Post #489974 by bigbrotiki on Sat, Oct 24, 2009 8:25 AM

First of all, I gotta reiterate that this rendering is among my ten favorite images in Tikidom. The fact that it survived being on a throw-away paper placemat makes it that much more precious. The juxtaposition of the mid-century modern Googie architecture and signage by Armet & Davis with Milan Guanko's Tikis is what Tiki style is all about for me.

It is hard to imagine my joy when I found it in the Oceanic Arts files, because back then it was (still is) so unique and perfect. Since then, talented artists like Doug Horne have successfully used this concept, and nowadays one almost takes it for granted.

I understand why it makes a good template for Tiki exercises, because the expert line art is as tempting as a coloring book for a kid. By now Tim must have noticed that a lot of Tiki Centralites enjoy the quality of vintage graphics and would never replace them with computer work. But I find it interesting and noteworthy that this post might be an indicator that future generations do not view computer-generated graphics as artificial and fake feeling, but embrace the style as their own way of seeing/portraying the past.

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2009-10-25 13:28 ]