Journal Entry: Thu Nov 9, 2006, 12:14 PM Mark Wilkinson ( * aliensexdeath ) joined
us in #auditorium on Wednesday 8th November 9pm UK time.

[21:08:05] * aliensexdeath has joined #Auditorium
[21:08:13] <kamizu>
[21:08:13] <arcipello> Hey mark
[21:08:14] <chix0r>
[21:08:22] <zeruch> aliensexdeath: 'ello
[21:08:24] <zilla774> aliensexdeath: hey
[21:08:26] <lolly> welcome mark
[21:08:27] <acida> nykolai: i'm no stealer :[
[21:08:29] <TwoEyes> cheers
[21:08:33] <kreestal> aliensexdeath: good evening, Mark! nice to see you here
[21:08:33] <aliensexdeath> hey y'all
[21:08:36] <darklylit> We're delighted to welcome Mark Wilkinson as our first guest in our new series of Featured Chats. Mark has an extensive background in graphic design and illustration for artists including Marillion, Fish, Bon Jovi, Iron Maiden, Kylie Minogue and Robbie Williams. His artwork was chosen for the 'Best Of British Illustration' exhibition at the Royal College Of Art a few years ago and he has exhibited in Germany, Switzerland, Norway, Spain, Italy, Scotland and the USA.

As a long standing fangirl of Mark's work this is a particular honour for $ chix0r , Mark's absolute giddy groupy, as well as many of our panel members who are also excited about this opportunity, I'd like to welcome and thank everyone for participating and hope that if you don't enjoy yourself at the very least entertain Mark.

[21:08:57] <chix0r>
[21:09:00] <kamizu> haha
[21:09:02] <mynti>
[21:09:04] <nykolai>
[21:09:06] <arcipello>
[21:09:14] <kourinthellama> Woohoo
[21:09:14] <Aeires>
[21:09:14] <TheAngeredPenguin>
[21:09:16] <obselete-angel> Helooo
[21:09:16] <stigmatattoo>
[21:09:20] <acida> aliensexdeath: hey
[21:09:26] <blackice>
[21:09:30] <TwoEyes> this is just like the actor's studio
[21:10:11] <aliensexdeath> Yes...the master is here my children...what is it that troubles you
[21:10:20] <chix0r> lol
[21:10:22] <mynti>
[21:10:25] <Aegis-Strife> lol
[21:10:25] <nykolai> heh... LOL
[21:10:26] <stigmatattoo>
[21:10:28] <nishma> i sence the force is strong with you
[21:10:32] <acida> rofl
[21:10:34] <mynti>
[21:10:35] <nighty>
[21:10:41] * nykolai pokes acida - be nice to him
[21:10:48] <arcipello> ooook ....on with the show
[21:10:52] <acida> sure
[21:10:57] <TwoEyes> acida: shoot
[21:11:01] <chix0r> ok acida over to you
[21:11:03] <acida> aliensexdeath: what kind of art style you like more?
[21:11:20] <aliensexdeath> mynti? From Eastenders???
[21:11:26] <mynti> aliensexdeath:
[21:11:35] <TwoEyes>
[21:11:42] <mynti> aliensexdeath: err, no.. minty was taken..
[21:11:59] <zeruch> they are showing eastenders here in the states again
[21:12:03] <kourinthellama> Eastenders... The birthplace of all evil
[21:12:06] <aliensexdeath> I like art for art's sake!
[21:12:09] <kourinthellama>
[21:12:11] <mynti>
[21:12:16] <tmpst24myst> hehe
[21:12:59] <darklylit> Please note: Mark - a long time safari user, is fashionably lagging by around a whole minute - thus patience is a virtue!
[21:13:26] <aliensexdeath> So listen up...my replies are taking longer than the questions...cos of a digital delay via Safari...I have been keenly warned
[21:14:47] <chix0r> acida: perhaps you want to ask your question again dear, I think it got lost in the excitment
[21:14:52] <acida> okay
[21:15:00] <acida> aliensexdeath: hello again... what kind of art style you like more?
[21:15:33] <aliensexdeath> OK...it's a pleasure to be here...I think...I'm honoured to get mail from anyone who likes my work...really...I've had a good run...long may it continue
[21:16:46] <TheAngeredPenguin> stupid laptop shutting down
[21:16:51] <nishma> next question maybe ? as he answered - "art for art's sake!"
[21:16:52] <mynti>
[21:17:13] <Aegis-Strife> my turn then?
[21:17:14] <aliensexdeath> What kind of 'art style'??? Cripes...it don't matter how it's done...tools are not important...so 'style' doesn't come into it for me really! Why is the penguin got anger issues?
[21:17:24] <mynti>
[21:17:29] <isabelucha>
[21:17:29] <lolly>
[21:17:32] <chix0r> lol
[21:17:33] <stigmatattoo>
[21:17:34] <Tachy-on>
[21:17:40] <tmpst24myst>
[21:17:56] <nykolai> Aegis-Strife: shoot, I guess. =]
[21:18:03] <TheAngeredPenguin> im not always angry but ya you know never know what kinda stress photoshop gives you
[21:18:27] <Aegis-Strife> chix0r: may I shoot?
[21:18:40] <chix0r> please do
[21:18:45] <chix0r> don't shoot the penguin
[21:18:50] <Aegis-Strife> lol, okay
[21:18:52] <TheAngeredPenguin> thanks chix0r
[21:18:54] <kuschelirmel>
[21:19:01] <stigmatattoo>
[21:19:12] <Aegis-Strife> aliensexdeath: Hello Mark, a pleasure. As a beginner and freelance Illustrator I am, I am interested in knowing how you started in this world of Illustration. Nowadays internet brings us an easier way to get contact with possible clients and allows us to show our work to the work easily, so it would be interesting to know how did you start. Did you browse for something at first? Did someone contact you?
