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the vaguely artistic scratchings of elgarbo - Volcano Tiki progress |
Elgarbo
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Joined: Sep 19, 2012
Posts: 50
From: Sydney, Australia
|  Posted: 2012-11-13 11:33 pm Permalink
Nearing completion! Need to finish adding shadows and highlights to the tiki and I plan on redoing the volcano smoke. A few other minor details and she'll be ready to go...
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anthonymaye
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Joined: Apr 26, 2012
Posts: 121
From: Sacramento, CA
| Posted: 2012-11-14 07:00 am Permalink
Looks incredible great use of light and color love the palms by the way really cool style
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Elgarbo
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Joined: Sep 19, 2012
Posts: 50
From: Sydney, Australia
| Posted: 2012-11-16 11:08 pm Permalink
Thanks anthonymaye!
Just finished up the finishing details. May I present the first painting I've done since I was in high school... "Tiki Beach."
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Elgarbo
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Joined: Sep 19, 2012
Posts: 50
From: Sydney, Australia
| Posted: 2012-11-17 03:16 am Permalink
From a different angle...
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MadDogMike
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From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2012-11-17 04:06 am Permalink
Hey Edgarbo, that "different angle" thing only works on 3D objects 
Just kidding! Glad you got your hands on some paints and took a chance. I like the way it turned out. I'm with Anthony, I like that "nest of palm trees" ~ reminds me of a pile of snakes.
EDIT - you obviously have some artistic talent, have you been "artless" since you got out of school or did you have another outlet?
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Elgarbo
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Joined: Sep 19, 2012
Posts: 50
From: Sydney, Australia
| Posted: 2012-11-17 6:06 pm Permalink
Thanks MadDogMike - for a while my artistic outlet was photography, but in many ways I found the science of it to be very constrictive. Painting seems to be less prohibitive but that's probably just because I've only just started playing around with it.
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Elgarbo
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Joined: Sep 19, 2012
Posts: 50
From: Sydney, Australia
| Posted: 2012-12-13 2:42 pm Permalink
Been working on a new piece...
Still have plenty of details to add... Shadows and reflections and all that.
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MadDogMike
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From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2012-12-13 9:55 pm Permalink
Gonna be another great one.
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Elgarbo
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Joined: Sep 19, 2012
Posts: 50
From: Sydney, Australia
| Posted: 2012-12-16 9:39 pm Permalink
Cheers MadDogMike!
Somne progress! Window reflections and most of the chrome work sorted. Still need to figure out a tiki-style grille... probably do that last.
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MadDogMike
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From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2012-12-16 10:38 pm Permalink
I'm still trying to figure out what type of car it is. Early to mid-60s...? The front reminds me of a Lincoln but the rear doesn't match
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Elgarbo
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Joined: Sep 19, 2012
Posts: 50
From: Sydney, Australia
| Posted: 2012-12-17 02:18 am Permalink
Just a generic 60's style... hasn't been based on anything specific. Probably a result of the fact that it started as a random scribble in my notebook and then took on a life of its own.
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Elgarbo
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Joined: Sep 19, 2012
Posts: 50
From: Sydney, Australia
| Posted: 2012-12-23 11:31 pm Permalink
And just like that, after a crazy Christmas Eve of non-stop painting, I've got all the finicky background details sorted out... and voila! A new painting is complete.
"South Pacific Highway"
12x16 Acrylic on canvas
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swizzle
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Joined: Jun 03, 2007
Posts: 638
From: Melbourne,Australia
| Posted: 2012-12-24 01:53 am Permalink
That's sweet Elgarbo. Personally i liked the composition of the original sketch with the bird, the tree to the left, and without the tiki (yeah, yeah, sacrilegious i know) but the finished piece looks great.
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anthonymaye
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Joined: Apr 26, 2012
Posts: 121
From: Sacramento, CA
| Posted: 2012-12-24 07:39 am Permalink
another damn cool painting, really dig the grill
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danlovestikis
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Joined: Jun 17, 2002
Posts: 3569 | Posted: 2012-12-24 10:07 am Permalink
Super, great movement and perfect chrome coloring. A wonderful composition,Wendy
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