Interview With Danny

       Written By Radavi/Effect

And  now  a  little  interview  that I
(Radavi)  had  with Danny.  Danny is a
graphics  artist  who has released his
slideshow:     "FORGOTTEN"    in   the
beginning  of September '92.  This was
a  co-production  with  Crackerjack  /
Mirage    and   Fabian/Desire.    This
interview was held in May 1993.


Okay    Danny,    what    about   some
information   about   yourself   (age,
school, etc.)?

Ok, my age eeeh, I'm just 19 years old
so  that  means  I'm  still schooling!
This year (and the next 2 as well) I'm
studying  on  a school mainly based on
art  and  printing techniques.  I also
have   some   other   hobby's  besides
drawing.  My biggest hobby is GIRLS!!!
I  guess  my  pictures  show that.  At
least I hope they do!

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What  was  your 1st computer and since
when do you have an AMIGA ?

The  very  (very) first computer I got
my  hands on, was the good ol' C64.  I
bought   it  in  1986  if  I  remember
correctly.   After  1  year of playing
games  and  trying to be a musician, I
started   drawing.   After  another  2
years I didn't draw anything more than
little  spaceships  and  other things.
The  year  1989 was my first Amiga 500
year.   I  started  drawing  on  small
games  from  friends of mine.  After I
stopped  doing  that, I really got the
chance  to  develop  my  own style.  I
started   drawing   bigger   and  more
difficult     things.      My    first
full-screen  picture  (Hostile  Wings)
followed.  I kept drawing and drawing,
released  a  slideshow aaaannd here we
are!!

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Why are you not in a group ?

Nice question!
  Well    before    the   release   of
FORGOTTEN,  I  hardly showed people my
work.   So  I got no join-offers and I
don't  like  to  ask.   But  after the
slideshow,   I  did  get  offers  from
several  groups.   As  most of you may
allready   know   I   joined  up  with
ANARCHY.   Now  since this great group
has  died, I'm laying low for a while.
This  gives  me the time I need for my
studies.   But  I'm still doing things
for  the  scene  and  I'll  join a new
group soon.

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How  do  you  start your pictures, and
where do you get your ideas from ?

Aah, this one's difficult.
  I'll try and keep this short.  After
I  know what kind of a picture I wanna
do  next, I start making sketches.  To
be  able  to  draw very realistic, you
need  the right photographic reference
material.   This  comes in the form of
photo's,   film-footage,  things  from
real life and fantasy paintings.
  Once  I got all of this, I can start
working  in  DeluxePaint  3  (coz  DP4
sucks).   The first thing is to make a
good  palette (which I find one of the
hardest  things  to do).  After this I
look  for  the  best  point  to  start
drawing  the  picture.   I immediately
draw  everything as good as I can.  So
no  outline shit, and no making use of
a  grid.   I  continue  this until the
picture  is  the  way I want it to be.
Slight  changes  are  made  throughout
this   process   were   I  think  it's
necessary.   Well anyway, this is just
a short explanation.

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What do you think about people who use
digitizers ?

Shit man!
  I  believe that any good artist does
not  use a digitizer, coz I know it is
possible to create cool gfx by hand by
my  own experience.  But if I ever get
to  know  an (Amiga) artist using digi
equipment  and saying he draws it all,
then  I'd recommend the whole scene to
completely slag this person off.  It's
just unbelievable lame!!!

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Ofcourse   everybody  knows  that  you
released   a  slideshow:   'FORGOTTEN'
(which was the best I have ever seen).
How long did you draw for it, and what
was the most difficult thing to do ?

(Thank  you for the compliment !) Very
long!   There's  some  pictures  in it
that  I drew quite some time ago.  And
as     for    the    most    difficult
thing...phew..  that's a hard one...
  I  think it would be the time when I
had  to  look  for the right coder and
the  right  musician.   And  I think I
made    a    brilliant   choice   with
Crackerjack  and  Fabian.   Great work
guys !!!

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Do you have some reactions from people
on the slideshow ?

Oh  yes, I get a lot of reactions from
all kinds of people.  I get letters of
people  telling me how much they liked
the slideshow.
  But of course not every one likes it
all, and I can get in to that.  One of
the  things  an  artist  likes to hear
best,  is  that  other people like his
work.   In  this  case I would like to
thank all the people who said so.
  Thank you VERY much guys!!!
  The  slide also appeared in CU Amiga
and  Amiga  Format  getting  very good
review-marks.   Makes me feel good you
know!!