[21:19:19] <aliensexdeath> Oh it's getting quicker...good...so back to the only question I'ver had so far...STYLE.
[21:19:48] <aliensexdeath> Is everyone on here a practising artiste?
[21:19:54] <mynti> aliensexdeath:
[21:19:58] <zilla774>
[21:19:59] <arcipello> yep
[21:20:00] <Senecal> Yes indeed
[21:20:01] <nykolai> aliensexdeath:
[21:20:03] <Aeires>
[21:20:05] <nighty>
[21:20:06] <kourinthellama> Yesh
[21:20:06] <stigmatattoo>
[21:20:09] <TwoEyes> aliensexdeath: some of us are just trying to make money out of them..
[21:20:12] <arcipello> thus the name deviant art
[21:20:17] <kreestal> yep, as freelance
[21:20:27] <cosmosue> Yep I am practising!
[21:20:36] <nishma> freelance
[21:20:38] <mynti> cosmosue:
[21:20:52] <zeruch> I do commissions, buts a sideline, not a livelihood
[21:20:56] <nykolai> contract and freelance here...
[21:21:22] <stigmatattoo> printmaker and tattoo artist here...
[21:21:53] <aliensexdeath> How I started? Right...how long you got? I started off by being a fan of record sleeves...and then I bought an airbrush for twenty quid...then I went to art college and met the guy who was art director on Magical Mystery Toyr...help Chix or...I'm off the page
[21:22:17] <chix0r> you're doing fine Mark
[21:22:23] <chix0r> smaller sentences might bump your lag up a bit
[21:22:28] <chix0r> break it up a bit
[21:22:37] <TwoEyes> she's always so bossy
[21:22:52] <aliensexdeath> I'm losing it
[21:23:08] <chix0r> Aegis-Strife: does that answer your question? or want to probe more?
[21:23:13] <aliensexdeath> Bump my lag??? What quaint phrases you have deviants!
[21:23:20] <stigmatattoo> lmao
[21:23:22] <TheAngeredPenguin> lol
[21:23:23] <nishma> lol
[21:23:24] <chix0r> lol
[21:23:31] <TheAngeredPenguin> rofl even
[21:23:34] <Senecal> Lag bumping is illegal in New Jersey.
[21:23:41] <mynti>
[21:23:45] <nighty> lol
[21:23:46] <arcipello> youll soon be using that phrase in every day situations
[21:23:50] <stigmatattoo> chix0r can bump my lag anytime...
[21:23:52] <Aegis-Strife> Well, I meant more or less hoy did aliensexdeath start working for the music industry?
[21:23:54] <stigmatattoo>
[21:23:59] <TwoEyes> life is illegal in jersey
[21:24:06] <aliensexdeath> LOL senecal!
[21:24:33] <aliensexdeath> Why deviants...Deviants!
[21:24:44] <chix0r> lol
[21:24:53] <stigmatattoo>
[21:24:55] <kourinthellama> The road from LOL to lag bumping is short
[21:25:03] <arcipello> throw another question at him
[21:25:09] <chix0r> go for it!
[21:25:11] <aliensexdeath> Music Industry...well...it was fate...it was luck...
[21:25:37] <Aegis-Strife> aliensexdeath: Then that's great
[21:25:46] <Aegis-Strife> I hope to be that lucky someday lol
[21:25:53] <aliensexdeath> I walked into a studio in London on the very day that they had been asked by EMI to get an artist for Marillion
[21:25:59] <chix0r> Aegis-Strife: with your talent, I think you've got a fair chance
[21:26:10] <Aegis-Strife> chix0r:
[21:26:15] <chix0r> stigmatattoo: promise?
[21:26:22] <aliensexdeath> BUT I had done a few things before that...I just put myself about...A LOT!
[21:26:25] <stigmatattoo> chix0r: yay
[21:26:29] <chix0r> typical englishman
[21:26:37] <mynti>
[21:26:47] <aliensexdeath> I'm typing without looking at the moving
pages....will catch up a bit now!!!
[21:26:47] <arcipello> Aeires: you got a question??
[21:26:49] <Aeires> Greetings, Mark, pleased to meet you. My question is about CD formats.
[21:26:52] <Aeires> How do you feel cover art has changed since the CD format came in, and where do you see the future of cover art going?
[21:27:00] <stigmatattoo> good one
[21:27:15] <nishma> pshh very good one!
[21:27:17] <aliensexdeath> TYPICAL yes...
[21:27:19] <mynti>
[21:27:38] <aliensexdeath> I've been told to get to grips with animation
[21:27:39] <chix0r>
[21:27:54] <aliensexdeath> BUT...I'm having too much fun in 2D!
