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the proeess 01 ereating an object begin?
had aeeomplished something. A few years later we did
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say that I have tried to perfeet my style while testing new
first scrlbbles. Those Who tum out weil I go over again and
cake. The great thing about difflCUlties is though. that after
make final draings of them nct seidomly on the computer.
overcoming them. you once again have Ieamed something
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which will help you in your Mure deveIopment.
materials. media and technlques.
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street art?
X : How do you seleet a subjeet when you are
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The main element is my name and its letters DAIM . Even
a worse tool than me for its production and spreading and I
though I might vary them a little it always comes down
technical part of ectuaJly palnting the subject comes from the
could have chosen to become a musician and totally failed
to writing my name or ereating eomplex letters. The 3D
rational mind. the style of n more er less from the stomach.
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perspective is my key visual effect whleh I strife to perleet with every painting. Then of course I am fascinated by any
X : Why aren't you worklng on graffiti now, Instead
X : Where does your Inspiration co me Irom?
sort of eolors; that is probably why I have never limited
of answering questions?
I derive my inspiration from many sourees. The blggest
myseIf to a certain spectrum but use whatever I find sunable.
Certainly, I like painting better but I learned that peopie are
probably being nature. My eharaeters olten rernind people of Insects or crabs whieh of course olten have posed as modeIs. However. I can't really pinpoint my creation to
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read stuff about me I will try to share my thoughts and ideas.
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specifie source of inspiration. All impressions I get while
I am lueky enough to ba able to say that I never laeked
meaning that more peopie will accept it as a form of art and
walking through eities. by spending time in the streets,
inspiration or ideas. But. 1 must admit that I had to take
nct only vandalism. In fact. thera ana many instances when
durlng exhibitions by other artist have had an influence on
quite a few technical hundles when it came to large projeets.
I do nct direetly werk on graffni. Fer Instance, I spend quite
my perspective and therefore on the way I palnt.
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X : Please share with us your view on " love "?
II you mean loIIe ler graffili lhen I would say lhal ~ drives me 10 become better in my lechnlque and 10 stnle lor perlection in my style. Love in the original sense is part 01 my privale I~e which I Iry 10 separale from my wor1< as an artist. X : Who do you admire most? Why? I can'l say lhat I reaily admire any speciflC artist. However, anyone who slays true to himsell over a Iong period 01 time in order to achieve a goaI, to perlect a technlque er provoke a constructive controversy is worth edminng.
X : What do you expect to accomplish in the next
5 years? In less than three years I will have been spraylng lor 20 years. This anniversary is 01 course a lillie special to me. It mlght weil be that I will publish a new book covering the last two decades on that occasion. Untillhen I want to 00 more and larger exhibitions displaying my art. And last but not least I want to push my street wear labe! DAiMartwear 10 an extend that keeps the balance between exclusiveness end availability. X : tf you won the lottery, what will you do? Give some, take some, save some. X : Please drop some suggestions to the people who want to join graffiti. Develop you own slyle. Find inspiration inside but also outside the graffiti scene. Help others and wor1< together. Be
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