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What are your future plans ?

Draw  some  more scene-stuff, and draw
for  games !  Also after my graduation
I  wanna  go and study on a school for
animations.

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What  is  your favourite music, movie,
graphician, musician, coder, (disk)mag
and console ?

Music:  I like almost all music except
for  the  real  extreme types of music
like funk and jazz.

Movie:    Science  Fiction,  Barbarian
types  of  movies and stuff like Naked
Gun etc.  Great fun indeed!!

Graphician:   Fairfax,  Facet, Peachy,
Hof,   Cougar,   Titan   and  so  many
others...

Musician:   I think NHP/Anarchy is the
best.    Why  ?   Well  his  music  is
different   than  others.   It's  very
good.    Furthermore  I  like  Jester,
Lizardking, TIP and MTX, Axel, Fabian,
Static and the list goes on and on...

Coder:    Chaos,   Dan,   CrackerJack,
Laxity, Hannibal...

Mag:  Mean Machines and CVG.

Diskmag:  RAW and the late Stolen Data

Console:  SUPER  FAMICOM (SNES)

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I  know  you have (a lot of) consoles,
what  do  you like about them?  (isn't
Amiga better than the real thing...)

The  Amiga  has  it's strong points in
being  able to create something on it.
So did many Amiga users and forth came
the   Amiga  scene.   But  for  arcade
quality  games I really want something
good.   But I also need to draw and be
able  to  show  my  work  to  a  great
majority of people.  So I came up with
the ultime idea; own an Amiga and some
consoles.  WOW what an idea!

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Could  you give your opinion, reaction
on:     Crackerjack,    Facet,    Hof,
interviews,  the  Official  Eurochart,
the  scene,  Wayne's  World  and Elvis
Presley(?)

CrackerJack:  He's a great coder and a
very  good  friend  of  mine.  He also
likes consoles.

Facet:  A damn good friend and artist.
He's got many good ideas.

HOF:   Good  artist,  only  I have not
seen  anything from him for quite some
time.

Interviews:  Is this a trick question?

The  Eurochart:   A  good thing to see
who's hot and who's not.

The  Scene:  It's great fun except for
the lamers, cheaters and fakers!

Wayne's World:  Not always as funny as
stated, but good fun mostly...

Elvis Presley:  Who's that?

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I  know  you  are  working  on a game,
could  you tell me more about it (like
the  title,  the releasedate, etc.) or
is that top secret ?

You  really  want  to  know  don't ya?
Well  it's  not top secret, but I have
some  bad experiences with telling too
much  about  unfinished games.  It's a
good  game  of  which  i'm  doing  the
inbetween-level-sequences         for.
Pictures  with  some simple animations
to match.

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At   the  moment,  you  are  still  in
ANARCHY.   For  how long will you stay
there,  and what is your opinion about
LEMON.  ?

Correction,  ANARCHY  is dead.  So I'm
not an ANARCHIST anymore.
  About LEMON.:  A great bunch of guys
with  lots  of talents in their group.
I think the scene will see some really
ELITE stuff from them.

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What  is  your reaction on RAW 5 ?  (I
mean  the  fact that your pictures are
voted for)

Well,  it  really  gives  me  a  great
feeling  to  see  that  people like my
pics.   It's  very stimulating.  Makes
me want to draw more and more.  Thanks
for voting guys!!!

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I  know  your  have  done  a  logo for
SCOOPEX,  and  that you also have done
the  picture for CHIT CHAT 10.  Do you
have more scene pictures planned ?

I've  got  so many good ideas lined up
in  my  mind waiting to be drawn.  The
only  problem  is  the lack of time to
draw.
  At the moment i'm designing a lot of
pictures  on  paper.   Not many people
know this but I'm originally an artist
that  draws  on paper.  The things I'm
now working on are 100% designed by me
and  will  be  released  in  the scene
soon.  So no more copying from artists
like Boris Vallejo.  Keep your eyes on
the screen...

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How  do  you  feel about the fact that
CU-AMIGA  reviewed  your slideshow and
gave it 92% ?

I   was   reading   several   computer
magazines  in our local bookstore when
I  got  to  this  CU-review.  I really
could  not believe it.  I was so happy
that  I  wanted  to show the review to
the  girl behind the counter.  I had a
really  big  smile  on  my  face  when
walking home.  BRILLIANT!!

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Okay,  that's all from me, do you have
some last words ?

Yeah!
Girls wanted for modeling-work!
Thanks for the nice interview dude!