Post #795195 by tikiskip on Thu, May 16, 2019 9:27 AM

Somewhat, but it's what you do with the influences you see.
It's all about the twist you put on it as lots of it has been done already.

I have asked people if I could use an idea from a painting they did and wanted to make a light like the one they painted, (never did make it)
But give the art that inspired you credit when you use their idea.

And lots of times we have no idea who did it at all.

The Kahiki guys went to other tiki bars at the time and made their version of what they saw and did a great job, with their own twist.
AND said they went to those bars and got ideas.

Have had more than a few of the ideas I have come up with and the people go, "oh I have never seen your lights" a long time TCer.
Or "I made that years ago", yet there is no TC post of it.

Not s big deal but it kinda burns your butt after awhile, yer not getting rich you might as well get some credit for what you do/did.

I guess in time like the fez Chimp it will be so old that nobody will remember who did what. (see I got on topic right there)
But then that is part of what TC does is document who did what/when.

If it was left up to Tiki news, Tiki Mag, Tiki Mag and more, and that new tiki Mag or even the books written so many of the other tiki stuff/art would be left out and never documented.

"and that new tiki Mag" so did that bug you a bit to be called "that new tiki Mag"
See that's how it feels.