[21:28:26] <arcipello> dont give in to 3D animation just yet
[21:28:26] <aliensexdeath> Once you get a name in this biz...people get to know you...trust you
[21:28:40] <aliensexdeath> So...hopefully more work leads to more work
[21:28:58] <aliensexdeath> Oh it's sloooowed down again (
[21:29:04] <stigmatattoo> it surel seems it has been that way so far
[21:29:06] <chix0r> aliensexdeath: type /clear
[21:29:21] <aliensexdeath> Shorter sentences...good advice Chix
[21:30:09] <aliensexdeath> CD formats...yes...smaller...people need easier fix for the eyes
[21:30:09] <chix0r>
[21:30:19] <aliensexdeath> BUT...bands still need merch designing
[21:30:31] <aliensexdeath> Still need full page ads for their new work
[21:30:40] <aliensexdeath> So...it all adds up
[21:30:44] <arcipello> agreed.... CD covers need to be less cluttered
[21:30:54] <aliensexdeath> Into being MORE than just a CD design
[21:31:10] <aliensexdeath> Hopefully that answers that one a bit
[21:31:15] <stigmatattoo>
[21:31:34] <aliensexdeath> OOOH now i like cluttered
[21:31:40] <mynti>
[21:31:46] <Tachy-on> lol
[21:31:54] <arcipello> Hey mark... heres a fairly easy one for ya
[21:31:56] <arcipello> aliensexdeath: I've done some cd covers and album artwork for Universal records in the past and was more or less given 100% artistic freedome over the work, is this a rare thing in the industry? and is it actually better to have stricter boundaries?
[21:32:00] <chix0r> evening arcipello
[21:32:06] <aliensexdeath> I like detail
[21:32:14] <aliensexdeath> Like stories in art
[21:32:44] <aliensexdeath> 100% artistic freedom?
[21:32:48] <arcipello> yeah art needs to say something
[21:33:07] <arcipello> yep.... they liked my work and just wanted more
[21:33:23] <aliensexdeath> Sometimes it's better to have a starting
point...otherwise you can end up noodling away for weeks...months
[21:34:17] <arcipello> i found it fun....i had a few ideas from the band and thats all i needed to get started on the stuff
[21:34:41] <nishma> a starting point...
[21:35:21] <aliensexdeath> And the client doesn't know what he/she likes until they see what they don't like
[21:35:21] <aliensexdeath> VERY FRUSTRATING
[21:35:21] <aliensexdeath> I've been lucky...had some good people to work for
[21:35:22] <aliensexdeath> BTW...that's MR. Aliensexdeath to you!
[21:35:32] <chix0r> lol @ mr aliensexdeath
[21:35:48] <TheAngeredPenguin> bows down before the great MR.
aliensexdeath
[21:36:02] <stigmatattoo>
[21:36:08] <kuschelirmel> I'd like to jump in with an additional question
[21:36:14] <chix0r> sure
[21:36:25] <kuschelirmel> aliensexdeath: When you get hired by a band to do art for them, be it for a tour or a cd, do you meet up with them or is everything handled via their management?
[21:36:40] * chix0r stares at kourinthellama
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[21:37:59] <nykolai> &gt;.&lt;
[21:38:00] <TheAngeredPenguin> AAAAHHHHHHHH
[21:38:01] <kyza> ohnoes
[21:38:01] <chix0r> eek
[21:38:04] <kamizu>
[21:38:05] <lolly>
[21:38:09] <TheAngeredPenguin> you scared him away kuschelirmel
[21:38:11] <kuschelirmel> of course
[21:38:13] <Aegis-Strife> LOL
[21:38:14] <Senecal> Please standby...
[21:38:16] <kreestal> come back, Mark! we aren't done with you yet
[21:38:16] <TwoEyes> great question kuschelirmel!!
[21:38:18] <kuschelirmel> i ask and he pops out
[21:38:18] <chix0r> bad kuschelirmel!!!
[21:38:21] * TheAngeredPenguin is standing by
[21:38:25] * kuschelirmel ducks
[21:38:27] * nykolai is dying for a cig...
[21:38:28] <chix0r>
[21:38:29] <kourinthellama> What the...
[21:38:31] <TwoEyes>
[21:38:33] * Aegis-Strife spanks kuchelirmel
[21:38:33] <stigmatattoo> you broke it!
[21:38:35] <nishma> spank that monkey!
[21:38:39] <nishma> sorry
[21:38:40] <kreestal> lol!
[21:38:41] <arcipello> oh hes vanished!
[21:38:43] <nishma> got over excited &gt; &lt;
[21:38:45] <TheAngeredPenguin> so stigmatattoo where do you tattoo out of
[21:38:50] <kuschelirmel> Aegis-Strife: thanks dear - now im feeling better
[21:38:50] <stigmatattoo> nykolai: i hear you
[21:38:54] <mynti> chix0r: for the next guest.. have them install FF
[21:38:59] <Aegis-Strife> kuchelirmel:
[21:39:04] <arcipello> haha
[21:39:06] <nykolai> Aegis-Strife: I don't smoke in the house, I have to run downstairs and into the yard... &gt;.&lt;
[21:39:08] <TwoEyes> it's ok guys, i'll fill in for mark
[21:39:10] <TheAngeredPenguin> lol ya i agree with mynti
[21:39:14] <chix0r> mynti: lol yeah
[21:39:18] <mynti>
[21:39:27] <TwoEyes> ask me anything
[21:39:27] <mynti> we can be patient he sure is funny!
[21:39:28] <Aegis-Strife> nykolai: aww
[21:39:29] <Senecal> So...what are you wearing??
[21:39:34] * kuschelirmel agrees with mynti wholeheartedly
[21:39:37] <arcipello> hes ever so british....talking about Eastenders as soon as he enters
[21:39:39] <mynti> kuschelirmel:
[21:39:48] <TwoEyes> weari..ahhhh!! i knew i forgot something
[21:39:48] <mynti> arcipello: I don't even know what eastenders is
[21:39:51] <kamizu> haha
[21:39:56] <sapphiretiger>
[21:39:57] <mynti> I felt like hiding..
