Post #472523 by Paipo on Tue, Jul 28, 2009 5:17 PM

Once again I will express interest, but hopefully I'll actually come through next time. Sometimes it is really hard for me to get an extra piece out when I need all my work to pay bills in the off-season.
One more vote for "NO BOB" - he's been kinda done to death in recent months and it seems everyone is doing a mug version. I suspect the cannibal theme would be slightly limiting too - the whole "tiki eating another tiki" with added skulls has also been pretty well covered in recent times and is getting a little tired (Kinny's cannibals excluded :) ).
I personally think the design brief should be very open in scope so we get to see whole lot of pieces that don't look the same. In this regard I think this last swap was probably the best ever. Choosing a specific culture or a universal theme like animals forces people to make some effort with their research and ensures plenty of surprises. Using the animal theme as an example, I can think of the following creatures I've seen in Oceanic art:
Fish, birds, crocodiles, octopus, turtle, pig, dog, lizard - and that's just off the top of my head. I'm sure there are plenty more to be found. Just fish and birds on their own lend themselves to limitless interpretation...