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Keeping velvet tiki art alive...? TWO PIECES ARE WRAPPED! YEAH! |
GROG
Grand Member (first year) 
Joined: Jun 21, 2006
Posts: 6170
From: Tujunga
|  Posted: 2008-06-06 12:43 pm Permalink
Proof that Tikis DO sh*t in the woods.
P.S. This is an awesome piece Robb. GROG like.
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virani
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Sep 17, 2003
Posts: 1434
From: Volcanic area of France
| Posted: 2008-06-06 1:30 pm Permalink
Wait till you see the version he did for me...
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Jungle Trader
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Joined: Jan 04, 2003
Posts: 3691
From: Trader's Jungle Outpost, Turlock, Ca.
| Posted: 2008-06-06 10:13 pm Permalink
Grog betray roots. Tiki would nevar evar use tp. Banana leaves only.
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Tiki Shark Art
Grand Member (6 years) 
Joined: Aug 31, 2006
Posts: 2753
From: The volcanic Big Island of Hawaii
| Posted: 2008-06-07 2:09 pm Permalink
Thanks for posting the sketches, I love to see the process.
Your water falls are so ghostly and moody. Beautiful. I'm inspired.
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Brad (Tiki Shark) Parker
"Brad Parker creates lurid paintings that pull in influences from tiki, comics, and rock."
- Honolulu Magazine "The Best Of" 2012 Issue
www.tikishark.com
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Sam Gambino
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Joined: Dec 02, 2003
Posts: 2197
From: www.samgambino.com
| Posted: 2008-06-07 10:47 pm Permalink
This is great stuff! You're velvet stuff has lots of class too...
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Robb Hamel
Grand Member (first year)
Joined: Mar 07, 2008
Posts: 1013
From: Ohio
| Posted: 2008-06-08 08:30 am Permalink
Thanks Brad, Sam, Virani and Grog. I started getting involved in TC to be part of a community. In my area, there is no one besides my wife into Tiki... I haven't even heard of another single person. It's good not to be working in a vacuum any more.
This is the sketch for Virani's painting:
Believe it or not, this sketch is guite large. I also elevated the sketch so that I had to look up at it as I worked. I did this things I'd get a sense of scale as I'm designing the image.
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GROG
Grand Member (first year)
Joined: Jun 21, 2006
Posts: 6170
From: Tujunga
| Posted: 2008-06-08 10:57 am Permalink
That was really nice of Virani to commision you to do a painting to give to GROG.
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msteeln
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Joined: Mar 24, 2008
Posts: 236
From: Ka'a'awa, HI
| Posted: 2008-06-08 11:01 am Permalink
Stay out of those vaccuums, Robb, to confining, little light, and the dust is terrible for velvets.
But, you could probably get great results non-the-less.
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Robb Hamel
Grand Member (first year)
Joined: Mar 07, 2008
Posts: 1013
From: Ohio
| Posted: 2008-06-09 08:09 am Permalink
Grog, I can't tell you what an honor it is to have my paintings defiled in Photoshop by you!
Msteeln, the worst part is that space suits cost $9,000,000 the last I checked. That'll cut a chunk out of my 401K.
This is the beginning of Virani's painting:
Unfortunately, I can't post again until the Hukilau is over - I can't wait to meet some of you hooligans!!!!!
Keep an eye out for this guy:
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octopussy
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Mar 30, 2007
Posts: 47 | Posted: 2008-06-09 1:48 pm Permalink
Great stuff Robb
Ohhh. I see the light!
This is fun watching it come to life!
Almost like it's being born.
-o
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Robb Hamel
Grand Member (first year)
Joined: Mar 07, 2008
Posts: 1013
From: Ohio
| Posted: 2008-06-16 3:03 pm Permalink
Everybody's gonna do this, so I'll keep it REALLY short.
I'd like to thank the following for a terrific Hukilau 2008:
Tiki Kiliki for discovering me hocking my paintings on the internet, believing in me enough to invite me to the show, and for helping me survive the resulting nervous breakdown while fending off one of her own. She is spectacularly beautiful in every way a person can be... and also for introducing my wife and I to these guys:
Russell (left) and Michael (Dr. Scopitone) - these two characters saved our entire trip - repeatedly - with their friendship, support, personalities, and patience. Having to leave them honestly feels like a disaster.
Harold Golen for hosting the Fine Art Tiki show, for giving selflessly of his time when I desperately needed professional advice, and for having a gentle, quiet nature that I found disarming.
Also the many other thugs, mugs, oddballs, beauties, and cool people we encountered.
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Robb Hamel
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Joined: Mar 07, 2008
Posts: 1013
From: Ohio
| Posted: 2008-06-16 3:31 pm Permalink
This is the "The Forgotten Valley of Nuku Hiva" finished:
Some closeups:
I took the second edition (of four) of this painting to the Hukilau. At the show we had a shortage of lights for the paintings. If you didn't see this painting while it was well lit, this is what it looked like while it was.
The Hukilau edition was purchased by a very nice TCer. I can't reveal her name without permission, but was thrilled that she bought it in the first few minutes of the show.
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Sneakytiki
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Joined: Mar 31, 2003
Posts: 1795
From: Boise, Idaho
| Posted: 2008-06-16 4:53 pm Permalink
The textures you create on velvet are so subtle yet they carry a ton of visual weight. Nice er actually beautiful/ethereal work... AGAIN!
S
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Tiki Lee's
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Joined: Aug 23, 2003
Posts: 772
From: Las Vegas
| Posted: 2008-06-16 6:38 pm Permalink
I'm still weeping...
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Sophista-tiki
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Joined: Sep 13, 2005
Posts: 1596
From: Seattle WA
| Posted: 2008-06-16 7:12 pm Permalink
just outstanding
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