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T teaKEY Tiki Socialite The thumb ! Joined: Nov 09, 2004 Posts: 3687	T teaKEY Posted posted on Wed, Sep 5, 2007 7:16 PM "I'm not saying flat out copy the work. But it will give you some ideas."- Certainly with Oceanic Art, I say copy it. Go right to the finish point. Make your carving look just like it. That is what they would do (the Polynesians). Making a stick figure painting when you have a master's painting in front of you to look at is silly. And even if you can make tiki that looks like tiki history, you still have the rest of your life to improve with originality, style, mana and just plain out doing yourself. The example of the above tiki photo. The "what not to do tiki" (sorry Hewey) but here is the true test. If you turn the tiki 90 degrees and it disappears, not good. Turn is another 90 degrees(the back) and it disappears, keep trying. Mana is the living force and nothing that is alive has only one side/ one view. All 360 views should be something new to look at. [ Edited by: teaKEY 2007-09-05 19:24 ]

"I'm not saying flat out copy the work. But it will give you some ideas."-

Certainly with Oceanic Art, I say copy it. Go right to the finish point. Make your carving look just like it. That is what they would do (the Polynesians). Making a stick figure painting when you have a master's painting in front of you to look at is silly. And even if you can make tiki that looks like tiki history, you still have the rest of your life to improve with originality, style, mana and just plain out doing yourself.

The example of the above tiki photo. The "what not to do tiki" (sorry Hewey) but here is the true test. If you turn the tiki 90 degrees and it disappears, not good. Turn is another 90 degrees(the back) and it disappears, keep trying. Mana is the living force and nothing that is alive has only one side/ one view. All 360 views should be something new to look at.

[ Edited by: teaKEY 2007-09-05 19:24 ]

Post #330556 by teaKEY on Wed, Sep 5, 2007 7:16 PM