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YOUR local SAY artist<br />
INTERVIEW WITH ARTIST<br />
TY HANSON<br />
Millennium Exile is an Australian<br />
based project by Ty Hanson. Working<br />
with artists from around the<br />
world, Ty plans for his title to one<br />
day become a Japanese Anime. Ty,<br />
how did you get started in art? Who<br />
inspired you to begin?<br />
I have always been drawing for as<br />
long as I can remember and I grew<br />
up watching Anime such as Astroboy,<br />
Mazinger Z, Macross and<br />
Tekkaman Blade. However at the<br />
age of 11 my mother passed away<br />
from cancer. I never had many<br />
friends growing up and I was bullied<br />
rather severely.<br />
Anime was an ‘escape’ for me back<br />
then. I was so fascinated with the<br />
art style and the stories that were<br />
being told.....I found Anime so much<br />
deeper than a cat chasing a mouse,<br />
or a rabbit messing with a duck for<br />
30 minutes. I guess you could say<br />
that when things got darkest for<br />
me, it was my passion for Anime<br />
that quite literally saved my life.<br />
As I grew older, my passion for Anime<br />
turned into a great respect and<br />
I wanted to be a part of the industry<br />
that saved me - to be able to entertain<br />
and fascinate others the way I<br />
had been. In 2008 I decided to start<br />
writing my own story which actually<br />
started from a simple character design<br />
assignment.<br />
Many, many Anime have inspired<br />
me along the way.<br />
Titles such as Cowboy Bebop,<br />
Evangelion, Soul Eater and Full Metal<br />
Alchemist were always among<br />
the most watched on my Television,<br />
however it was Gainax’s “Tengen<br />
Toppa Gurren Lagann” that really<br />
changed my perspective.<br />
Gurren Lagann’s story was so bizarre<br />
and insane, yet it gripped my<br />
imagination with both hands and<br />
made me feel as though a fire was<br />
burning within my chest.<br />
It quite literally made me realise<br />
that no matter what the premise,<br />
any story can be made if it is well<br />
written.<br />
While my story is certainly no Gurren<br />
Lagann, it was definitely my biggest<br />
inspiration and I would consider<br />
myself one of the shows biggest<br />
fans.<br />
What tools do you use to create?<br />
Is it digital or do you use paper and<br />
inks or paints?<br />
I use pencil on paper sketching and<br />
then transfer everything into Photoshop<br />
where it is re-drawn.<br />
That being said however, most of<br />
the art you see here is from artists<br />
from around the world who I have<br />
commissioned to draw my designs.<br />
While I am a pretty decent artist,<br />
there are those in the world who<br />
make my work look like a fifth graders.<br />
In order to get noticed, I needed to<br />
start taking the project more seriously<br />
and decided to start hiring<br />
and paying artists to draw for me.<br />
Back in 2009 I reached out to a<br />
young Indonesian artist named<br />
Hary Istiyoso who was not only my<br />
first artist but is still drawing with me<br />
today and has embarked upon this<br />
long journey with me with such enthusiasm<br />
and loyalty.<br />
From there I started contacting other<br />
amazingly talented artists, from<br />
freelancers to artists who work in<br />
the gaming industry for some rather<br />
large companies.