Post #26588 by Tiki King on Fri, Mar 14, 2003 9:29 AM

So, in a "private" message I recived the following:

"Interesting that you are all worked up over being "copied" when you ripped off Duke Carter from "Taboo:..." pretty blantantly. "

If anyone feels that I am ripping off another Artist, I encourage them to contact that Artist and let them know, and they can persue it as they wish. As I have said over and over, if it looks like a Tiki, then its attributes had to come from somewhere, so no modern Tiki art can truly be called "Original", as it was inspired by something. Sure aspects of my pieces are inspired by others, there is no way not to be. But, I strive not to directly duplicate another Artists work, be they modern or traditional. If anyone thinks I have stolen someone elses work, by all means, let them know.