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[21:39:59] <TwoEyes> and i'm sitting at an internet cafe!
[21:39:59] <arcipello> soap opera thing
[21:40:03] <chix0r> welcome back Mark!
[21:40:05] <stigmatattoo> welcome back!
[21:40:05] <mynti>
[21:40:06] <kuschelirmel> wb mark
[21:40:06] <cosmosue> chix0r: Im not sure when hes done answering, I have a question to throw in after he answers the last one (I have 2 total)
[21:40:10] <Aegis-Strife> he's back, like Terminator lol
[21:40:11] <nishma> welcome back stranger
[21:40:14] <chix0r> cosmosue: go for it
[21:40:19] <TheAngeredPenguin> welcome back MR. aliensexdeath
[21:40:22] <aliensexdeath> Sorry...was that my fault???
[21:40:31] <kuschelirmel> they said it was mine
[21:40:32] <TwoEyes> stop welcoming him.. he'll crash again
[21:40:33] <TheAngeredPenguin> not yours but safari's lol
[21:40:35] <stigmatattoo> lol
[21:40:37] <chix0r> aliensexdeath: nope, safari's lol
[21:40:38] <TheAngeredPenguin> lol TwoEyes
[21:40:44] <cosmosue> kuschelirmel: did you get your answer I cant remember
[21:40:45] <TheAngeredPenguin> so stigmatattoo where do you tattoo out of
[21:40:49] * Aegis-Strife spanks safari
[21:40:52] <kuschelirmel> no cosmosue
[21:40:55] <chix0r> TheAngeredPenguin:
[21:41:00] <nykolai> kuschelirmel: ask again
[21:41:03] <cosmosue> kuschelirmel: k I will go after you then
[21:41:03] <chix0r> can we let Mark try to answer the questions please
[21:41:08] <stigmatattoo> Penguin: laret...
[21:41:09] <kuschelirmel> aliensexdeath: When you get hired by a band to do art for them, be it for a tour or a cd, do you meet up with them or is everything handled via their management?
[21:41:12] <stigmatattoo> later
[21:41:16] <aliensexdeath> Ask ask???
[21:42:14] <nishma> wait ppl! lag.
[21:42:27] <nishma> chix, bump his lag
[21:42:31] <aliensexdeath> OK...it varies...USUALLy management/artist
[21:42:38] <chix0r>
[21:43:15] <aliensexdeath> bump my lag will ya??
[21:43:20] <chix0r>
[21:43:24] <chix0r> trying to lol
[21:43:27] <cosmosue> Ok my turn I think
[21:43:35] <nishma> *try rubbing it*
[21:43:39] <isabelucha>
[21:43:39] <chix0r> does that answer your question kuschelirmel?
[21:43:40] <cosmosue> aliensexdeath: I read the small biography on your website, in one part it reads "It was seeing the work of Alan Aldridge and Harry Willock in 'The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics'" as a Beatles fan myself, I am curious to know what is your favorite Beatles album or song?
[21:43:43] <cosmosue> oops
[21:43:44] <stigmatattoo> O
[21:43:48] <cosmosue> thought he was done LOL
[21:43:55] <chix0r> lol cosmosue it's ok, you're up
[21:44:00] <kuschelirmel> chix0r: i guess so
[21:44:02] <cosmosue> ok cool thought so
[21:44:16] <zeruch> Eleanor Rigby
[21:44:22] <aliensexdeath> Tmorrow Never Knows...gets me every
time...Revolver ditto
[21:44:29] <mynti>
[21:44:32] <cosmosue> very good, thank you
[21:44:35] <stigmatattoo>
[21:44:55] <chix0r> insaneone: you got any questions for Mark?
[21:45:06] <chix0r> or should we let kourinthellama go for it
[21:45:12] <chix0r> I know she's one of your biggest fans!!
[21:45:15] <aliensexdeath> I spoke to Alan Aldridge only last year
[21:45:19] * kourinthellama jiggles nervously
[21:45:45] <kamizu>
[21:46:01] * kourinthellama jiggles a bit more... just in case
[21:46:04] <chix0r> lol
[21:46:17] * mynti shushes and giggles in the corner
[21:46:24] <kourinthellama> Ok, so may I?
[21:46:32] <chix0r> please
[21:46:33] <nishma> looks like insainone isn't around..
[21:46:48] <kourinthellama> Hello, Matk, it's a THRILL to meet you. What are your views on artistic education? Do you think it nurtures creativity, or rather constrains freedom?
[21:47:15] <kourinthellama> ... typo in Mark. Trust me to make such a mistake
[21:47:25] <TwoEyes>
[21:47:31] <stigmatattoo> heh
[21:47:50] <aliensexdeath> bump up the blimp!
[21:47:57] <mynti>
[21:48:07] <chix0r> hump up?
[21:48:17] <aliensexdeath> No...Matk'll do fine
[21:48:20] <tmpst24myst>
[21:48:22] <kourinthellama>
[21:48:32] <aliensexdeath> Art education...now there's a big topic!
[21:48:53] <aliensexdeath> You gotta learn your 3 chords before you can sell a million!
[21:49:06] <chix0r> 4 chords that made a million!
