Post #698595 by Tiki Shark Art on Wed, Nov 6, 2013 1:06 PM

On 2013-11-06 08:17, Badd Tiki wrote:
Best of luck to you Brad, that sucks.

Keep posting your progress shots online, it's obvious every brush stroke of that design was yours.

This isn't anything new though, every flea market I have ever been to has a million unofficial rock n roll tee's, sunglass ripoff's etc... And I suppose they get by with it because it's impossible to track them all down.
I don't know if the internet makes it better or worse.

In this case the painting was well documented online. +
Online makes it easy to nab images. -
Online makes it easy to get a lot more sales. +
Online makes it easy to nab images. -

Hopefully the tiki gods get revenge and sink cafe press.

Thank you Badd Tiki!

Yeah, the net is a great place to "get your art out there!" ... but there be pirates out there!

Not sure where they got there image. Usually my stuff online is so low rez it'd look really crappy printed out. They might have bought a print. I have no record of selling to the "guy" who Cafe Press claims seys it's his artwork. Turns out he's some broke guy in so cal somewhere. I think he could just be a mook that a larger company uses to "claim" things so they can print them. Know what I mean? Who knows?

I figure many Tiki Tribe folks have down loaded my images for their desk tops , or printed it out as best they could on a home printer. I do the same thing. That's fine. I like that I am able to put a little Tiki art into your life. I only cringe when I hear that some one spent a lot of money framing a post card or a home printed piece of art - because that is cheap printing, and the colors will fade rather quickly. 6 months a year or so...it turns blue. So that's why I sell the ultra-high end "giclee art prints". Those babies are made with the very latest and greatest tech in printing! 27 different shades of ink. Archival inks that will NOT FADE even in a bright light! This is really new tech and a marvel! This was not around just 20 years ago. this is new , only 15 , or 10 year old tech in new long lasting printing, even in a brightly lighted room.

I want tiki tribe folks to have my art and enjoy an image for a long long long time. A life time. You buy one of my giclees and you will NEVER have to buy it again because it got faded.

These are about $100. But, then you can spend $300 getting it framed and matted by link at frame fetish and it'll look super-cool-awesome FOREVER! it'll

Now THAT'S how I LOVE to see my work hung up in a home tiki bar with lavish frame-work.... colors gonna' be bright and vivid FOREVER!

If you do not know who Link is at Frame Fetish, you should find out. He makes art into better art!

But if you want a full sized non fading version of the STOLEN ART piece you can still get it. This is full size as the original, 24" x 48", on canvas. looks JUST Like the original piece! contact the Kona Wyland Oceanfront Gallery - [email protected] ask for "Forbidden Island".

Big ALOHA!
BP~

[ Edited by: Tiki Shark Art 2013-11-06 13:16 ]