INTERVIEW WITH FACET
Facet the NEW number one on the Charts!  He has released lot
of graphics lately and it seems like we will see a lot from
Facet also in future!  911/Rebels has on behalf of RAW visited Facet
and let's hear what Facet has to say:

Why are you FACET / ANARCHY ?

It all started with a guy called Dragonsoft, desperate searching
for a steady 'cool' name. That same day my mother and I went to
Breda (Dutch town) to shop. After a walk of half an hour my eyes
fell on a big board with the name 'FACET' on it. It was a
clothesshop. So there is the 'FACET' from, and ANARCHY because
I'm one of a collection of chaps that is called ANARCHY. FACET
actually means:  For, Another, Cool, Event, Tell. me!

Tell us a little bit about what you do when you're not sitting in
front of your Amiga. What is your lifestyle like ?

My life consists mainly of going to school. In my spare time I
try to visit friends and do common things like going to pubs, get
pissed and have the time of my life. Also I'm practicing on my
father's piano to get some lousy toons out of it. I also try to
have a steady relation with the best girl on this globe. I also
doing common things like go to church, sing in the church, help my
father in the garden, do the dishes.. you name it. I do it!

For how long have you been active in this Amiga-scene , and is
there anything you would like to tell us about the old days ??

Well son, in my young days I fought in the big war(hehe). Naah,
anyway, I've been addicted to my tiny amiga for 3/4 years now and
can't live one day without her. What I want to say about the old
days is that the so called 'new scene', the scene at the moment,
is getting nicer and nicer. Believe me, a lot of guys told me
that the scene of years ago was better and more friendly than
today but I think that's what they want to believe. The scene of
these days is quite allright!


Rumours are telling that you are together with one of brightest
girls in Holland, is it true?

When this question was asked I dated a girl called Rianne. Really
a nice and bright girl but it didn't really work. So we stayed
very good friends and we will sure go out for some times. But no
tears please because now since two weeks I have a new women in my
life. Her name is Iris and she is 20 year old. To round this
question. She is the best, she is also motivating and stimulating
me every minute of my day. I must say that she is far out the
greatest girl I ever had in my whole life. (does this sound in
love or what!)

(Facet has promised RAW a picture of him and Iris in RAW 5.)

You have had some success lately. Right now your the Most popular
graphician in the scene. What would you like most of 100 pounds
or the places at the future Eurocharts?

The 100 pounds please. I really adore being popular but I'm not
so good in the financial side of life. So I can use it. And when
you have felt the air upstairs your needs to stay there are
getting smaller and smaller. I have now been no.1 for 4 months
and I would not be very frustrated if I would not be no.1 next
issues. So I prefer money. (Did I get money for my graphics
after all.)

You have said that your are not the best graphic artist in the
scene. Why are you on the top?  Are you running your own
promotion campaign?  Why is it you and not Zoom?

The reason why I tell everybody that I'm not the best is because I
don't want to feel the best. I hope I never get the feeling I'm
the best because, if I would feel like that I would become
arrogant and a huge asshole. Others would hate me and I would
loose friends. That's my opinion!  About the campaign. I haven't
set up any campaign. The only thing I did was drawing. and
drawing and let very good coders use the produced material. Why
Zoom isn't no.1 at this moment is only because his work isn't
released fast. His slideshow is delayed every day and that's why
nobody have seen so much of him. To get into charts you have to
be active and release the right things at the right moments. Zoom
has the right material and right times but has not got the right
releases.


GRAPHICS & GRAPHICIANS

Could you explain me why people enjoy sitting in front of a
monitor staring at a picture for hours and hours ?  Or:  Why do
you do GFX ??

It is the kick doing work that is respected. It gives me a sort
of kick showing to myself what I do and try to develop my skills
every time. Also I try to mix, improve, develop things myself.
And give a solid base to my fantasy. I can also look at pics for
hours like today, I saw a TV programme with a report about a Dutch
painter called 'Van Meer' I was really interested and saw a lot of
his work. So I'll get some book and try to find something to draw
on Amiga so the Amiga-scene can enjoy his great work too.

Now tell me, What is it that you respect in other people's
attempts to draw good graphs ?  Or :  Where do pay attention to
most when judging a picture by someone else ?

I think I'm first judging on the originality, then on the
technichs in which the picture was drawn. I respect the challenge
to get there where your aim points to. I have two aims. One is
to make the ultimate picture (Aars?) and my other aim is to walk
on the moon. But by the time I can walk there your grandkid will
be sitting on your knee listening to stories of grandpa's great
AMIGA years..

Hmmm,. Yes, maybe you're right but, as you know, a lot of Amiga
GFX-ians are drawing pictures taken from fantasy & roleplay-
books. Can you still say that there is any originality to be
found in their GFX ???  I agree with the part about challenges
though.