[21:49:12] <chix0r> sorry
[21:49:17] <kourinthellama> Cix - you and your PT
[21:49:18] <TwoEyes> shh! the man said 3
[21:49:24] <chix0r> lol
[21:49:29] <nishma> pt is 2 chords
[21:49:31] <TheAngeredPenguin> hey chix0r let the man talk lol just messing
[21:49:32] <nishma> PP
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[21:49:37] <TowerOfBabel> he has done Quo sleeves you know
[21:49:44] <chix0r> lol
[21:49:46] <aliensexdeath> Oh blimey...Not according to Satus Quo
[21:49:56] <chix0r> haha
[21:50:16] <kourinthellama> I have another question
[21:50:37] <aliensexdeath> Anyone can do it y'know...learn the basics
[21:51:06] <Aegis-Strife>
[21:51:10] <aliensexdeath> You need a good teacher...and art schools don't always have 'em...they are sometimes...
[21:51:19] <aliensexdeath> frustrated artists themselves!
[21:51:24] <Aegis-Strife> indeed!
[21:51:28] <aliensexdeath> That way madness lies!
[21:51:33] <Tachy-on> heheh...those who can't do, teach
[21:51:38] <stigmatattoo> aliensexdeath: how true
[21:51:44] <TwoEyes> &lt;-- is an art teach
[21:51:54] <stigmatattoo> Two Eyes: lol
[21:51:57] <nishma> lol twoeyes
[21:51:58] <kourinthellama> Indeed - a bad teacher can make you hate, say, painting - something I experienced myself
[21:52:00] <Aegis-Strife> I can relate to that, i'm a fine arts student and it is very frustrating
[21:52:05] <TowerOfBabel> those who can't teach teach PE
[21:52:08] * lolly cites twoeyes as a prime example of this theory
[21:52:14] <stigmatattoo> lmao
[21:52:18] <chix0r> lol
[21:52:20] <Tachy-on> lolly: lol
[21:52:27] <Senecal> Hmmm, yeah disgruntled art profs. Bleh
[21:52:27] <aliensexdeath> Vision's the thing...ideas and communication too...style...lower down the list!
[21:52:31] <TwoEyes>
[21:52:40] <nishma> who's now?
[21:52:52] <nykolai> kreestal
[21:53:00] <kreestal> yes I am
[21:53:04] <aliensexdeath> Same with digital art
[21:53:10] <TwoEyes> no i am kreestal
[21:53:14] <acida> haha
[21:53:15] <aliensexdeath> ANYONE can SEEM to do it
[21:53:17] <nishma> oh sorry you weren't done!!
[21:53:24] <chix0r> kreestal: ignore TwoEyes
[21:53:32] <kreestal> well, may I ask my question, guys?
[21:53:34] <TwoEyes> chix0r: i'm trying to
[21:53:39] <aliensexdeath> BUT...if the Photoshop filter is all that's on display
[21:53:41] <chix0r> kreestal: please do
[21:53:42] * obselete-angel has joined #Auditorium
[21:53:46] <kreestal> ok thanks.
[21:53:47] <aliensexdeath> Then...it's disappointing!
[21:53:50] * nykolai nods at aliensexdeath - very true.
[21:53:55] <kreestal> Hi Mark, nice to meet you. You wrote on your website that as a young artist, you were impatient to work with a band that would have "the same visions and ideas" than you. You also told us that you like stories in art. Did your work for bands allow you to tell your own story, to share your own ideas? If it did, which ones?
[21:54:18] <aliensexdeath> I'm rambling now...shake me up judy!
[21:54:25] <lolly> lol
[21:54:30] <stigmatattoo>
[21:54:37] <chix0r> lol
[21:54:39] <TwoEyes> i would but judy just left
[21:54:53] <kourinthellama> Beam me up, Scotty
[21:55:00] <aliensexdeath> Working with Fish has been the best
[21:55:03] <TwoEyes> oh i thought he said shake me up A judy
[21:55:22] <aliensexdeath> He has stories and visions all the time despite taking the tablets!
[21:55:35] <chix0r> lol
[21:55:41] <aliensexdeath> So...he and I now have a shorthand with the way he briefs me
[21:55:43] <kreestal> aliensexdeath: maybe the tablets help?
[21:55:47] <chix0r> he needs another divorce though, that always makes his music better
[21:55:56] <aliensexdeath> And sometimes he lets me just get on with it!
[21:55:56] <mynti> chix0r:
[21:56:16] <aliensexdeath> Judas Priest...they have a sketchy idea at the beginning
[21:56:18] <kreestal> it's often the case... heartbreaks help with arts I think...
[21:56:24] <aliensexdeath> And wait to see how I run with it
[21:56:49] <nishma> you take it to some idea of your own , leaving the band's sketch idea..even sketchy-er?
[21:57:08] <aliensexdeath> Shake me up Judy...Bleak House!
[21:57:17] <chix0r> lol
[21:57:40] <aliensexdeath> No one writes a happy song that endures
[21:57:52] <aliensexdeath> Oh c'mon and correct me on that one!
[21:58:14] <mynti> aliensexdeath: The beatles have a few that would disprove that
[21:58:20] <kreestal> mm, ok, I have another question, a Marillion/Wilkinson one
[21:58:20] <TwoEyes> don't worry be happy
[21:58:27] <kourinthellama> Erm... Mr. Blobby?
[21:58:53] <stigmatattoo> enduring, he said...
[21:58:54] <kreestal> aliensexdeath, Can you tell us a bit about "Curtain Call" and "The Fool", because I couldn't find any information about them in your "Masque" book... Did you create them on commission, and if you did, for which occasion?
[21:59:09] <aliensexdeath> There are only 5 people in the world and 3 of them are doughnuts
[21:59:13] <kreestal> I mean... was it for Fish's anniversary tour?
[21:59:47] * Tachy-on checks to see if he has a hole in his middle
[21:59:54] <kreestal> do you think you'll share a mmaking-of or explanations about those pictures one day? I'm dying to know more about all the details they contain actually.
