Post #403606 by JenTiki on Sun, Aug 24, 2008 12:40 PM

Munktiki got their money for the mug when Yoryuk (or whoever the original purchaser was) initially bought the mug. Once he(?) buys it, it's his to do with as he will. He didn't copy the design, he simply added his own art to it, much like several artists here have done with the mugs Tiki Farm provides for DVA Gallery's annual tiki party. Or like the pinstriped mugs one of the vendors at Oasis was selling. I had Little Lost Tiki handpaint one of his amazing original designs on an OMC Moai Mug for me and paid him for his work, and I'm sure OMC got paid for that mug decades ago, so I don't expect that their representative will show up at LLT's studio expecting royalties!

I saw the listing for the skull monkey on eBay a few days ago, and I liked it before it was even posted here. I actually assumed the buyer had bought it from one of the well-known artists we see here from time to time. It's fine work, and I would really like to see the others Yoryuk has done!