Post #602119 by bigbrotiki on Fri, Aug 12, 2011 9:38 AM

On 2011-08-12 08:25, TikiG wrote:
Let your own creative soul find a manifestation in your art...that could be something as simple as a flowing line, a squiggle, a series of crosshatches...whatever.

Sure! - Just don't call it "Tiki" if it ain't. :D

Here's some more advice from "Mr. Know-it-all":

Of yesterday's stuff, 3 and 4 look darn good. No 1 looks too much like some medieval Devil's mask. Why? Original Oceanic Tiki carvings (and other "primitive" art) were the opposite of realistic, human-like portraiture. They stylized human facial features by not only exaggerating, but also simplifying them in bold, cubist ways. That is why the 20th Century avantgarde were inspired by them, they showed them ways to go beyond realism. So if you find your faces (and bodies!) becoming too humanoid, you are getting away from Tiki.

Part of that too human-like style is the use of flowing, organic lines. The less organic, the more cubist you get, the more Tiki it should become.