Scrap Book

  --ABOUT--   SecT is proud to present for the first and last time a new slideshow calledScrap Book. Released on the 31.10.95 -- Credits for this final piece of workmust go to Cro / Cydonia for the code, Maldoror for the Soothe The Beast tune,Jimbob for all the nice chip tunes, and Rob and Kimba for the graphics. Youare watching the last production ever to be made by SecT. If you wish contacteither Raptor or Kimba for any reason write to 38 Janet Street, Kings Meadows,TAS 7249, Australia.     ----     OK, cro the coder here! Not much to say at the endof this ABOUT scroll, except that it was fun coding this! I learnt a lotabout various bits of the Amiga doing this, I did! Like how to do LACEscreens! And EHB! Well, I hope everyone enjoys this slideshow, and I'll end off witha quick couple of hellos:  Gabriella! (who else?)   Kimba (Hi!)  Raptor (Hito you to!)  all in CDN (Hi Hi!)   and everyone else as well :) Now go andchoose another scrolltext.....                                    --GREETS--  We would like to send a special thanks to all past and present SecT memberswho have been involved in our team some way or another:  Axel, Bundy, Conner,Elohmubstac, Kimba, Maldoror, Pifki, Raptor, and Rob. Thanks guys, we wouldnever have made it this far without you... We would also like to say hello tothe following groups and then individuals for their continuing support:Arise, Cydonia, Devious Dezigns, Diffusion, Digital Access, Dracon, Dusk,Facet's Pussy of Desire, Frontier, Gods, Iris, Melting Pot, Mentasm, Ozone Free,Passion, Pearl, Phuture 303, Razor 1911, Slam!, Spaceballs, Spasm, Spoon, andUltra Sonix... And now to those independant guys, Dr. Avalanche, Jimbob, RaSTa,Seduce, Skaven, and Tiger... Thanks people, it was a fun ride while itlasted...... . .               --KIMBA--   Well what can I say, it's finally been released. (yahoo)  As you may alreadyknow, it's taken this slideshow over a year to produce, and even though ittook much longer than I would have liked it, (hi Conner) I'm still very happyto see it finished. At times during the making of this slideshow, I didn'treally care anymore for it. But now that it is finally out, I must admit thateven with the extended wait, and all the grief it gave me, it is still worthseeing the final result. I really must thank -Cro of Cydonia- for acceptingto take this project on board, even with his already busy scene lifeschedule. Without him, the slideshow would probably have never seen the lightof day. (hi Conner) As you may have noticed, this slideshow not only containsmy graphics, but also graphics by an ex-Amiga scener named Rob. He left thescene some time ago, and all his great work was never published. I neverreally got to speak to him once he left, and I never really found out whathis plans were for the graphics he did, but out of friendship, I decided toshare his work with the world. I hope you don't mind Robert? The other noteworthyperson I should mention is the very talented musician who composed thefour chip tunes that are included in this production. His name is Jimbob, andhe's probably one of the best scene friends I've ever had. He created thesetunes for a former team he was in called Access based in the U.K. But as lifegoes, the team failed to meet his expectations and the tunes were never used.So there you go my friend, your music has finaly been used, and I hope we cando something together again some time in the future... (I still want to seea photo of you wearing a skirt, err, I mean kilt) As all of you may know,this is the final production ever from SecT. Now that this piece of work isout, SecT can lay to rest, allowing all of it's members to go in theirseparate directions. Since the news of our near death, I have joined Dusk.It's my second group ever, and I am happy to have been asked to join thisgreat new team. Before I became a member of Dusk I really did believe that Iwas closing to the end of my scene life. All my love was now being balancedbetween comic illustrating, and story writing. And I felt less for the sceneeach day. But now that the final chapter in SecT has been completed, and I'vejoined Dusk, I do sense a feeling of renewal... I must personaly thankeveryone who supported SecT during it's years, and I hope that this supportwill carry me on through my term in Dusk... Geeze, I sound like I just cameback from a funeral don't I? Well let's cheer this place up a bit huh? BeforeI tell you how each piece of art came to being, I must say hello to all mygraphician friends who helped me along, and especially to those who voted forme in the Australian Scene Charts. Scrap Book was created because I had donesome nice pieces over the years that were never used in productions. To behonest I hadn't done that many good bits of work, so this is why I alsoincluded my two favourite clip-art pieces. The graphics for this slideshowrepresents the quality of my work today. Most of the work in this slideshowis signed under my old scene name of Zex. It was a rather daft name if youask me, so I really am happy that I decided to choose the much better name ofKimba. The title picture which I called -Blonde Ambition- was copied from anAmerican mail order catalogue. It's not availiable in this country, but thename is famous through out the world. And that is -Victoria's Secrets- Yesthe one filled wall to wall with gorgeous supermodels in skimpy lingerie.(lucky me aye?) That picture actually started out in lowres mode, and believeme when I say it looked like a kid had attempted to draw dogs poo with a pinkcrayon. After giving up on it, I decided to try it in hires-interlace mode. Ihad little experience in this resolution before, but I quickly found it funto use and as you can see, the quality made it worth the attempt. Actually Ifound the dress to be the most challenging thing to draw. Even now it stilllooks flat and lifless. Of course most graphicians hate drawing hair, but Ifound it a wonderful experience, and look forward to many more. My other mainpicture which I did for the slideshow is the one in the menu. This one Ititled -Deadly- and it's a 95% original by me. I decided to go with just jetblack hair this time, as I wasn't to sure if I was upto taking the challengeof creating hair out of my own imagination. Hair consists of fine lines,which hold both light and shade in a unique way. For me this would have beenway to time consuming, and I wanted this picture to be completed quickly. Thereason why I called it a 95% original, is because the skin tones were basedfrom a photo I found in a magazine. I didn't just copy it off, as the girlsback in the magazine was more fleshy, while I opted to try the more masculineapproach. This is partly why I called this picture -Deadly- To tell you asecret, the girl in this picture was suppose to be holding a knife, or a gun,but I forgot about it. When I finaly remembered, I decided to leave it out anhope that the image of this young muscular girl would be able to carry itstitle without having to show a killing weapon. Just before I continue, I mustsay that if you find professional artists like Boris Vallejo and ChrisAchilleos a bore like I do, then I would suggest that you go find workcreated by either Luis Royo, or Simon Bisley. These two are the best artistsever. They don't try and be clinical about their work, they try and tell astory with each piece they do. So stop looking at pictures which showsupermodel poses, and start looking at work that creates an atmosphire thattells a thousand stories. Okay, now that the commercial is over, back ontothe descriptions of my work with in this slideshow...  -Sacrificial Knife-is the first ever 100% NC (no copy) I ever did. The quality of it is ratherpoor compared to most scene graphics today, but when I created this around1990/1991 I was rather proud of myself. I had never drawn metal beforewithout copying it from a book, (and even then it looked like plastic) and Imust say it wasn't to bad for a learner back then. But I know I could do muchbetter now...  -Angel Of Sin v1.1- was created for an Australian demo groupcalled Lunatics around about 1992. Alas like most of my requested work, itwas never used. This was also another original piece by me, and all thoughthe skin is very plastic looking, I must admit that it still stands the testof time. The reason why it is version 1.1 was because the first time I didit, I was told that the Heaven logo lacked body. It was suppose to go into aBBStro, but Lunatics quickly slipped away, and the demo never came true.Actually this is my second version of the logo. The first time I drew it, Iaccidently copied something ontop of it, and so I had to redraw it all overagain. (if any ex-Lunatics members are reading this.... PTHHHHHHH)  -FoneBone- was made for the once famous and most sort after scene production inthe world. Euro Charts. I made this small clip in 1993/1994 (boy I must begetting old, I keep forgeting the dates) and I rather like it. The clip isa copy of a trading card which is based on a comic book character. I don'tread the comic, or collect trading cards, but I liked the picture on thetrading card, and I thought it would be fun to convert into a clip. Therereally isn't much to say about this one, I just thought it would be nice toinclude in this production...  -Elfen- is another copy. This time I found thepicture in a computer games magazine. When I saw the picture of this reallyspunky female elf, I just had to draw it. I did this around 1991/1992 Ithink, and it was the first time I ever really drew a human on computer. Likemost older scene work, this once lacked technical details. No anti-alias orsmoothing techniques were used when I drew this picture, and back then Ididn't even know that they existed. Unlike most graphicians who hate theirolder works, I don't mind mine. It's nice to sit back and check out olderstuff every now and then to see how things have changed... -Raven III- was myfirst ever attempt at doing a full screen picture. I copied the picture froma -Chris Achilleos- fantasy book, (I'll never do it again, since I no longerlike most of his work) and it took me MONTHS to get the damn thing finished.Even then I drew the picture to big, and so I ran out of space for the uglygreen toad that sat upon the icey pillar. This was also my first attempt atdoing human skin tones, (different from elf skin tones) and so it turned outmore like an oil painting than living flesh. The sword also appears to be offcentre, which I never noticed the first time, but I do like the bear furwhich keeps her warm...  -The Babysitter- was added to my slideshow at thelast minute to fill in that void of it not containing any work done under mynew name. This was done for the zine Defy in 1995, and I am very happy withthis piece. While some say that the style is over a year old (hi Souri) Ifeel that for a piece that only used twelve colours it really isn't that bad.This one was copied from a video I spotted in a catalogue. The picture reallypulled me in, with it's erotic tones and innocence, and I knew right awaythat I just had to draw it. As usual with my weirdness I found the hair themost fun thing to do. And it's easy to tell that the neck gave me most of myproblems. Well now that you know everything about the pictures I included inScrap Book, I guess it is time to leave and go onto different and perhapsbetter things. For my contact address, check out the -About- scroll... Laterpeople, this is -Aaron (Kimba of SecT)- signing off for the very last time...          --RAPTOR--  Yo Yo Yo, It's the really rad dude Raptor!!! No just kidding, I'm a very seriousguy normally but I'm sooo happy to finally get this slideshow finished. Afterstarting SecT in 1992 with expectations that it would live about a year. Nowit's our last production before the group is officially disbanded. The reasonsfor breaking up are numerous, but it comes down to the fact that I'm not thatinterested in the whole thing anymore. I've other interests and work is takingmost of my time and the desire to stay just isn't there. No need to worry aboutthe Oz Survey, because I'll still compile that and swap with my close group offriends. A very special thanks goes to Cro for providing his time to finishingthis production, especially when he is busy with his own groups work.I would like to send some personal greetz to the following people:  Tiala (Myfirst swapping contact, and the first guy to drop me!), Gun / Mentasm (My firstreal scene friend and I know we'll be for years to come, BTW I'll still spreadthe French charts for ya), Chris / Gods (A real great guy, I hope to improve myreplying time), Backfire (I don't even know if you will ever read this but Ienjoyed our short letter writing adventure), Virus (I'm not even sure you're stillin the scene, I recently discovered that your last sending was lost in the post.If you are still interested in writing as friends please contact me) and finallyall the Amiga Scene Guy & Girls who have made some incredible productions overthe years. Overall I have enjoyed the scene, but life goes on... Warrick Burgess(ex. Raptor / SecT)          ---ROB---   This text should have described how Rob created his art, but due to one MAJOR mistake by me (Kimba) I managed to delete his text file. I apologize to Rob, (if he is reading this) and I hope that he will forgive my stupid mistake... Rob, you were a very good artist........