In and around Whittier - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Tue, Jan 28, 2003 6:41 PM ....a little gossip on Bahooka: In the spirit of the ancient Tiki Lounge tradition of graphics rip-off (since Don The Beachcomber took the icons from the Covarrubias maps), the T-shirt logo is ripped off from young Mark Ryden, then an aspiring artist fresh out of Pasadena Art Center. Young Mark, as a fan of Tiki AND the Bahooka, whipped up a fine rendering and offered it to the owners for a fee. They grumpily declined, as many Tiki oldtimers were inclined to react to any young Tiki fan boy's interest back then......but imagine his surprise when he found his art work gracing their new T-shirts a while later. (They took out the fez wearing monkey holding a pig stuck on a stick, though.) [ Edited by: bigbrotiki on 2003-01-28 20:00 ]

....a little gossip on Bahooka: In the spirit of the ancient Tiki Lounge tradition of graphics rip-off (since Don The Beachcomber took the icons from the Covarrubias maps), the T-shirt logo is ripped off from young Mark Ryden, then an aspiring artist fresh out of Pasadena Art Center. Young Mark, as a fan of Tiki AND the Bahooka, whipped up a fine rendering and offered it to the owners for a fee. They grumpily declined, as many Tiki oldtimers were inclined to react to any young Tiki fan boy's interest back then......but imagine his surprise when he found his art work gracing their new T-shirts a while later. (They took out the fez wearing monkey holding a pig stuck on a stick, though.)

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki on 2003-01-28 20:00 ]

Post #21177 by bigbrotiki on Tue, Jan 28, 2003 6:41 PM