Inteview with Facet

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                                          on the second of April.. And every-
                                          body before the  first of April got
                  with FACET/ANARCHY      them  and could use them after 1 A-
                 by RAMON B5 / DESIRE     pril..  So  I now have to wait till
                                          July  till  I  get  a  nice  purple
                                          card...   Ggggrrrr....             
- Please introduce yourself. Name, a-                                        
  ge, activity in your group.           - So you'r 17 then eh?               
                                                                             
- My  name  is  Martijn van Meel, I'm   - No,  I'm 18....  haven't  you  read
  almost 12 and put down pixels in D-     Chit Chat?   Inthere you could read
  paint for a living!                     I had my birthday  allready!!  (You
                                          can still send me flowers,  candy's
- Please  don't lie  and tell us your     and so on!)                        
  real age!                                                                  
                                        - When and why did you join your gro-
- Ohnoo  he knows I'm only 10..shit..     up?                                
  now  I have to tell him  the truth,                                        
  or   not...  ehmm...  well    Ramon   - In the year of 1991,               
  (L E A D E R) I'm 10...   honest!       When Facet had gfx done,           
                                          He joined the great group of       
- What about your OV-jaarkaart then?                                  Anarchy
                                          And there he is and will always be. 
- Oee...  that  was  a  mean question                                        
  since you knew that my birthday was   - Oh  God  he is singing the answers.



  But what about VISION?                  needed so much gfx so  I drew a lot
                                          in da  beginning ..  meanwhile I've
- I  suppose I  could  sing that too,     become lazier than that  because of
  but  since  I'm not a  good singer,     my girlfriend and fun... oh.. scho-
  though I was once a churchsinger!!!     ol is  taking a lot of time at  the
  Well, Vision was my first real gro-     moment too...                      
  up and I thank a  lot to them.  The                                        
  reason  why I left  was mostly that   - How do you (You, Dan, Nuke) usually
  they lost  the spirit and  activity     communicate in terms of  design and 
  for the Demoscene.. And I needed an     ideas which you have together?     
  active group that could support  me                                        
  in what  I was doing..  (making gfx   - Well,  usually Dan is  the one with
  for demos)  and at that moment  Vi-     the strenght of color (Pastel!) and
  sion   was  not   that   supporting     design  but I and  Nuke also try to
  group... Although that I  just love     supply  him with ideas..  So  did I
  Vision!                                 sort of design the main part of Le-
                                          galise it... in Dpaint..  just  for
- I  guess you need an  active group,     the idea..   Dan did use some of my
  you  make  lots  of  gfx in a  very     ideas  but  for my other ideas,  we
  short time,  explain us  how you do     will  use  them maybe in LI2.  Just
  that.                                   wait and seeeeeee....              
                                                                             
- Well,  it's just the time where I'm   - What  does your  girly  think about
  living in..  I've  been so busy be-     you spending a lot of time with yo-
  cause  I came in Anarchy where they     ur  Amiga,  and  does she like your



  work?                                   cause in every chart they try to be
                                          representive.. don't they?  And one
- She  really  motivates me  in doing     thing is for sure..   If my name is
  gfx  because I  want to  higher  my     mentioned in a chart I'm really soo
  skills always.. But I usually spend     happy and that motivates me ofcour-
  more  hours  with  her than with my     se...                              
  computer. And  I think when I would                                        
  give up computering for her I would   - When  I  entered your (messy) room,
  have the depressed lifetime of who-     the  first thing you did  was throw
  le my life...                           me  some  books with  pictures.  Is
                                          this  your  greatest source for in-
- Mhh about motivation, I guess char-     spiration?                         
  ts motivate you too. Which chart do                                         
  you appreciate the most at this mo-   - For drawing pictures I ususally get
  ment?                                   them  from  books with artist like:
                                          Boris, Easley, Caldwell, Fred fiel-
- The  Worldchart ofcourse since they     ds  and many more.  But for the in-
  rank  me  on  number 4... hehehe...     spiration for other gfx like logo's
  naah..  At the  moment I  think the     I  use my imaginatiation.. But  all
  Stolendata chart is the most repre-     the  time I'm not  behind my screen
  sentive chart  at the moment becau-     I'm  searching effects and original
  se only skilled demofreaks vote for     ideas to  use so I can use those in
  it.. ps.  I  don't  vote  for  this     uninspiration times.               
  chart!..  Anyway.. at  the moment I                                        
  think all charts are quite good be-   - Which  of the artists you mentioned



