Sven Kirsten's book: Tiki Pop - General Tiki

G GROG Grand Member (1 year) Tujunga Joined: Jun 21, 2006 Posts: 7283	G GROG Posted posted on Tue, Sep 2, 2014 10:25 AM On 2014-09-02 02:54, bigbrotiki wrote: This image had everything that was needed: A stylized modern Tiki, a swimsuit babe, and it exuded that happy naivite that constitutes Tiki style: Plus the girl was gonna help me get it approved by Taschen. So I went to work with the museum's art department, and I think we succeeded with creating an image that, as its first impression at least, seems like an authentic period color photo: The lovely lady posing with the Tiki was Tri-City Suncoast Festival queen Rita Mathies seen here on the far left in these photos.

On 2014-09-02 02:54, bigbrotiki wrote:

This image had everything that was needed: A stylized modern Tiki, a swimsuit babe, and it exuded that happy naivite that constitutes Tiki style:

Plus the girl was gonna help me get it approved by Taschen. So I went to work with the museum's art department, and I think we succeeded with creating an image that, as its first impression at least, seems like an authentic period color photo:

The lovely lady posing with the Tiki was Tri-City Suncoast Festival queen Rita Mathies seen here on the far left in these photos.

Post #726733 by GROG on Tue, Sep 2, 2014 10:25 AM