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Keeping velvet tiki art alive...? TWO PIECES ARE WRAPPED! YEAH! |
Robb Hamel
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From: Ohio
|  Posted: 2009-01-29 06:00 am Permalink
You's guys are too nice. You really help me keep plugging along.
Next up I'm doing an 11x14" velvet that is turning out nicely - it just has to dry so I can take a pic.
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little lost tiki
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From: Orange,CA-right near the Circle!
| Posted: 2009-01-29 08:29 am Permalink
HURRY! HURRY!
DRY! DRY!
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Mr. Pupu Pants
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From: Edmonds, WA
| Posted: 2009-01-29 4:54 pm Permalink
Robb, your work just consistently blows me away. I can't tell you how mant times I've looked at your paintings just to daydream and get inspired.
You know what would be awesome? Doing one of these as a wall mural. Maybe even painted onto that velvet-y type of wallpaper.
You'd feel like you could just walk into it. Too cool to imagine.
One of your biggest fans,
John
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Robb Hamel
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| Posted: 2009-02-04 09:30 am Permalink
Damn, you guys are too nice. Thanks for the super feedback.
LLT: you gotta big smile outta me with that one - and a chuckle.
Mr PuPu: I'd love to do a big, cool, good-paying (!) mural like that!
Here's the sketch that got me rolling on my new velvet:
This is how terribly the paper I do my sketches on photographs!
This is how much Photoshop work it takes to make 'em presentable!!!
I'll get a progress pic on here soon.
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MadDogMike
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From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2009-02-04 11:18 am Permalink
Is it entitled "Tiki Pinches a Loaf" ?
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Mr. Pupu Pants
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| Posted: 2009-02-04 11:38 am Permalink
Looks to be more gaseous. Robb, can you clarify?
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Mr. Pupu Pants
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From: Edmonds, WA
| Posted: 2009-02-04 11:57 am Permalink
When my budget allows, I will definitely be calling on you to create something for Hula Sue's, Robb.
And whatever that ends up being, it will have a place of honor on the wall. 
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LOL Tiki
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From: San Diegoish
| Posted: 2009-02-04 12:06 pm Permalink
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On 2009-01-16 17:51, Robb Hamel wrote:
I've jumped the gun with this series and finished one early!
"Pastel Tiki 4 - Deepest Jungle" - 11x14 pastel on black paper.
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Man, I haven't been keeping up. Beautiful piece Robb!
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little lost tiki
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| Posted: 2009-02-04 12:51 pm Permalink
"LOAF-PINCHER" is looking real purdy so far!
that red is the BOMB!
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LOL Tiki
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| Posted: 2009-02-04 12:55 pm Permalink
Looks like he needs something to read while he's sitting? there; maybe a copy of Tiki Mag.
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Tikilizard
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Joined: Aug 19, 2006
Posts: 369 | Posted: 2009-02-04 2:21 pm Permalink
I have never been a velvet loving but you have changed my mind with this one, Pastel Tiki 4 - Deepest Jungle. Great work!
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Robb Hamel
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From: Ohio
| Posted: 2009-02-05 4:27 pm Permalink
Wow - I don't know if I should keep going on the progress of this piece....
To those who were complimentary: Thank you.
To the toilet humor guys: Pfffffssssshhhttttt!
Oh well:
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Tiki Duddy
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From: Manitoba, Canada
| Posted: 2009-02-05 7:05 pm Permalink
your pieces are always so dramatic- the colors make such an atmosphere
looks cool, Robb
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Robb Hamel
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From: Ohio
| Posted: 2009-02-08 4:47 pm Permalink
Thanks Duddy, the atmo. is the #1 thing I'm going for.
Sorry I've fallen behind with the batch of pastels I've been working on, here's some new stuff:
I've mostly done all-over refinement on this one.
I've refined the peaks of the island. I also got the mast on, with the sail lashed to it. It isn't as dramatic as an open sail, but no sane sailor would weather this storm with an open one.
HEY - I just came up with an idea: maybe I could put a shredded sail on to increase the sense of danger! Foolish sailors about to get dashed against the rocks! Or is that too cliche?
I've just done a simple prow ornament because nothing else in the image has much fine detail and I don't want this to look tacked on. I'm not thrilled with it yet, so it gets played with some more.
Next, I put the sailors on the ship and start to wind this baby down!
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MadDogMike
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From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2009-02-08 7:30 pm Permalink
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On 2009-02-05 16:27, Robb Hamel wrote:
Wow - I don't know if I should keep going on the progress of this piece....
To the toilet humor guys: Pfffffssssshhhttttt!
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Robb, you have to consider the source(s): LLT, LOL, and MDM - obviously you can't trust the opinion of anyone with a 3 letter screen-name You've got to keep going!
You need to give the "Loaf Pincher" a real name so we can refer to him more appropriately. Great work as usual. Speaking of usual, is this a departure from your usual with 2 warm light sources instead of a warm and a cool?
The "Marquesean Canoe of Death" keeps getting better and better.
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