  above do you like most and why?                that is not important. I met
                                                 him in Barnsley  and we sure
- That is  ofcourse BORIS since he IS            had  a  great  time! Look in
  the  best  fantasy-art painter aro-            several  Anarchy productions
  und.  He  can paint those things we            to see work from him!       
  always  dream  of...  And  I  think                                        
  that's  soo smart!  Just look at my    Krest: This quiet  guy was surprised
  Fantasy  dragon,  the  Introduction           so many  times by me  that he
  picture in Stolen Data 8,  and look           sold his Amiga at once.... ha
  at the BORIS conversions from me..             ha... naaahh..   He  is quite
                                                good, just look in  Krestmass
- Can you tell us something about the           leftovers for his great work! 
  other gfx-dudez in Anarchy like Zo-                                        
  om, Mystik, Krest or Slash?            Slash: Quite  hard to tell you about
                                                him  because  I  only met him
- Zoom: This  guy is the best 3D spe-           once on a Christmas party two
        cialist on Amiga... just look           years ago...  One thing I  do
        at his amazing Spring Melodi-           know, he has looong hair!    
        es  title picture..  We (ZOOM                                        
        and  I)  will  hopefully work   - List us your favourite  coder/musi-
        together on the  huge project     cian/gfx-artist?                   
        for Anarchy..                                                        
                                        - Hmmm... trickquestion eh?   well...
 Mystik: His gfx are quite good, he's     since  there are  so many  talented
         not  so  active but  I think     and  great  coders,  musicians  and



  graphicians  around  I'll just men-     ady...  It's for ZINE.. isn't it?  
  tion  some  I  really  like in what                                        
  they do on da Amiga!                  - Which  of  your own pictures do you
                                          like most?                         
- Dan,  Nuke,  Tip,  Mantronix, Hein,                                        
  Tsm, Audiomonster, Bruno, Heatbeat,   - The  Fantasy dragon which had to be
  Zoom,  Uno,  Havok, Mystik,  Krest,     in the Gallery for  Stolen data and
  4-mat,  Fairfax, Red devil,  Quest,     is the main titlepicture for  'the-
  Color, Mace, Omega, Moby and Slash.     half-year-delayed-because- of-musi-
                                          cal-thing'  better  called  as  the
- What's your favourite disk-magazine     Anarchy demo   HaRdCoRe....        
                                                                             
- RAW,Maggy,Mc-DISK and Stolen data..   - What do you think of the Dutch sce-
                                          ne at the moment?                  
- Do  you know for which magazine  we                                        
  are doing this interview?             - The  Dutch scene  looks so died out
                                          because  there are not so many par-
- Hmmmm... FC is what I see....eh....     ties,  and  since the Dutch  groups
  (F)ileppetto's (C)odercorner            almost  only  release  products  on
  (F)lummie      (C)lummie                parties I'm not seeing as much as 2
  (F)ood         (C)orner                 years ago...                       
  (F)or     a    (C)ookbook                                                  
  (F)ried        (C)hicken              - I heard some  rumours that you will
                                          move to  England  and work for Core 
  But since I knew the question alre-     design in July.  Are  these rumours



  true?                                   us both but I'm sure we'll continue
                                          our relationship..   For the  Dutch
- Oh yes they are....  I have been to     scene I'll stay making gfx...So you
  England two weeks ago for an inter-     CAN  expect  gfx  from me in Mirage
  view  and afterwards I had myself a     and Desire projects!               
  job..  So  in the late  of July and                                        
  the  beginning of  August I'll move   - Are  you   already   working  on  a
  to  Derby/England to work there in-     project for Core design?           
  house...                                                                   
                                        - Nope.. at the moment I'm practising
- Great  nice  subject, now I can ask     how to do animations. But in August
  many questions like:  Will you keep     I'll get my Core Design game proje-
  on working for Anarchy,  what about     ct...                              
  school,  what about your girlfriend                                        
  and what about the Dutch scene?       - Can you inform us about some secre-
                                          ts of Core design, new games and so
- I'll  work along  people like  Dan,     on (har har)?                      
  Nuke  and  Rush in Core,  so we can                                        
  make a lot more products because of   - Yes... they are very busy to finish
  the better communication.. This mo-     a game called  WolfChild  on  Amiga
  ving  will not  last all  my  life,     and it looks soo nice... with other
  I'll quit  school for  one year  to     words...  no comment!              
  see if this is what I really want..                                        
  I ofcourse keep on going with Judi-   - WolfChild  was that not a Psygnosis
  th, I know it will be very hard for     game? Anyway can you tell something 