[21:59:55] <stigmatattoo> lol
[22:00:05] <kreestal> typo: making-of
[22:00:06] <aliensexdeath> The Fool was commissioned privately
[22:00:14] <aliensexdeath> By a fan in Noo York
[22:00:22] <kreestal> wow
[22:00:23] <aliensexdeath> Complete freedom on that one
[22:00:37] <aliensexdeath> and it is the best selling print I've done!
[22:00:38] <chix0r> that's pretty awesome
[22:00:47] <stigmatattoo> goodness
[22:00:47] <kreestal> may I say it's one of the best you ever came up with? it's really, really gorgeous. I love the print
[22:01:22] <aliensexdeath> Curtain Call....a Marillion/Fish box set design
[22:01:32] <kreestal> yeah, I think I'm asking the Fool mug for Xmas can't get my eyes out of it... that's why I'd like, sometimes, to know more about, let's say, the dog in this picture for example
[22:01:44] <aliensexdeath> Do what thou wilt eh!
[22:01:59] <aliensexdeath> Goodness had nothing to do with it!
[22:02:09] <kreestal> which box?
[22:02:17] <chix0r> mynti: you're up next dear!
[22:02:22] <stigmatattoo>
[22:02:24] <mynti> chix0r:
[22:02:33] <mynti> chix0r: mine is kinna long
[22:02:38] <aliensexdeath> The dog...spirit guide into the next world!
[22:02:39] <kreestal> the dog looks really... impressive, I couldn't understand what it's doing here
[22:02:42] <chix0r> mynti: we won't hold it against you
[22:03:13] <kreestal> aliensexdeath! mm, thanks for your replies. I'd still
love to read more on that topic, though.
[22:03:21] <aliensexdeath> Bump up me lag Chix...I've stalled again!
[22:03:22] <stigmatattoo> aliensexdeath: classic Tarot image, indeed
[22:03:32] <chix0r> aliensexdeath: your wish is my command!
[22:03:39] <chix0r> all these bumps
[22:03:42] <chix0r> you'll be bruised
[22:03:45] <aliensexdeath> Guardians on the threshold
[22:03:47] <mynti> hehe
[22:03:48] <chix0r> mynti: are you good to go?
[22:03:54] <mynti> chix0r: yep..
[22:03:59] <aliensexdeath> And see the window in the last room?
[22:04:06] <mynti> aliensexdeath: I have seen your art all over! I was so excited when I realized it was you that we would be speaking with! When I saw the new piece you did for Fish - Bouillabaisse, I was enamored. the multiple layers of visual depth and the detail is brilliant. I noticed both men bow their heads- but in very different ways. Is this symbolic, or coincidence? Does the man in the rain secretly represent the man at the table as well?
[22:04:13] <mynti> oops
[22:04:36] <aliensexdeath> That's where freedom lies!
[22:04:37] <kreestal> so the window and the dog match together?
[22:04:48] <stigmatattoo> excellent
[22:05:07] <kreestal> it's making sense
[22:05:16] <aliensexdeath> I'm losing about a tenth of the words to the right side ChixOr...demmit!
[22:05:44] <aliensexdeath> OK...the heads are the same...reflection in the glass
[22:06:39] <TwoEyes> mark, sense everyone are so jumpy to ask a question before you are done answering..
[22:06:54] <TwoEyes> would be nice if you direct your answers
[22:07:13] <TwoEyes> getting harder to match answers with questions
[22:07:25] * chix0r glares at TwoEyes
[22:07:28] <mynti> sorry bout that ...
[22:07:37] <TwoEyes> just a thought...
[22:07:38] <Senecal> Who has the talking stick??
[22:07:43] <TwoEyes> lol
[22:07:43] <chix0r> lol
[22:07:47] <nishma> are you done? is it meee?
[22:07:50] <chix0r> I'm gonna take a stick to TwoEyes in a minute
[22:07:51] <nishma> sounds like not yet
[22:07:58] <nishma> lol
[22:07:58] <kyza>
[22:08:04] <aliensexdeath> I'm doing me best all...pass the conch!
[22:08:16] <chix0r> mynti: was your question answered dear?
[22:08:16] <mynti> aliensexdeath: I guess what I'm asking is.. the main with the umbrella, he seems so down.. and the man in the restaurant seems simply introspective..
[22:08:52] <mynti> aliensexdeath: I was wondering if it was a symbol, you use symbols a lot in your work
[22:09:17] <aliensexdeath> I'm getting error message again!
[22:09:20] <stigmatattoo> ouch
[22:09:23] <chix0r> aliensexdeath: type /clear
[22:09:46] <aliensexdeath> Oh...sorry Mynti...the man with the umbrella...
[22:09:52] <mynti> aliensexdeath: yes
[22:10:04] <aliensexdeath> refrenced the Zippos album
[22:10:10] <mynti> aha !
[22:10:11] <chix0r> ahh
[22:10:13] <chix0r> that makes sense!
[22:10:15] <mynti>
[22:10:25] <aliensexdeath> All the images on Bouillabaisse refer to the solom albums
[22:10:37] <nishma> pshh
[22:10:39] <aliensexdeath> Including the thread and needle on the table
[22:11:15] <mynti> oh the picture is small on the site, it is hard to tell
[22:11:17] <aliensexdeath> Solom albums??? Typos typos everywhere and not a drop to think!
