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INTERVIEW WITH ALEX OF THE SILENTS
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THe interview was made by Fester of
Absolute! but without Archibald of
Absolute! it couldn't have been done.
He is the guy related to the 'target'.
SH - Sledge Hammer
A - Alex of TSL
SH - OK, let's get down to business
with a standard, but important
question: who the hell are you?!
A - Who am I? Maybe some kind of life
form belonging to the human race.
(Well, ... I think!) and living on a
small part of the earth ground so
called as France. I was given a name:
Stephen King, but it didn't sound like
a French name and I changed for
Alexander Garnier, Alex is better!
According to the tempus continuum of
our dimension I am 18 and beside my
amiga activities I spend my (lost)
time on the seats of a math/physics
university.
SH - Tell us your scene career!
A - I could tell you the usual story
that once upon a time I fell on the
famous Dpaint and started to make
something else than playing with my
AMIGA. In fact, I never relly liked
to play games with a computer. If you
want to play, you buy a console
(Nintendo, you know?) and the Amiga
was a way to change my pencil for a
mouse. In other words, before having
this need of drawing with a mouse, I
drew on paper and I still do (less
than before). So after a while on
learning how to work on a computer, (I
already knew it because I worked on
the poor MacPaint on Macintosh before)
I drew fast. My scene career started
really when I left CYCLONE (a french
crew which had a very good coder but
so lazy...) and joined ALCATRAZ thanks
to the German section. (dec. 1991)
after this time I actively took part
in some productions - ATZ ones and
beside WilloW ones -
SH - It's beyond doubts that you are a
master of this japanese style
graphics. It looks very nice, but in
some dudes' opinion it is very easy to
draw. What are your comments about
it?
A - STOOP! No, sorry, my first desire
has never been to use the japanese
style of drawing. My way of drawing
took this direction, but I never
really tried to copy this 'big eyes'
style and light colors... In fact, I
understand that those persons who
watched MUSEUM could think that I used
japanese models I DIDN'T. The most
japanese of my pictures could be
ILLIAN, but try to find an original in
a jap. movie and you won't. Because
the original was firstly handmade on
paper and just inspired from a
japanese girl.
Nothing from CITY HUNTER or else I
heard in ETERNAL. About pictures like
LITTLE SLEEPY, SHANOWER ... Well,
there's a big mistake about these ones
too, if you compare them to the so
known Japanese style. SHANOWER is
inspired from a bodyposition (seat
knees apart) rough drawn by the so
fabulous MOEBIUS (see Mc DISK 4- I
wrote an article about his art) I
invented the face of the boy and
colored it. LITTLE SLEEPY is a try:
I wanted to draw in LOISEL's style
(Regis LOISEL, another fantastic
french drawer) when others just copy
the so famous BORIS VALLEJO I just
preferred using a style like drawings
on paper. BUT, for those who thought
it is easy to make, I agree, what else
to say... Just try to do the same,
without taking a model. I invented,
THERE was the difficulty. Anyway, I
wasn't a Dpaint 'technician' at this
time, my way of drawing got an
evolution (I guess so ) and for those
who could have a look at my last
pictures, they would tell you that I
left a bit this cartoonlike style. I
made some new experiences lately, on
photolike pictures. I also improved
my antialiase and traming (Hope so!).
By the way, an info for your
readers: the last picture in MUSEUM,
STARR PIEDRA is an error, it should
have never been released. Unfinished,
it was a missed try on global forms.
But I told it too late to the slide
makers. Don't blame me under this
one! (You're right : a release
picture is a released picture, Ok,Ok!)
SH - From where do you get
inspiration?
A - Sure, I would say that I have
unusual sources of inspirations (Most
of the time, I don't copy them, I just
take a posture, the main lines or
textures: I use them as experiences.)
I gave some names before, but I
changed. Last year, my inspiration
for fast rough on paper was taken from
my master: MOEBIUS and a bit from
Regis LOISEL, try to find their art,
it could be interesting. And lately I
used photos, and worked on light
effects. I also like a lot SIUDMACK
pictures (his art looks like a dream,
strange colors, transformed bodies,
stone effects) MACK used one of
SIUDMACK's picture in his slide PRISM.
And he was right, because this picture
is really nice, and MACK knew to give
the best of it on computer.
And I learnt to like American
drawers (I didn't before) through
BISLEY's fantastic art. The colors he
uses make very nice effects on
backgrounds. He's today the second
comic drawer the most copied after
VALLEJO.
