Souri

Souri/CDN
A Interview With An Artist                               
BY :iNFiNiTY: CydONiA     

To me, this guy just shocks the shit out of me ever time he uploads one of      
his logos or pictures
He's got the talent that I only dream about and the       
ideas he comes up with, simply takes my breath away
He's known today as the     
best Oz graphician, and he will remain in the top seat for a long time to       
come as well
                                                                   
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  HANDLE: Souri                                                                 
     AGE: 20                                                                    
COMPUTER: A500 <A1200 soon hopefully>                                           
   GROUP: Cydonia                                                               
    ROLE: Graphician                                                            

WHEN DID YOU START DRAWING ON THE AMIGA?                                        

Around 1988 , when I mucked around in Dpaint 2 or so on my friend's             
Amiga =] 
Got my Amiga in 1990 which was bundled with Fusion paint
           
I was drawing long before on the C64 though

WHAT MADE YOU CHOOSE AN AMIGA?                                                  

Well , back then it offered a larger palette than any other computer
The options were either get a PC < expensive huge lump of shit that only had 4-8    
colours > , Atari ST < 16 colours from a palette of 512 > or an Amiga
         
The Amiga won hands down
 <A lot has changed since then , eh ? =] >             
                                                                                
WOULD YOU EVER SELL YOUR AMIGA AND BUY A PC?                                    

Nope

WHY NOT?                                                                        

Because my A500 isn't worth shit =]

I might sell it for a few bucks to get the A1200 quicker though

WHICH DRAWING PROGRAM DO YOU USE MOSTLY?                                        

Only use Dpaint 4.1

WHAT FORMER GROUPS WERE YOU INVOLVED IN BEFORE JOINING CYDONIA?                 

I was in Digital Access for like 2 years

Tried to get into Phobia before that but never got a response from Siggy (999) <who was the leader of Phobia then>                                                                    

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE CURRENT STATE OF THE AUSTRALIAN SCENE?                 

Good and bad

Concerning our group , Cydonia , things are good 
There is a lot of talent in the group and there are some nice productions planned
       
Concerning the rest of the scene , well it's not so good really
It seems at times we're the only active group around
It's probably reached it's most downpoint ever 
I *know* there are a lot of talent in other groups, but they probably can't be fucked any more
                                     
WHO IS YOUR FAVOURITE AMIGA ARTIST?                                             

Facet

IN YOUR OWN WORDS, SUMMARISE THE FOLLOWING GRAPHICIANS IN OZ

I've already written an article on this , you git =]

anyway , a short summary 

CoolCat
 The best 
 Super smooth anti aliasing
                          
Wiz of Oz
 Great pictures
 He ranks in the top 5
                          
Siggy (999)
 Haven't seen much 
                                             
Kimba
 Good
                                                           
Psyche
 Same-ish simple stuff
                                          
Infinity
 Very good
 Under rated
                                         
Sumaleth
 Great
 Ranks in the top 5

Terminator
 Does he scan ? He's bloody excellant if he doesn't
             
Repo
 Shit
                                                           
Gothic
 Good
                                                           
Bass
 Haven't seen much
                                              
Snykers
 Good
                                                           
Drift
 Good
                                                           
Dizz
 ok
                                                             
Reload is good also

NAME THE 3 BEST ARTIST CURRENTLY TODAY IN AUSTRALIA

Coolcat , Sumaleth , Infinity

NAME THE 3 BEST ARTIST OVERSEAS

Too many to mention

Facet , Fairfax , Suny 

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN THE SCENE SO FAR?                                     

I've been in a group since '91

YOU'VE DRAWN ALOT OF LOGOS IN THE PAST
WHICH ONE DO YOU MOST LIKE?              

That glass logo in Phobos is cool. I can spot some major mistakes though
       
uhmm

I don't like my logos

I like my pictures better
                       
WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR IDEAS FROM?                                               

Just spending a few minutes experimenting and working on that

WHAT FEATURES WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IN DPAINT/PPAINT OR BRILLANCE THAT YOU      
THINK IS VITAL FOR ALL ARTISTS?                                                 


All you really need is magnify , undo , and draw

Oh , and I hate how paint programs have 'Undo' right next to 'Clear'

It's stupid
It's like  having a off/on switch right next to the return key
And I wish Dpaint would have an option where you could put it's icons/palette in a horizontal row 

It sucks when you do a logo that spans from the left to the right of the screen and having to press the arrow keys to scroll all the time
                                                                       
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF ESCOM BEING THE NEW OWNERS OF THE AMIGA?                   

Last of what I heard , they were planning to scrap A1200 production and concentrate on the A4000T

I think this is a good and bad idea

Although      
A4000's are the best <and our demos would be UNREAL> , not everyone would be able to afford one <unless they sell them for like $1000 =]>
                
And we need new technology

CISC/RISC,060/PowerPC

It's hard to choose which way would be the better path

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

Anyone got a cheap A1200 they want to get rid of ? =]                           
And yeh , everyone's getting lazy

get yer arses into gear and release =] 
Or -at least- support this mag, we're trying , why don't you ?