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Post #26447 by Tiki King on Thu, Mar 13, 2003 9:46 AM

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TK

"I still think TikiKing should work out some "deal" with the ancestors that he stole his design from."

I have. The deal is this. I do not do line for line copies of the work of the ancestors.

"I have seen the same tiki carving TikiKing did (that were previous to his carving) "

Am I stealing designs from others? If I am, show me the work that I have line for line duplicated, and that Artist can have my carving to do with as they please. I agree and have said in every post that no Tiki art is truly "original", it has to be inspired by something. Here is the image that insired my carving:

I think my version is fairly stylized, and a little different.
But, in the case that I brought up, the artist freely said that they duplicated my carving. And the deal I worked out with that carver? they are sending me one of the copies. I think that is fair. I did not try to destroy or defame them, as you may notice, I did not ever mention who it was. The reason I started this post was to get an outside opinion as to if I was being too sensitive and possessive of my work. Some say yes, some say no. I think it may be that both are right. Waikiki Tiki, It would seem that I ofended you the most, but for what it is worth, thanks for your opinion.
Cheers!
Tiki King


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[ Edited by: tiki king on 2003-03-20 09:41 ]