Among the US drawers, ther's a
marvellous one: GIMENEZ, not so
known, I guess! But he uses paint and
his comic books look like photos
(mainly colored with white, blue-grey
tints )!
SH - Do you use models? Do you use
"helping-hardware"?
A - 'Helping-hardware'? Do you mean
scanners or something? No. If my
released pictures were said to be easy
to make I wonder why I would use a
scanner, eh! The pictures I made were
totally made with a little mouse of
plastic and without help, whatever
could be this help. About models, I
do. As everybody. Nearly half of my
production of the last months was
taken from models. But I really feel
annoyed when I redraw a picture which
is not mine. I just do it by
experience to learn new technics to
make light effects for instance. It
is useful to use a real representation
of the light on a face and trying to
make another invented representation.
SH - Can you draw in other styles?
A - Eyh! Tricky question. MOEBIUS
draws in about ten different styles
from ancient and heavy to more modern
and light styles. I am in perpetual
search of innovation. Most of you who
have seen MUSEUM saw my first tries
not too differents one from each
other. Today I work in a more
realistic style. I work more carefuly
some important parts, the eyes...
Well, you see that bodies and faces
were my last point of research. But I
also try to refind in some of the last
pictures, a funny touch I gave one
year ago, to BIG BITTEN for instance.
SH - What do you think about these
persons, teams and productions:
A -
Mack of Melon Dezign: Among the last
slides I saw, Mack's one was the best
and you have in it the perfect example
of an evolution through years, for a
graphician. Mack went from a comical
style through a painting style to a
realistic style. I love to see well
drawn women bodies (it is so unusual
to see some good graphicians on Amiga
interested in other things than
dragons... I thank MACK for his
fantastic MEDUSA women and for the
little Black and White beauty he
offered to us with I SEE YOU. (BTW:
the great green monster in the PRISM
menu is inspired from MOEBIUS. That's
a strange pic as I love them)
Deja Vu by Anarchy Uk: Hope to know
him soon!?
Hof of TSL: Hello Steph!
HOF is today the most perfect
graphician (according to me) he
improved his technic to give us
awesome pictures (And you didn't see
the last ones!) Hope someone in TSL
could wake up and use his pictures!
Hey XANN! Alors Koi!
No, no, just forget what I said
before, otherwise HOF is going to get
the 'Big Head'HOF he's the worst
graphician ever, hey!
Mikael Balle of TSL: THE EUROCHARTS
should open a new chart for him:
the BEST DESIGNERS!
Mikael Balle is a professional, and I
hate him because he can touch to a
paintbox, I am terribly jealous about
that! Seriously I am impatient to see
some new production from him & JESPER
KYD - As everybody I guess!
Kefrens: King of precalculating!
LAXITY amazed me in music! RWO
DOESN'T amaze me.
Eurochart by Static Bytes: It is an
important thing for a healthy scene.
It is only representative as far as
you consider who voted (if the voters
are balanced between the 4 casts of
the AMIGA: Graphicians, coders,
musicians, swappers/watchers it can be
representative of a common feeling.
Phenomena: I miss the GREAT FIREFOX.
ENIGMA gave me mice moments.
Odyssey by Alcatraz: That was a
production! Anybody can say whatever
he wants, HORNET innovated totally
with ODYSSEY. You like, you don't.
It doesn't matter. We won't see
several movies like this one as it
takes too much time to make. GREG
gave the perfect atmosphere with his
instrumental musics. Just one think:
Why PGCS always signs his pictures,
when this pictures are used in a movie
demo? (Imagine a real film signed in
each plane with the name of the
director.)
ABSOLUTE!: I was ABSOLUTEly and
pleasantly amazed by the clean design
they used in their first production
AABSOLUTE! (the first I received)
Soft colors, geometric shapes used in
nice effects (many shades effects) I
wish them to keep this attention on
the design and a big success with this
new mag.
SH - Why did you left Alcatraz and
joined TSL?
A - Everything was and is OK with ATZ.
I just felt a bit alone in France, and
the second thing, and the most
important is that I meet daily a
friend in my town: NAM (who founded
WilloW). We wanted to launch a new
design with this team (even if the
name wasn't so good, and NAM worked
hard on code, we had ideas and made
some intros, ATZ wasn't too pleased
about that! One of the very good
coders of WilloW -XANN- was asked to
join SILENTS and asked me and NAM to
come with him. These changes allowed
us to work easily together.
