\I[Tobias Jansson Inside|By Frame|Section: The Scene of Ours]
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\3You use scanners some time when you create pictures and logos. Don't you think that's a bit shameful as it makes the work with the mouse much easier?
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- The computer is one artistic medium among many others, the scanner is one artistic tool among many others such as the pencil, the airbrush, the antialias tool in Deluxe Paint - and the mouse. Make one's work with the mouse easier? Who said everything has to be mouse drawn? What matters is that your work is original and not made by someone else. What I've scanned is some of my OWN black and white pencil sketches and then developed them further on the computer. I like drawing on paper and I am actually able to draw on paper - apart from many other graphicians - so why shouldn't I use my paperwork on the computer when I have the possibility. There's nothing shameful with this as it's merely one way of creating pictures.
- What may be shameful in it is that all graphicians haven't got a scanner at hand, but I guess most people who really want a scanner can find a scanner these days. I, for instance, have used equipment at school. As a parallel one can say that the last pictures by Peachy supposedly haven't exactly been drawn using a standard A1200! These pictures demand a more sophisticated equipment, no doubt.
\3What do you think of cooperation projects, like drawing a picture together with another graphician? Who would you like to cooperate with? (Do you speak French? (-: )
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- To cooperate as graphicians is a good idea as it would decrease the time one person has to put down into each picture. However, there are many degrees of cooperation, of course. I've only cooperated seriously on pictures two times, I think: The Flyggalning published in the editorial of Oepir Risti 2 (I believe) which was drawn together with my brother Henrik, and an unreleased picture that depicts a horse (or something) together with Duffe/Sardonyx. Both times I finished or "worked up" sketches by the said persons. Thus, I was more or less free to do what I wanted with the pictures. I suppose it's much more difficult to create a decent picture if two graphicians paint different parts of an image as that requires somewhat similar techniques - otherwise the picture would give a shattered impression.
- It would be interesting to make a cooperation picture with Ra, of course, as he paints - at least technically seen - in a way I dream of being able to paint. However, I'm afraid I would feel just too inferior, and, besides, my French is not very good...
\3What kind of pictures do you prefer or like most to draw?
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- I like motives from nature; charming animals, trees and turf are funny to paint. I'm fascinated of playing around with letters of different forms and shapes and thus form harmonic logos of various kinds. I do not like straight lines very much or motives that demand mathematical calculations in any way. (However, I do like mathematics...)
\3Do you admire any not scene related artists? If yes, name some of them. It would also be very interesting with an explanation why you like each artist.
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- There are hundreds of supremely gifted artists that I admire and respect for various qualities. The following is a very incomplete list over some of my favourites - in no special order: \1Salvador Dali\2, \1MC Escher\2, \1Juan Miro\2, \1Rene Magritte\2, \1Carl Barks\2, \1Don Rosa\2, \1Rune Andreasson\2, \1Joakim Pirinen\2, \1Ilon Wikland\2, \1John Bauer\2, \1Elisabeth Ryhre\2, \1Lasse Aberg\2, \1Claude Monet\2, \1John Mac Whirter\2, \1Bruno Liljefors\2, \1Carl Larsson\2, \1Anders Zorn\2, \1Marcus Larsson\2, \1Boris Vallejo\2, \1Tim White\2, \1Rodney Mathews\2 and \1John Howe\2. (Please note that none of these uses/used handle.) I guess this list is pretty uninteresting without comments, but it would take just to long to write something on each and every one...
