really amazing work. the detail, colors and content are really lush and vivid. A feast for the eyebones. Thanks for sharing the goods with us.
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rodeotiki
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From: calgary
| Posted: 2005-10-31 11:29 pm Permalink
I love it. The woody looks amazing , love the patina on the paint.
Is the driver the same driver from the "Grand theft tiki" print . He must be out on bail or made a clean getaway.
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foamy
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From: The Land of Pleasant Living
| Posted: 2005-11-01 05:57 am Permalink
Great work. What medium do you work in? Your art is so polished that it's hard to tell. The book is way, way cool.
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Swamp Fire
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From: Long Beach, CA
| Posted: 2005-11-01 08:30 am Permalink
AAron, Benzart, Palm City, Teakey, Sam, Chongolio and Rodeo, Thanks. I appreciate the comments. I always enjoy seeing all the great work you guys create here on TC.
Scott, great meeting you at Hukilau last year. I saw your recent work on your web site, great stuff man.
Foamy, thanks, the final is painted in Photoshop. I start with a pencil sketch outside of the computer, scan that and use it as a guide to draw out the image in illustrator, kind of like an underpainting at this point. Then I bring that into Photoshop and paint the final image. Probably more of an explination than you wanted.
Below is a painting I did for Gecko's limited edition card for his Voodoo tiki mug.
The lamp on the right is a rendering of one from Gecko's collection and the tiki on the sign is one of his carvings.
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Raffertiki
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From: L.I.
| Posted: 2005-11-01 3:17 pm Permalink
I like finding all the little details you pyt in your pieces, each a creation in itself. I like the 3 monkeys. They obviously don't have a problem, hearing, seeing, or speaking evil. Well, maybe they have a problem speaking it.
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Polynesiac
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From: San Pedro, CA
| Posted: 2005-11-01 7:00 pm Permalink
You should make prints of that last one (well...of all your stuff really, but I'm just focusing on the most recent post right now).
Vibrant, energetic and BEAUTIFUL! that card will compliment an already beautiful mug perfectly. Gecko must be very happy.
I like that you put the gecko signiture on the walls of the A frame. Very well done.
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teaKEY
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From: The thumb !
| Posted: 2005-11-01 7:10 pm Permalink
there are prints of all these pictures. That last one is in short numbers so get it while you can. 
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Sam Gambino
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| Posted: 2005-11-04 12:25 pm Permalink
I just received my signed Goon mug, and it is the bomb! It looks great on the internet, but in person, it's 80 times better. Great job, Doug and Tiki Farm! You guys outdid yourselves with this one!
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surfintiki
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From: S. Chatham, MA
| Posted: 2005-11-04 12:57 pm Permalink
How'd I miss this thread! Holy Bejeeez, these are a feast for the tiki eyes. Perfectly done. Hmmm, can I make a screen saver out of these?!:)
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Polynesiac
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From: San Pedro, CA
| Posted: 2005-11-04 2:36 pm Permalink
thanks teakey
Hiya Doug I just ordered the OUTRIGGER print and it arrived today...YOWZAH!!!! it rocks.
thanks!
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Swamp Fire
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From: Long Beach, CA
| Posted: 2005-11-05 07:31 am Permalink
Hey Raffertiki and Teakey, thanks, I appreciate it.
Sam, my Gambino mug arrived yesterday. He sits proudly on my kitchen counter. Like you said it is better in person than on the computer. Keep up the cool work.
Surfintiki, thanks, yes, screen saver is fine with me.
Hey Polynesiac, Awsome, glad you like it. I'm really glad you picked that image. It has not been a big seller of mine and it is one of my favorite pieces. Hey next time mention TC and get free shipping.
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