Post #504573 by little lost tiki on Fri, Jan 15, 2010 10:14 AM

Being a former member of the Marine Corps
I take personal offense at your depiction
of a Marine as a skeleton....
Doesn't that mean DEATH?
I sure hope that lady's boy doesn't get seriously hurt or killed while on tour
because then your painting will be a hurtful reminder of that...
Being in the Corps,us marines hated death...
Not because it meant an end to life
But it seriously hampers our mission
as fighting machines....

So.... you've not only pissed off Hispanics
with a pure co-opt of their culture (even mi spelling "Bandido" as "Bandito")
and the Asians (a Samurai CHOPPING up a Dragon...one of their more beloved symbols)
Now you're taking shots at jarheads!
And don't even get me started on the Virgin of Guadalupe.... as a skeleton?
I wouldn't be surprised if you get pummeled someday
from some BVM worshiper....

i know you refer heavily on tattoo/flash images for ideas
but you have to realize the mentality behind MOST of those tattoos
is bereft of spirit and respect...
Which is fine for a tattoo shop
but hard to reach an uplifting High Art standard
that all artists should pursue....
May i suggest THINKING first about a subject....
about its meaning and what it means to the original owners of that ideal
before stomping around their playing fields?

Most of us here on TIKE Central only exploit one genre...
TIKI in its polypop manifestation
We base work here on America's original exploitation of Oceanic arts and the Exotic
or revivals of original tribal art
Seeking to celebrate and elevate it.....

You seem to be making a career of stereotyping Cultural standards...
i KNOW you can create work a LOT more deep and meaningful than this
without offending some ethnic group or organization...
Time to step up,Dave!
Less time for self-promotion
equals more time to really think ideas through...

:)

There..... i finally said it...
got that load off my chest
i won't bug you anymore.....

SEE YOU ON THE 30TH!
:)

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