im working on this and i thoughti wud show u wht i got so far any
CnC


suposed 2 b all wooden then the eyes real

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changed the contrast a bit, added more dithering and some anti
aniliseing for the lines

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ok ive added some more shadeing to the already shaded areas and
shaded some more i havnt done much to the grain yet i will probably
change that at the end when everything has been shaded

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finished shadeing and there are no more black lines.. i jus need to
work on the wood grain now :) lol

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ok iv changed colours a bit any better/worse ne more cnc?

Edited by Rifts

Great start with the lineart and base colors.  I would just go more into adding texture like you did with the wood part.

Sweet concept and pretty neat lineart. Althought symmetry is one of the big 'no no's in my books, I think you've pulled it off quite well.

Colours look a big bright in places, but you've made a neat start on the dithering. I really the texturing work on the bottom wood section between the blue and pink. But I agree with Claudster that a more obvious could really help this piece, especially in terms of the inside of the mouth and the teeth.

Something about it reminds me of sedge's work- youve impressed me! Personally I think this is the best work I've seen from you Rifts!

Cool!
i love the shading and efect

Brian does bring up a good point... the grain isn't always quite so vertical and it does produce long vertial ovals in points.

...the grain isn't always quite so vertical and it does produce long vertial ovals in points.

What are you poking fun at (besides my misspelling)? I didn't say that all wood is like that and no wood in the world is anywhere near perfectly vertical. You completely missed the point by a mile. 

quick hint: get rid of the black inlines and the whole thing will instantly gain volume. :)

Ok, I admit that I didn't really use references and maybe my 'wood' is kind of unique because of that. I based my wood mostly on what I thought wood could look like, like most people think water is blue. H2O isn't blue, it's transparent!

Back on-topic, I think that the Tiki mask should have any completely straight vertical grain at all. If we take a look at tikimaster.com, it becomes clear that the wood that Tiki people used, doesn't really show this kind of lines. Let us take a look at the following picture:

As we can see, the lines are not completely vertical. Or horizontal, whatever. It does show some bend and swirls, unlike the pine you showed us. (I doubt there would be a lot of pines in the south pacific, don't have a clue about that though)
Now here's one sad fellow showing the woodworking methods the Tikis used for their masks and statues:

As you can see, the grain isn't really visible. I think that's mostly because they changed the texture of it to a bit more rough, but since I have absolutely no experience with woodworking, I'm probably wrong. If you look closely though, you'll see that the grain isn't straight at all. It just looks like one big swirl to me.
Phew, research is harder than I thought! I'll just comment lineart next time.

I love that there's a site just for tiki stuff.  Bless the internet and all its obscure sites. Good reference pic there Brian.

Saboteur: Sorry to single your post out... it just seems there's a lot of unnecessary negativity in the forum/gallery lately and it just gets tiresome after awhile.

Rifts brought up the point I was going to. It is art, it isn't "real." It doesn't have to look like the exact thing.

Brian, you made a penguin, and everyone can tell it's a penguin, but have you ever seen a real penguin made out of wood? (I mean a live penguin). No, you havn't, because it's art. You can use your imagination. It doesn't have to be perfect, which is what I love about art.

So, I think we can drop the discussion about the type of wood that is being used in the tiki mask.

By the way, the mask looks great. I really like it.

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ok iv changed colours a bit any better/worse ne more cnc?