Post #689403 by Gene S Morgan on Thu, Aug 8, 2013 7:34 PM

Thanks Trader Gino for your comments and the hi-five. Textures are my life ..... I was happy you didn't poke me with a sharp stick ..... I must I admit I was not very sure about what was meant by your comment ....." Maybe if there was a way you could incorporate some deep cuts or more drastic angle changes, that could help?" ..... I guessed that you thought my images don't look enough like wood carvings, but they are not supposed to. I try not to mimic real world techniques. I have explained this several times before in this thread, I don't copy exactly tiki forms, I don't mimic natural media, I do not try to copy other peoples styles. What I try to do is create somewhat abstract, stylized, Impressionistic tiki images. I have said before many times, "I do not consider myself any kind of fine artist" But, I am a creator. I must create to live. I think creativity is a fundamental human characteristic. I create to remain human.

What I would ask you to do is look at my stuff from a different angle. Try to think of them as tiki mugs. I sculpted in clay for 2 decades and my sculpting style falls back to what I learned in those days. Digital offers many of the same tools that clay does, but there are many added tools that are not possible with clay. My textures that I overlay are like stains, oxides, slips, and glazes I used on my cone 6 sculptures. There are so many possibilities to explore in digital graphics that take you way beyond working with mud. That is my aim ... A new digital art form. They are not really meant to be tiki mugs either by the way ...

I don't get the comment that my images are not tiki. I have gone through this before. (check back in this thread to my early days of tiki study) I have looked at thousands of example here on TC, in Tiki Magazine, and in my collected island culture books. I just don't get it. There are many different expressions of tiki and mine are not far removed from most of them. I think the real problem is the objection to my use of digital design. I don't know how to answer that ....

As to your first comment about Lance. I have no reason to dislike the guy except that he continually tries to bully me.(touchy me) I do believe he is a moron. His knowledge of art and creativity seems very lacking as is his understanding of digital design, and maybe even his knowledge of tiki. I tend to feel sorry for him but I have no desire to listen to the ravings of a moron.

Sorry to all those who actually check into this thread because they don't hate me. I have to explain this stuff far too often .... I will be getting back to the program now ......