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\F2\4\MIn Sight: DuffE/Sardonyx
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\2This interview was done at the Sardonyx, C-Lous and Citron. meeting in Molnlycke outside Gothenburg (The Hype MiniParty '95?. That was quite some time ago).
\3At first I asked him to tell us something about himself, in person.
\2- Well, I'm a graphician in the well known group Sardonyx, my real name is Jesper Skoog and I'm 18 years old. I've been interested in computers since my family bought a Hewlett Packard with 2 colour display - green and black. Then I borrowed a C64 from a friend and after that my dear parents bought me an A500 for Christmas. Now I have an A1200 that I've borrowed from Drowsy/Sardonyx.
\3How did you start your scene career?
\2- It was at TCC '93 I first got real contact with the scene, but it was at the summer conference in Skene the same year I decided to become a graphician. At The Party III I joined Sardonyx.
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\3Which groups have you been in?
\2- Since I started my 'scene career' I've been active in the following groups: B-Ware, Sardonyx and Goto 10. At the moment I'm in both Sardonyx and Goto 10. B-ware chrashed...
\3Sardonyx is an interesting group and it was natural that I asked him about this exciting group and what they are about to deal with also in the future. Tell us the story!
\2- We are a big group with just a few active members, most of them reside in the Gothenburg area. We have divisions in Norway, Deutschland and Switzerland but they haven't managed to release anything yet. The best thing we have done so far is the Icing party and, of course my great Awkward slideshow series. I'm currently working on Awkward 3. We have a lot of talented and blah blah blah... Basically this is a friendship group and it's just for fun...
\3When did you start to draw on the computer?
\2- I started to paint serious after The Party III when I'd joined Sardonyx but I made some graphics to my Amos productions before that. Yepp, before I became an artist I was a BASIC programmer... The only thing I ever released was Ormet Krypir, a funny worm game... yeah!
\3Tell us about which graphicians you respect and please make a little list with some small comments.
\2- Fade1, well, I like his technique. Especially the ROM graphics...
Facet, he has kewl title names on his pictures, Funky Divas has a very good motive as well...
Devilstar, he's in VD, VD is a good group... That's admirable.
Ra... well, well... He made the scene a little bit better when introducing a new technique.
Grid, he has the best plastic-feeling palette.
Tmx, he skates and redraws Pelefant magazines...
\3How long time does it take for you to complete a picture?
\2- I never do any full screen pictures and I hate to draw logos. But my pictures take somewhere between one and four hours and lately when I got AGA up to twelve hours.
\3Were do you get your inspiration? Do you redraw?
\2- I don't do any redraws. My inspiration comes when I start to paint - the picture develops as I fool around. I never have any motive before I start. And if I have an idea, I've never managed to make it the way it was meant.
\3What do you think of cooperation work between graphicians?
\2- Well, I've done some work with Tobias Jansson and Calladin. I think it can be a good idea especially since I don't have the patience to make any heavy anti-aliasing and Tobias never has any inspiration. (How should this be interpreted? /ToJ)
