EvokeOne - v5

Evoke {1} Firstly can you tell us a little more about who you are Vigan? What other interests you have aside from art and what makes up your daily life?

Vigan Tafili: I am Vigan Tafili, 18 years old, born and raised in Peja, a small city in the newest country in Europe - Kosovo. Kosovo, is quite a small country, but with a huge trunk of ancient tradition in the culture of art expression; and if I might say, with a high number of artistic talents. My first contact with computer arts was at quite a young age. I started with photography and continued with photo editing, then slowly by learning and experimenting, I became a digital artist, one that I am today, My life is normal life, at Monday morning I start working, job for me is fun and I most say its my hobby I like what I do, I just enjoy it, what makes me a daily life is my family, friends and art, making art and talking with my family and friends makes me a great day.

Evoke {2} Your work seems to fuse a natural relaxed feel with synthetic and sci-fi elements. Is that something you often set out with the intention to make or is it a result of your creative process?

Vigan Tafili: Yeah my work, it's more based on nature and sci-fi, what I love in this life from world is nature the green plants and animals, doing nature makes me feel relaxed, sci-fi is a other side of my art, I'm a space lover galaxy and space always get my eyes, I like to think about the future how that will be or it can be, I like making characters on sci-fi elements that is a part that I really imagine all the time, i think those two sides are part of my art style, I think are not part of my creative process but I have it from the beginning or my stuff.

Evoke {3} Apart from Evokeone you are also active in other online communities, do you feel being active in groups like this has affected your constant evolution as an artist?

Vigan Tafili: Yeah I'm part of some talented online communities, yes for sure being part of evoke I have really grown my skills alot I think the members critique are the most helpful stuff that have make me push my limits, to all artists I would like to say that never don't ignore a critique, if you dont accept it you will never be a critiq to, lol as I see those days I'm very critique I hope I haven't been so harsh with some members.

Evoke {4} Let's speak a bit regarding tools. What pieces of kit do you use the most, any software or hardware you wouldn't want to be without?

Vigan Tafili: Well only this last year I have started using Autodesk Maya, 3ds Max, Mudbox and Zbrush is in progress, I all the time I have use Photoshop I think that software is the perfect thing ever made, but before photoshop the most helpful software that have made me get more was Gimp a free software that much of people can use it for some good stuff, it's very good to experiment with 2 or more softwares.

Evoke {5} Can you tell us your favourite piece that you have submitted to Evoke, and explain a little about the ideas and techniques that went into making it?

Vigan Tafili: Well my favorite submit at evoke what the first one 'Seven Lives' in that piece I have push my limits making it looks very good, the idea was the theme 'Nostalgia' that thame has open my nostalgy song that I have lisent so much the Seven Lives song from Enigma, That music is just great and hearing that song have made me do that piece, the techniques that I have use on that piece was my manipulation tricks and some mouse paintings.