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- F A C E T O F A C E W I T H F A M O U S S C E N E R S
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- <link=g19.scr>M O O N W A L K E R</l> / M Y S T I C B Y T E S
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- Grey: Yo, Moonie!
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- Moonie: Welcome Michal!
-
- Grey: This beginning won't be any more different than usual ;) Yeah, it's
- time to say some words about yourself! (ha! don't forget to mention
- your step in real life last year! :)))
-
- Moonie: I am a 24 year old chap living in Katowice near Sosnowiec city where
- Sqward (our code-head) lives. I work at an Advertising Agency as a
- graphician, I do projects like calendars, postcards, folders etc. Two
- times per month I go to school. Ah, I would like to inform you about
- my other status other than being a graphician. I am also a father and
- husband :o). Yup, on the 15th of July 2000 I got married to the woman
- of my life, Magdalena, and the very next year on the 26th of November
- 2001 I became the lucky father to our son Radek. So a whole lot of my
- attention is directed to my family, especialy our son now.
-
- Grey: What was your first computer? And what's your current one?
-
- Moonie: My 1st computer? A 130XE of course! The first computer I saw was a
- humble 800XL so I asked my mother with teary eyes, if she would buy a
- 130XE instead. And this succeeded! :o) From this moment on my real
- computer madness started. I'd been fascinated playing games and
- especialy watching demos (DasOMEN, TheTOP, Landscape...). When I was
- 17/18 years old I bought a 2nd-hand 520ST+ with the memory extended
- to 4MB. The fun only lasted two years when I sold the ST and I bought
- a Falcon with 14MB of memory, two hard-disks (which burned out short
- after), powered with BlowUP 32MHz turbo everything a in BigTower case
- with a TT keyboard. I still have the Falcon today and will keep it
- forever. 3 years ago we bought a PC on which I've been learning Corel
- Illustrator, Photoshop, Pagemaker and other programs just to find a
- job. The sweet times we're spent in front of my 130XE (ah, I forgot,
- I still have this machine at my parent's house. Maybe someday if I
- find enough space in my room I'll take it back).
-
- Grey: You've been traveling to Atari parties in Poland, however I don't
- remember if you took a part in any gfx compo? Am I right? A while ago
- I got a mail from Sqward telling me "he had found a new superb gfxman
- and he sends me his 1st logo made for us". When I saw it I was simply
- stunned. This logo was outstanding!
-
- Moonie: I never took a part in any competition 'coz I didn't have anything to
- surprise anyone with. Simply I didn't feel "powerful" enough to
- compete with the other graphicians, besides I don't care about fame
- in any form. Honestly I mostly cared about the opinion of the rest of
- the guys I was co-operating with.
-
- On the other hand I won't hide that it's nice to read words showing
- pluses and minuses of every work. It's very motivating. I need it.
-
- Grey: You did a whole graphics in "Abyss" and after this release we were
- flooded with mails telling us words like: "what a neat design! great
- work!" and so on... Not to mention that many messages were posted on
- the DHS bulletinboard! How did you feel after reading these words?
- Did you expect this?
-
- Moonie: Nope, I didn't expect such a reaction. I won't hide I've been very
- pleased to read such words concerning ABYSS 'coz putting this all
- together ate a big part of my time. I am not sure if I will manage to
- repeat the latest success but I'll do my best and I hope You will
- like it anyway!
-
- Grey: Is there anything that annoys you seeing graphics in Atari demos?
- Do they lack anything? What could you suggest?
-
- Moonie: It's hard for me to say anything on this topic Maybe I'll try another
- way - there are demos like Hmmm/Escape or Hz-Chemix/Amnesty (Amiga)
- which get along without graphics pretty well! I think that graphic
- isn't the major point of the demo. Things which really count: ideas,
- various effects, dynamics, music and graphics at the end. So how
- should this graphic should look ? As best as possible :)
-
- Grey: What hardware and software are you using to make graphics? Do you use
- the Falcon as well? And what's your best graphictool on this machine?
-
- Moonie: For 2 years I have been drawing the graphics for MSB using
- Illustrator, Corel, Photoshop, 3DMax and Lightwave. I don't have time
- to sit in front of the computer and set "pixel by pixel" to create
- something sensful, worth the attention. Enough of my free time
- attracts _ideas_ concerning the graphics. Eternal siting in front of
- the computer could cause a split in my family that wouldn't make me
- happy to be honest. I can only add that on 130XE I was pixeling using
- DesignMaster, on ST I was quite often using CyberPaint and Deluxe, on
- the Falcon my favourite gfx-proggy was (and STILL is) Apex and
- PhotoLine.
-
- Grey: What do you think about calling anyone "sick" only 'coz they release
- a demo which doesn't work on 4MB machines? Is the 14MB extension for
- Falcon a big step forward? Would you go as far to say it's "PC like
- behaviour"?
-
- Moonie: Calling anyone "sick" only 'coz they release a demo, disk-mag or game
- which requires a bit more than 4MB of memory is rather tactless. If
- someone is rich enough to buy upgrades for his pC, why can't he
- extend the memory in the Falcon to 14MB for example? 14MB ain't THAT
- MUCH! It's symbolic. If I wanted to run Calamus on 4MB (if it would
- RUN btw!) I couldn't make ANYTHING on it. Of course it's nice if
- someone decides to make a demo running ALSO on a 4MB Falcon, no
- question. But we shouldn't have to lay claims that there was also
- someone who needed more than these 4MB to release his production! So
- we should prepare for such "surprises" in the future. Remember, it's
- not the ST it's the Falcon.
-
- Grey: How do you see the future of the Atari scene? Do you think we can
- survive?
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- Moonie: I think that lovers of the older machines won't leave so if such
- people survive then our scene will as well. I know that the most
- active sceners can change their interest 'coz of their age, work or
- getting married. But I really hope that the lack of Atari enthusiasts
- and sceners won't become a harsh reality in the future. As long as
- there are no conflicts between us - we have a chance to survive for
- another couple years.
-
- Grey: Thanx for your time!
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