Yes ofcourse, I don't think that all amiga graphicians excactly
copy the original paintings to Amiga. There are always improved
parts and things that are invented by the graphician himself. In
my own experiences I can tell you that I drew the mountains from
the hardcore-pic from my head. And the dragon was originally
drawn by Boris. So I mixed the Boris thing with own stuff. And
that's the way to practice. On that way I learned the technich
how to draw a dragon and where to put a lightsource,
skin, hair, eyes, ba*ls, etc. I also see more and more gfx-ians doing
their own stuff.





Boris 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?

I like Boris because of his nude women. Naah. I think he
IS 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.

Most graphicians make up their logos and fonts, but have books
at hand when starting on fullscreen pics; What about you ??

I'm doing all my logos instantly so, I'm loading dpaint and start
on it. For fullscreen pictures I first look through all my books.
Usually I already know where the pictures I want are. I'm always
looking for an ultimate original picture. If I don't like a pic I
will never do it. 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.

Can you recognize someone's style in the examples he uses for
pics ? Please give us some examples..

I think you also can name a guy on amiga when I say TIM WHITE
or BORIS. 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 UNO, 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.

I 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 ??

To 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
was originally made by the Zooms father on a wall in his room.
Artistic family don't you think?

In 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 ???

I am a bit afraid of new systems with trilion colors in Super-
mega- hi-res 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!) At this moment I hope the Amiga scene will
last for some years.

Please, 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 ??

Here is a little list of underated gfx-ers in my personal opinion.

Hein, Hof, Danny and after having seeing the MACK slideshow some
minutes ago I must say that his slide is really Smart.

PROFESSIONAL GRAPHICS

Ok, 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 ???

It 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!  I had a great week and jumped
around with all Core design members. Great fun. After a week I
was offered the job.

And why didn't you take the job after all ??

Because 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.

Do you have any advice for GFX-ians who want to earn money
with their work and want to work for a game- company..

Believe 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.

Could you tell us what competition you can expect when working in
the professional game-sector.. How good are GFX-ians there?

The gfx-ians in companies are usually better than every other
gfx-ian in the scene. The are pro's. In CORE there are at least
four gfx-ans that are beable to make gfx you and I would make go
crazy. 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.

Further I want to thank Lord Helmet for giving me a huge time I
could use to make the title picture.

Also I want to thank Diddle/SNT for letting me and KR'33 stay at
his place when we went to the CSS. Great!

Next article to hear The Facet story: "From Beginner to Elite"



FOLLOW FACET TO THE TOP!
Right now Facet are on the top of the Charts. RAW has got the exclusive
rights to publish the story of Facet. Hear Facet telling about his
trip to the TOP:

It all started when I saw HEIN DESIGN's gfx on c64.  (4 years
ago) I was ashtonished, how could someone draw like that.  I
bought my c64 and started gfx, but nothing happened.  Then my
brother bought an Amiga and I started drawing on it.  I was
surprised with the things I made and since I used my brother's
computer more than he did.

I HAD to buy my own AMIGA. So I did!, I continued my gfx on there.  I got in touch with VISION and got a
disk with HEIN DESIGN gfx. A few months later I was allowed to call
myself FACET OF VISION.

Anyway.  I was kicked out and joined
again (1 week later).  I practised and practised. I started
doing my own FACET things.  I saw guys around me enjoying my work.
felt good but not good enough. I wanted to be in the charts, wanted
to be respected.  VISION used gfx but not enough. I drew more
gfx that VISION could ever use.  I joined groups like REBELS and
ABSENCE as a double member. ABSENCE died and REBELS wanted me
only as a only-Rebels member so I was in VISION-only again.

After some things and parties I joined ANARCHY. Saw things
growing.  You must know that I'm a guy who can only develop when
I'm motivated (can be done by a call, meet or letter) Then first,
after Legalise it and Seeing is believing I saw my name on no.6 in
the Nordic Report.  That felt greeat!  Then The World Chart put
me on No.4, even better eh?  Then I slowed down to no.9 in the
Nordic report. That felt shitty!  Then I drew the
HARDCORE picture and got higher in the charts.  voila!  NO.1 in
the months July/August.

Ofcourse it has not only to do with the Hardcore pic.A lot of things are inflicted ofcourse.  Anyway
it feels great!  One thing I don't want is that everybody sees
me as THE best graphician of the scene , which I'm NOT !  If I
would believe myself I would become bigheaded and that is what I
hate!!!!  I like to be in the chart as popular, not as best.  I
see it as an APREACIATE list .

And that's the Gfx-story of Facet. In next RAW there will the story
of another Chart-topper!