  about  new  Anarchy  releases then?     the Chinese wall?                  
  Legalise it II?                                                            
                                        - Life is sure  something eh?  But it
- Yup... Legalise it... II is  on the     are the depressions that demotivate
  worktables  of ours at the  moment.     me at the moment.. It's almost like
  Ofcourse we have other ideas of new     Move  matje #4 but  it is not.. You
  products  but they  are only in our     can  more describe  it as a Chinese
  minds  and  might never see the li-     wall  you  talked about..  It's the
  ghts...                                 structure that  makes me soo ill...
                                          everytime I saw it  I thought about
- You,  DAN  and  NUKE seem  to  be a     death and destruction!             
  trio. Are you gonna do some gfx for                                        
  other Anarchists too?                 - So  it is  not  this interview that
                                          makes you sick?                    
- If they ask me to do gfx I'll ofco-                                        
  urse  do  them a favour.. but since   - No.. I  really  like to  be in  the
  Dan and  Nuke  are  my triobrothers     center of something so interviewing
  I'll  do all Dan's gfx  for his co-     me   was    a    tremendous   idea!
  ming projects!                          (hoehoehaaaa...)   Noo...  this in-
                                          terview doesn't make me sick.. what
- Ask  yourself a question and answer     makes  me  sick is...  juice..  for
  it.                                     that.. ask Martin alias Nuke!      
                                                                             
- Is  it life  that makes you so sick   - Do you have other hobbys beside yo-
  and  why is it that  you don't like     ur Amiga?                          



                                          now?                               
- Yes,  lately I play a lot of Tennis                                        
  that makes me fit...  I also go out   - I put up priorities my friend.... I
  with friends and play pool.. What I     use more  because of my  Super user
  also  like is to listen to real mu-     in  my bud... I use plastic and co-
  sic like  U2,  Level 42, Ten sharp,     loursubstances for getting oxygen..
  etc.                                    This will supply my brain to colle-
                                          ct  more  molecules to  protect  me
- Lately?  You told  me that you play     from getting a  liftover that could
  tennis  for  eight  years now,  and     brainclean  me.  And that is what I
  where did Guns 'n Roses go?             do  NOT  prefer... would  you  like
                                          that to happen to a thing you won't
- Well,  I do  play  tennis for eight     even know as a toilet?             
  years  but it bored me a lot that I                                        
  became and unactive tennisplayer...   - If  you are gonna  change again try
  But  now I  just loove  to play the     these: Red hot chily peppers, Sonic 
  yellow ball! About Guns and Roses..     youth    or    Soundgarden.    Next
  ..that  was just a  little fragment     question: are you bored already?   
  of my life.. Now  I like other sty-                                        
  les of music.... people change!       - Well, I like one ton  of R.H.C.P...
                                          but for those other ones  do I have
- How do you do it?  I have to go for     to  go to the library...   The real
  the third time to the toilet, beca-     question is not to be bores..is it?
  use  of  all your  drinks and food,     .. No no!  You want to ask a proper
  and  you've  been  only once  until     question... like.. what's the capi-



  tal of spain!                           of the window try to put the leaves
                                          in the garden to a form of question
- Do you think they are still reading     giving  power..  Will he succeed in
  this interview then?                    putting them together in time.. the
                                          clock was running down and the num-
- Noo...  but we are not doing it for     ber was getting smalled.... We were
  them.. are we?  No no..we are doing     both waiting for what had to come..
  this because at this moment of life     .. what  came  was a pure  nonsense
  we feel like having the pleasure of     illustrated  piece of text  without
  doing this  whatever the  result is     any proper answer at all...        
  like... is it.. or isn't it?                                               
                                          For dutch people: (Vaag he...)     
- What  game  do  you  like  best  on                                        
  Amiga?                                - If  ten birds can pickup one brick,
                                          how  many balls  should a crocodile
- I  really like Agony because of the     eat to  swim faster then a  washing
  high  standard music and gfx... but     machine, it's a colour beneath 10? 
  old classics like Hero and  Pitfall                                        
  are my favourites...                  - For that easy question I can make a
                                          litte  program...  (I  can  code ya
- Send  some  personal  greets now so     know!)                             
  that I can make up some new intere-                                        
  sting questions.                        prg      Sta $30000	               
                                               Bna ld,$3                     
- At the  moment Ramon is looking out              Bsa %15,7676              



Interview: FACET -1



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  My smart answer is 8 because he has     lot  more  I  just  can't  come  up
  allready 2 balls...                     with... sorry!                     
                                                                             
- If  someone  really wants an answer     But  last  I   have  to  thank  you
  send us 10$. Got some last words?       Ramon...  For having interviewed me
                                          and drinked the Cola, the and eaten
- Yes  ofcourse I have some...  I can     two pizza's! Green dragons forever!
  use this opportunity to greet, men-                                        
  tion  some guys here...  I will not   - Thank you for honest answers, Cola,
  message  them because  we have Chit     Pizza, The and stuffjes.           
  Chat for that!                                                             
                                               END - FIN - EINDE - ENDE      
  Dan,  Nuke,  Rush, Hein,  Tsm, Blo,        Ko%staplota (Polish dialect!)   
  KR'33, Thd,  911, Multi, Moxy, Mad-                                        
  cap, Krestjes, Ramon, Fairfax, Mae-                                        



Interview: FACET -2