Post #226508 by foamy on Thu, Apr 13, 2006 2:12 AM

Good question. There are lots of other illustrators out there that have people knocking off thier style on the cheap(er) and making a living at it. Brad Holland, Bill Meyer, Guy Billout and Michael Schwaub to name a few and they all have multiple people mimicking their styles and publishing those styles in international illustration books where illustrators showcase their work for art directors and ad agencies. Shamelessly and profitably. When demand for a particular artist's work reaches the point where they can no longer grind it out fast enough and/or they price themselves out of three quarters of the market, someone will step in and fill it. Keeping in mind: You get what you pay for.

Agle has a devoted following in the tiki world. It's what brought him (and tiki) out of the shadows. He now does more "art" than "illustration," I'm guessing. I'm thinking that he is considered, now, more "artist" than "illustrator". Though, I don't know how that works. Unless it's us that does it for him. That, and it's only tikiphiles that do any villifying (is that a word?). Tikiphiles consider him "ohana" and it appears that we are much given to protecting our own. To a fault, I think. But, that's a different rant. All that aside, there are still many artists out there trading on his style in one way or another.

Just my take on it.

[ Edited by: foamy 2006-04-13 05:09 ]