Tiki surfboard w.i.p.

[jason prouty]

customer brought in his old wooden surfboard, wants a tiki god on it, and gave me the creative hammer so here goes....:devil-smiley-033:

1.cleaned it with wax a grease remover, scuffed it good with gray scotch pad, cleaned it again.

2.pencil sketched on paper, cut out the oultine, you can see i tape up the positive (or inside) to the surfboard for correct placement, then tape up the negative.

3.sprayed some redish-brown, here i don't use a taped mask because i don't want a clean sharp edge, definately don't want it to look like a sticker, so to not get a bunch of underspray i work with my fingers holding the paper down as i spray the edges

[jason prouty]

here i cut the drawing apart and use the pieces as sheilds to set up the composition and work my way through with a light and a darker version of the base color

[Clinton]

Very nice so far, nice and sharp looks very 3D. Are you adding any background at all.

[jason prouty]

wanted the tiki to be stone rather than wood, since the surfboard was aready wood, added cracks and put some life in his eyes

[jason prouty]

Very nice so far, nice and sharp looks very 3D. Are you adding any background at all.

no background, the project is for a local pinstriper, mitch kim, and he's gonna stripe all the surrounding areas

[jason prouty]

added some fire and refined the details, finished this yesterday

[Clinton]

Guess I should have waited till you were done posting up pics. :) That is one cool Tiki. Looks like stone to me, and the fire is a nice touch. Customer should be really happy. Upping the standard once again.:wink2:

[jason prouty]

Guess I should have waited till you were done posting up pics. :) That is one cool Tiki. Looks like stone to me, and the fire is a nice touch. Customer should be really happy. Upping the standard once again.:wink2:
no worries, i don't know how to do a how-to or even if this qualifies, so i just slapped it all up

[josie]

Love it Jason...thanks for the how to

[blinddog 99]

Great Tiki, Jason! Love the depth & texture, man your color & tone control is awesome. Nice job!

[Mike Alsa Canada]

Love the Tiki....Tiki.....Tiki

I also love saying TIKI....TIKI....TIKI....sorry I'll quit now

[tomcat]

Gotta say Jay that I hate you, I just start feeling that my work is upto scratch and you put something like this up..... Wonder how much my stuff will fetch on Ebay??,

Seriously though, as usuall, very,very nice work there mate....You make me sick...Lol.

[colourshift]

sweet.:devil-smiley-033: great Jason...really.
:eyepopping:

[jason prouty]

Great Tiki, Jason! Love the depth & texture, man your color & tone control is awesome. Nice job!


thanks dog, i'm figuring it out, i've never taken an airbrush class or an art class for that matter, everything i've done i've learned the hard way, i can say now that i know how not to do it, every project is so different, there's no formula for how it's done, you just wing it right

[jason prouty]

Gotta say Jay that I hate you, I just start feeling that my work is upto scratch and you put something like this up..... Wonder how much my stuff will fetch on Ebay??,

Seriously though, as usuall, very,very nice work there mate....You make me sick...Lol.

thanks for the nice words, i'm pretty sure that was a compliment.....

[ferg]

very well done Jason!

[Saint]

Very cool, Jason.
Very nicely done.
If ya can, post pics after it's pinstriped too!


Saint

[Clem]

Once again, thanks for the breakdown. Nice job on the Tiki. Very nice job on going so far by figuring it out yourself.

Keep up the good work,

Clem

[Dream Weaver]

really sharp work Jason. And I agrea with you , sometimes not taking any art classe's or airbrush courses gives you more room to create without guidelines. Trial and error..............awwwwwwwwwwww life is good

[mongoose]

Good grief, the way the progress evolved from the first picture to the last, I half expected the god to jump off the board and do a little dance. This is why I like these forums, watching the magicians play. Wonderfull work, truly fun thread you created for us mortals.

[jason prouty]

thanks guys, :threesome:
Delivered it to the pinstriper today and he loved it, can't wait to see what he has in store, his work is amazing. I'll definately get pics after that.

[AirTodd]

That is a kick ass surf board.

[Lizard]

Love it - " Charlie don't Surf"

[Saint]

Cool, Jason..............

I can't wait!!!!!!!!

[redhouse]

once again jason, you rock man. but instead of outsourcing your pinstripe why don't you take it on? means more money for you and gets another skill under your belt that makes you more valuable.

[zackarybancroft]

Awesome board!

[Lilred_000]

OH my goodness I can't believe how 3D that looks. I mean it really stands off the board! I am sooo impressed! Thanks for the step by step! Amazing work!

Laura

[jason prouty]

once again jason, you rock man. but instead of outsourcing your pinstripe why don't you take it on? means more money for you and gets another skill under your belt that makes you more valuable.

thanks Jason,

I can stripe but Mitch Kim is a very highly respected pinstriper around here he's always 2-3 months booked and it's his board, i was honored that he had me do the tiki for him, it's gonna help my business alot being connected to him.

I'm gonna do a custom show in 3 weeks and it'll be there and everybody around here knows Mitch and his work so it'll be a great compilation piece.

[jason prouty]

OH my goodness I can't believe how 3D that looks. I mean it really stands off the board! I am sooo impressed! Thanks for the step by step! Amazing work!

Laura

thanks, it's all about putting the right color in the right spot right....

[Clinton]

thanks, it's all about putting the right color in the right spot right....


That and it doesn't hurt to be a damn good artist like yourself.:)

[blinddog 99]

Jason, don't forgot to repost the latest work in the Art & Kustom show for all to see!

[jerseycrazee]

Awesome indeed..also liking the stone look

[Lilred_000]

That and it doesn't hurt to be a damn good artist like yourself.:)

That is what I was thinking too!!

Laura

[Ambo]

One wicked Ride Prouts..
Well Done.