Today I am in TSL with friends near
me (each TSL France dude knows each
other) and we have more talks and same
ideas about the design we want than I
had before with ATZ.
German dudes (HEAD and CONTROL) of
ATZ made a good work in the
organization but when members are
spread over the world how can you
imagine that a poor graphician can
give his vision and ideas for a demo
which is made 2000 km far away.
Expect astonishing art from ATZ they
have 3 fantastic musicians!
LIZARDKING, BRAINBUG And GREG.
SH - Are there organizing problems in
such a big group as TSL?
A - I don't know anything about
SILENTS internal organization. The
only think I wonder is if we will have
the pleasure to read a new issue of
the internal letter in the near
future!
SH - How do you manage to keep
friendship with other divisions? Or
isn't that important in TSL?
A - Well, I am sorry to say that I am
not in contact with other divisions of
SILENTS. You could tell me I didn't
try to and you would be right. In
fact I have less and less time to
write to contacts and I feel ashamed
about it.
But if some TSL dudes have time to
write me, they can do it. Hey, men...
DO IT! I'd be fine to receive some
news from other divisions. It could
be important to have such contacts but
I didn't test it till now.
SH - Whose computer and real music do
you like?
A - In computer music I am addict of
LIZARDKING's art. This musician
didn't reveal the full height of his
talent! Some unreleased tunes are
masterpieces and I stand by JACKIE D.
to code the awaited musicdisk.
The second 3D DEMO music composed by
MadFreak makes me fly each time I
listen to it (around 1 789 450,32
times) and Audiomonster makes me dream
with his FLORENCE! (Don't know her, I
talk about the module!)
The real musics I listen to are
mostly movie soundtracks which make me
live again the best moments of the
movies I see. At the moment it is the
one composed by VANGELIS: 1492,
CHRISTOPHER COLOMBUS. Also DUNE, BACK
TO THE FUTURE, RAINMAN PRINCESS BRIDE
(composed by Mark Knopfler) EMPIRE OF
THE SUN. But I also like FRONT 242 (I
heard that this music helps many
coders to code faster, it seems to
work for graphicians) ERASURE, in
modern style.
And SUPERTRAMP, PINK FLOYD, among
not so old ones. The last album from
PRINCE wasn't too bad too! His music
is very different one from the other,
and he uses strange compositions I
like. It brings a change among the
formalised commercial music we can
hear today.
SH - Tell us about France in general
and the French scene.
A - France in general is a very nice
country etc... Sorry I don't know
what to tell you about France else
than: Don't go to PARIS only to see
the EIFFEL TOWER or EURODYSNEYLAND,
there is so much more to see!
The French scene can be judged by
foreigners, I am inside France and
can't say many things. I think we
have skilled dudes like Audiomonster,
HOF, REFLEX, RHAH/DRD, a legend: MOBY
and innovative ones as WALT,... me
and NAM (Oops Sorry!)
SH - What education are you/will you
be under?
A - I can understand your question in
several ways... and that's an
interesting question... I have no
idea about that!
SH - What projects TSL France are
working on?
A - Can I talk to you about our
projects...? (If there are some...
Who knows!) NAM and me are quite busy
on a possible trackmo we should bring
you this year: The last name I heard
was BLUE SUN, but it's my little
pocket Golem (see his photo in CHIT
CHAT - his name is Yaourt - vote for
him! ) who told me it and we can't
really trust him!
From XANN, should come an awesome
intro with a totally new routine. But
he's not too satisfied of the result,
WE are more than satisfied, we are
full eyes on the screen!
SH - If you want to write something
else, here's your chance:
A - Yeah? I really can write
something? This place is only for me?
Only me? Oh, well! I talked too much
before and I am in lack of breath.
Just a few hellos to my great friends,
see in LIVE or other messy box for
messages! ZLOGGY HELLOS to these
mighty guys:
MONTY and ZORGLUB, both in ANALOG
JESTER/SANITY
BROSS, FLETCH/TSB
REVERSE and GENGIS/DIGITAL
SPOCKY, NICO/HMD
Mr KEEL, BLACKY, MENTAL, HIRO,
CONTROL, HEAD, MOP, GREG, JACKIE D.,
QUEDEX, LIZARDKING/ATZ
TITAN, SKYNET, SUNY/ANARCHY
REFLEX/REBELS
All fine dudes in SILENTS woldwide!
Thanx for this interview. Bye!!
I'm the one who should say thank to
you - Archie.