Coolcat

            A Interview With A Artist BY 
                :INFINITY: CYDONIA   

Back in the mid 80's, Coolcat was known as one of the best and well respected   
Australian graphicians the country has ever seen
Times have changed since       
then and he's been in the dark for too long, but now he's back all fired up     
again to kick start the Oz Scene again into overdrive
Here in a very EXCLUSIVE  
interview for the very first time, Coolcat reveals all

Well alomst
:-)       
                                                                                
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 HANDLER: CoOLCAT!                                                              
     AGE: 25!!                                                                  
COMPUTER: Amiga 1200 4mb Fast 030, 882 both running at 33mhz
   GROUP: ~'CYdONiA`~                                                           
                                                                                
WHEN DID YOU START DRAWING ON THE AMIGA?                                        
                                                                                
About 1986                                                                      

WHAT MADE YOU CHOOSE AN AMIGA?                                                  

It was the best at the time, i had a C64 which i sold and i didn't like the PC's

WOULD YOU EVER SELL YOUR AMIGA AND BUY A PC?                                    
                                                                                
No I'd have both, i would never leave the amiga

WHY NOT?                                                                        

The amiga's operating system etc is far superior, i prefer to use them


WHICH DRAWING PROGRAM DO YOU USE MOSTLY?                                        

Different ones, but mainly the old classic (Slow) Dpaint IV (v46) i have v5 tho

WHAT FORMER GROUPS WERE YOU INVOLVED IN BEFORE JOINING CYDONIA?                 

Lots!  About 30 or so since i got into computers (C64 scene etc)

I sorta really only did gfx for most groups didn't always join
                 
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE CURRENT STATE OF THE AUSTRALIAN SCENE?                 
                                                                                
It seems slow at the moment
                                                    
WHO IS YOUR FAVOURITE AMIGA ARTIST?                                             

Hmm man

thats hard

Mack? Peachy? Ra? 2 many good artist's even ~'CYdONiA`~ has cool GFX dudes

IN YOUR OWN WORDS, SUMMARISE THE FOLLOWING GRAPHICIANS IN OZ

This can get me into trouble
                                                                                
Souri
 Good, Gets better all the time
                                 
Wiz of Oz
 Not bad, he kinda left the scene
 Was good 4 back then
        
Siggy (999)
 Not bad either
 never got really good tho Havent seen much
    
Kimba
 Not bad
 havent seen 2 much of his GFX                         
 
Psyche
 Same as above ^                                                 

Infinity
 Good getting better

Sumaleth
 Very good
 what i have seen, that is
                          
Terminator
 Have not seen much
                                            
Repo
 Same as above^                                                  

Gothic
 Quite good aswell
                                              
Bass
 Have not seen much of his work
                                 
Snykers
 Have not seen much, but looks good, he will get better
         
Drift
 Good
                                                          
Dizz
 Good

NAME THE 3 BEST ARTIST CURRENTLY TODAY IN AUSTRALIA
                            
Hehe

 do i include myself? Souri, Sumaleth, Infinity, (But the others are reAL close!)                                                                    

NAME THE 3 BEST ARTIST'S OVERSEAS

Cougar, Facet
 Same as b4

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN THE SCENE SO FAR?                                     
                                                                                
nearly 11 yrs
                                                                  
YOU'VE DONE ALOT OF LOGOS FOR OVERSEAS GROUPS
WHICH LOGOS ARE YOU PROUD OF?     
                                                                                
At the time i was proud of a phenomena logo i did 4 Tyger, it was good at the time

probably the SKiD RoW logo and the ACceSsioN one
the SLaM wasn't bad either

WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR IDEAS FROM?                                               
                                                                                
Anywhere, my head, something i may have seen
a combination of a few thoughts of inspiration whilst being stoned
                                    
WHAT FEATURES WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IN DPAINT/PPAINT OR BRILLANCE THAT YOU      
THINK IS VITAL FOR ALL ARTIST'S?                                                
                                                                                
Hmm Speed

 more FX

 more undo's etc
                                         
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF ESCOM BEING THE NEW OWNERS OF THE AMIGA?                   
                                                                                
Not sure they don't seem 2 care much

 but they were shocked by the efficient small Operating System

 Hopefully they they will use their power

 But it probably won't be that much diff in many ways

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE END THIS INTERVIEW?               

Hi everyone?  Any old scene dudes i know

 can contact me
 =)