\N2\P2\LF \F3\C3Boris Valejo is a name you hear quite often when talking about subjects for pictures. What do you like about him, and why is he so respected among graphicians?\LF\LF \C2I like Boris because of his nude women. Naah. I think he \C1IS\C2 one of the best Fantasy- painters at the moment and the main reason why he is so known among a lot of graphicians on Amiga is because his paintings get the right atmosphere on screen and in your mind. Also Borispaintings are a big challenge to draw from because of all details and perfection in almost all of his work.\LF\LF \C3Most graphicians make up their logos and fonts, but have books at hand when starting on fullscreen pics; What about you ??\LF\LF \C2I'm doing all my logos instantly so, I'm loading dpaint and start on it. \C1For fullscreen pictures I first look through all my books.\C2 Usually I already know where the pictures I want are. I'm always looking for an ultimate original picture. \C1If I don't like a pic I will never do it.\C2 About copying from real painters I want to say Ofcourse the hard work's already done for you when you copy a pic but why having a hard time when you CAN have a normal, nice and pleasant time ??? Do whatever you want, it's just a matter of what you like. But I still prefer mixing gfx. Makes it my own and makes it professional after all.\LF\LF \C3Can you recognize someone's style in the examples he uses for pics ? Please give us some examples..\LF\LF \C2I think you also can name a guy on amiga when I say \C1TIM WHITE or BORIS.\C2 Can't you? Ok, I maybe have seen a bit more graphics then is released but to make a long story short. I can! Examples could look like this, ps. these states are made on the released pictures. For instance, If I say \C1UNO,\C2 you can say Tim White and if I say Mithardir I think it's ok to say that he made a lot of Boris stuff and if I say Facet I can say. Well.. figure out yourself.\LF\LF \C3I think, that there aren't many good Amiga- gfx-ians who draw pictures they have totally made up themselves , true ? There is one guy I'd like to mention here and his name is ZOOM. What do you think of his gfx, and, are many people able to do the things he does concerning imaginationand technique ??\LF\LF \C2To be honest, I don't know whether Zoom is copying them or not. One thing is for sure. If he isn't copying them he is awsome. But if he is copying them he is awesome aswell. As I said I do not care whether one is copying all his graphics or not. As long as it isn't digited I don't care I think Zoom's style & techinik are really great. Yesterday I heard the picture he did in SD#9 \C1was originally made by the Zooms father on a wall in his room.\C2 Artistic family don't you think?\LF\LF \C3In what way will Amiga-GFX develop itself in the near future, and do think a lot of GFX-ians want to jump to another, much better equipped Amiga soon ???\LF\LF \C2I am a bit afraid of new systems with \C1trilion colors in Super- mega- hi-res\C2 Will it be worth making pictures in a resolution that it will look digited? Maybe it is. For owndrawn pictures it will be great. No dirty fingers again. But for coping pictures it will be a waste of time because if you would digitize in such a resolution and with so many colors you will get the same effect. I think there will be a new scene after/meanwhile Amiga. I already heard of a REBELS demo on the Superfamicom and I know a VISION guy who is working on a demo on the SNES aswell.(It will include a logo by me!) \C1At this moment I hope the Amiga scene will last for some years.\LF\LF \C3Please, sum up which graphicians deserve a well-earned place in the charts ? Have you spotted any new talents , e.g. people that could become known very soon ??\LF\LF \C2Here is a little list of underated gfx-ers in my personal opinion.\LF\LF Hein, Hof, Danny and after having seeing the \C1MACK\C2 slideshow some minutes ago I must say that his slide is really Smart.\LF\LF \CT\C1PROFESSIONAL GRAPHICS\LF\FU\LF \C3Ok, I think a lot of the readers must have heard about your aspirations to go and work as a professional gfx-ian for the game company CORE DESIGN.. Tell us how you got in contact with them ???\LF\LF \C2It all started when I heard DAN and Rush telling me CORE needed a new gfx-an to work on games.I called CORE many times and they invited me for an interview. Everything went perfect and the airplain was great! \C1I had a great week and jumped around with all Core design members.\C2 Great fun. After a week I was offered the job.\LF\LF \C3And why didn't you take the job after all ??\LF\LF \C2Because of a bad workingcontract, since it's common to work in ENGLAND without a contract the contract was very very bad. Since I only wanted to work with a good contract I didn't accept it and went back to school. There are some more reasons I will not tell here that also brought me to the conclusion not going to Core Design.\LF\LF \C3Do you have any advice for GFX-ians who want to earn money with their work and want to work for a game- company..\LF\LF \C2Believe in yourself and call to the manager of the certain company all the time. I called CORE a looooot of times before I got the interview.\LF\LF \C3Could you tell us what competition you can expect when working in the professional game-sector.. How good are GFX-ians there?\LF\LF \C2The gfx-ians in companies are usually better than every other gfx-ian in the scene. The are pro's. In CORE there are \C1at least four gfx-ans that are beable to make gfx you and I would make go crazy.\C2 Not to remind you of other gfx-ians in other company's. There is no competition inside companies because usually they have to be a competition toward other companies so (at least in my case) the other more advanced graphians helps any time.\LF\LF \C3Further I want to thank Lord Helmet for giving me a huge time I could use to make the title picture.\LF\LF Also I want to thank Diddle/SNT for letting me and KR'33 stay at his place when we went to the CSS. Great!\LF\LF \C1Next article to hear The Facet story: "From Beginner to Elite"\LF\LF\XX