[22:11:20] <chix0r> solom
[22:11:26] <chix0r> could have been worse, could have been soddom
[22:11:27] <chix0r>
[22:11:33] <nykolai> LOL
[22:11:44] <chix0r> although Fish... maybe we shouldn't go there
[22:11:45] <lolly> Assa Lama Lakum
[22:11:46] <aliensexdeath> Shalom
[22:11:58] <chix0r> ok mynti, shall we move to nishma now
[22:11:59] <nishma> shalom
[22:12:00] <aliensexdeath> Yeah...sod 'em eh!
[22:12:02] <kamizu> lolly: whatta whatta whatta?
[22:12:04] <mynti> ChaoticDawn: yep
[22:12:06] <mynti> oops
[22:12:07] <chix0r> sod em eh lol
[22:12:08] <lolly> Assa Lakum
[22:12:08] <mynti>
[22:12:11] <kamizu>
[22:12:11] <chix0r> /kick lolly
[22:12:15] <Senecal> Yikes.
[22:12:17] <Aegis-Strife> lol
[22:12:19] <aliensexdeath> Blimey...a camel!!!
[22:12:25] <stigmatattoo> lmao
[22:12:25] <lolly> i am sure that just offended someone
[22:12:27] <kyza> lmfao
[22:12:27] <Tachy-on> lol
[22:12:29] <mynti> Lol
[22:12:31] <nishma> it's "maasa lam a.."
[22:12:33] <kamizu> haha
[22:12:39] <nishma> chix, may i shoot?
[22:12:41] * kourinthellama gloats that her cousins are overtaking the chat
[22:12:51] <chix0r> nishma: please do, load the rifle at lolly's head
[22:12:55] <aliensexdeath> Lama lama ding dong!
[22:12:59] <Tachy-on>
[22:13:12] <nishma> aliensexdeath: Hello!, Why do you like working with music-albums, is it the freedom of creativity, the way your work is being spreaded globaly and lasts at times for many years - still reaching new people, love for music maybe? or something else..?
[22:13:38] <nishma> forgive my grammer please
[22:13:43] <chix0r> nishma:
[22:14:20] <aliensexdeath> Has this slowed down in your neck of the woods?
[22:14:28] <chix0r> just a wee bit
[22:14:33] <chix0r> do you need me to bump you again?
[22:14:36] <nishma> must be the lama..
[22:14:45] <kourinthellama> It always is.
[22:14:49] <nishma> lol
[22:15:01] <aliensexdeath> Music...and art...what could be better for the soul?
[22:15:02] <kamizu> the llama sucks up the bandwidth
[22:15:19] <kamizu> aliensexdeath: i guess you answered my question already
[22:15:25] <nishma> aliensexdeath: do you play anything?
[22:15:27] <nishma> instrument
[22:15:40] <aliensexdeath> Pretentiouis moi?
[22:15:53] <kourinthellama>
[22:16:15] <aliensexdeath> Lamas sucking bandwidths
[22:16:21] <aliensexdeath> Bumping up the lags
[22:16:24] <nykolai> bump
[22:16:32] <kourinthellama> We're a feisty little bunch.
[22:16:37] <aliensexdeath> It's been...an education!
[22:16:38] <Senecal> These llamas go to 11
[22:16:49] * nykolai has a question that ties in with nishma's
[22:17:04] <nishma> go nykolai!
[22:17:19] <zeruch> Senecal: Llama Tap?
[22:17:20] <aliensexdeath> Nishma...no I don't play a thing
[22:17:26] <nykolai> aliensexdeath: talking of music and art: When you listen to music, do you see images or colours in your mind, like a form of Synaesthesia that makes music and visuals inseperable?
[22:17:41] <aliensexdeath> Which is why when I hung around with bands when I was kid
[22:17:48] <chix0r> oh any bands in particular?
[22:17:49] <nishma> aliensexdeath: an honnor chatting with u , even for a bit, thanks
[22:17:53] <aliensexdeath> they said do something useful
[22:18:00] <stigmatattoo> lol
[22:18:21] <nishma> lol
[22:18:27] <aliensexdeath> Nykolai...yes. a lot
[22:18:50] <nykolai> aliensexdeath: interesting. =] and when you are drawing or painting for yourself, or even some clients, do you always have a set idea in your mind when you start about how you want the final picture to look, or do you let it take shape as you go along?
[22:18:59] <aliensexdeath> especially Unkle...DJ Shadow...BT at the moment
[22:19:15] <nykolai> *nods*
[22:19:30] <chix0r> bt is on dA too aliensexdeath
[22:19:56] <aliensexdeath> Nykolai...I work out ideas roughly
[22:20:17] <aliensexdeath> If possible...and I'm sorry if this goes out slowly
[22:20:19] <aliensexdeath> But
[22:20:39] <aliensexdeath> Try thinking about a problem last tghing at night
[22:20:59] <aliensexdeath> A visual problem...disparate ideas that need linking
[22:21:22] <nishma> i do so as well
[22:21:26] <aliensexdeath> In the morning...like your barin's a computer...the visuals come flooding into your head
[22:21:37] <aliensexdeath> Also...I use a mindlab on occasions
[22:21:48] <kourinthellama> I'd have a nightmare if I tried to link the ideas I have
[22:22:16] <aliensexdeath> A Wonderful toy...ambient bleeps and flickering light thru goggle that you close your eyes to!
[22:22:37] <stigmatattoo> oh, that minlab!
[22:22:43] <stigmatattoo> *mindlab!
[22:22:47] <nykolai> I can relate, aliensexdeath. Try the matmos LED colour
changing lamp... - And Thanks very much for the answers.
[22:23:09] <aliensexdeath> Barin was brain of course!
[22:23:21] <kamizu> haha
[22:23:25] <nykolai> =]
[22:23:41] <aliensexdeath> Mindlab Stigmatattoo!!!
[22:23:55] <aliensexdeath> Not the Krafwerk song either!
[22:24:02] <stigmatattoo> alinsexdeath: yeah, i hadn't heard from those in a while
[22:24:11] <aliensexdeath> Dunno if you can buy them now...Mindlabs...
[22:24:15] <stigmatattoo>
[22:24:23] <kourinthellama> Yup
[22:24:48] <obselete-angel> aliensexdeath: In the 26 years you have been creating these amazing pieces of surreal art im sure you have needed a good source of inspiration, where do you absorb yours from?
[22:25:19] * kourinthellama curses whateveritis that's constantly booting her
[22:25:38] <aliensexdeath> Why has spinegrinder left? Was it something I said!
[22:25:57] <TheAngeredPenguin> i think spine ran outta spines to grind
[22:25:57] <chix0r> lol
[22:26:03] <stigmatattoo>
[22:26:04] <mynti> I think we are all running a little slow... he maybe just timed out
[22:26:08] <TheAngeredPenguin> and went to get more
[22:26:57] <chix0r> are you with us Mark?
[22:27:00] <aliensexdeath> Obsolete angel...your question disappeared on the right of my page...into the grey!
[22:27:06] <kamizu> that's a yes
[22:27:10] <aliensexdeath> SO...inspiration
[22:27:27] <aliensexdeath> I go out and walk a dalmation
[22:27:32] <aliensexdeath> get some air
[22:27:36] <stigmatattoo>
[22:27:42] <chix0r> lol
[22:27:42] <aliensexdeath> Then I look at some art books
[22:27:55] <aliensexdeath> Go to town...walk around
[22:28:00] <kourinthellama> Would walking a beagle work just as well?
[22:28:05] <stigmatattoo> no
[22:28:08] <obselete-angel> cool, I find the art books and taking a walk also gets ideas flowing.
[22:28:10] <TheAngeredPenguin> def not lol
[22:28:13] <chix0r> what about taking darklylit for a walk on a leash?
[22:28:14] <kourinthellama> darn
[22:28:15] <aliensexdeath> It doesn't always flow
[22:28:16] <stigmatattoo> because it wouldn't rhyme
[22:28:31] <aliensexdeath> your brain need feeding with new things
[22:28:50] <Senecal> Letting the well refill...
[22:28:55] <obselete-angel> As soon as you find something new and
interesting then new ideas start flowing.
[22:28:57] <aliensexdeath> fresh meat for the image grinder
[22:29:03] <stigmatattoo>
[22:29:24] <aliensexdeath> Stigmatattoo...I love you...that rhymes!
[22:29:45] <stigmatattoo> aliensexdeath:
[22:29:51] * darklylit hasn't worn a leash since he had a nipple ring
[22:29:53] <chix0r> lol
[22:29:57] <kourinthellama> getting personal here
[22:30:01] <kamizu>
[22:30:09] <stigmatattoo> darklylit:
[22:30:15] <kreestal> I'm jealous
[22:30:20] <aliensexdeath> Bump me up
[22:30:24] <kamizu> bump
[22:30:25] <stigmatattoo> haha, i'm loved
[22:30:30] <chix0r> kreestal: darklylit will pierce your nipple and take you for a walk if you want...
[22:30:33] <stigmatattoo>
[22:30:47] <nishma> (and i wanna take pictures of the event)
[22:30:57] <TwoEyes> darklylit will pierce her nipple and ask me to take her for a walk
[22:31:02] <darklylit> you have an Artist here, people! enough about my bloody nipple!
[22:31:06] <chix0r> lol
[22:31:08] <kreestal> eh! not sure about the nipple thing lol
[22:31:23] <Senecal> Right, am I next?
[22:31:26] <stigmatattoo> yeah
[22:31:27] * TheAngeredPenguin is a body piercer by trade so ill do the piercing
[22:31:32] <chix0r> yup Senecal
[22:31:39] * zeruch hands darklylit a bandage for his bloody nipple. (shouldnt have piered it you git)
[22:31:39] <chix0r> congrats on your DD today btw Senecal!
[22:31:43] <aliensexdeath> Yeah...a goddamn artist...show some frigging respect eh!
[22:31:48] <Senecal> Thanks!
[22:31:49] <Senecal> Okay...
[22:31:51] <TheAngeredPenguin> lol aliensexdeath
[22:31:57] <Senecal> ASD: Do you still get a sense of “wow, I made that!” or amazement from the creation of your work?
[22:32:00] * kourinthellama respects
[22:32:14] <nishma> good question!
[22:32:18] <stigmatattoo> indeed
[22:32:54] <aliensexdeath> ASD...at last an acronym I can understand!
[22:33:32] <chix0r> aliensexdeath: if you hit the first letter of someone's name and then hit tab it will auto complete the name for you
[22:33:41] <nishma> Senecal: brilliant stuff on your gallery *back to not interrupting!*
[22:33:41] <aliensexdeath> Sometimes I do Senecal...and curiously...it doesn't always push the right buttons for other people
[22:33:56] <Senecal> What do you find to be the most challenging phase of your illustration process or, what is the most enjoyable phase?
[22:34:14] <aliensexdeath> Ans sometimes...i do a painting...that I'm not that pleased with...and it's a hit...so to speak...with the client
[22:34:33] <Senecal> Ah, rig