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What button do
you press to make
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blood bro?
I honestly have no idea. I don’t even
particularly enjoy horror movies that much.
I always endeavour to make my images
as visually interesting as possible and the
darker stuff is just appealing to me. Often
the gore in my images is just a fruit I have
smashed an e-liquid bottle into, but when
you blend it with a hand or forehead it looks
pretty sick. That’s what I enjoy the most -
making something look twisted and sinister
without using anything out of the ordinary.
Q: What pieces in your portfolio are you
most proud of?
I’m most proud of the ones that really
capture the essence of the brand. A good
example would be the Psycho Kitty cat/
hand edit. Although there’s no gore here,
people seemed to find this one particularly
disturbing, which also ticks a box for me.
I like the ones that grab people’s attention
and stop them in their tracks while they’re
aimlessly scrolling through Instagram. If
someone comments “that’s vile” I see it as
a win.
Q: What’s your editing process typically
like? How long does it take to go from
concept to finished work?
The idea is key. I never shoot anything or
sit down to start editing until I have an idea
nailed. I think you can always tell when
someone has just taken an image and
thrown every effect they can at it, without
any true goal. Once I have the concept, the
shots are pretty quick to take. Then the
editing process can take anything from one
hour to three hours, depending how much
is going on in the image.
Q: Which hardware and e-liquids do you
find yourself using most often?
The Odin from Vaperzcloud / Dovpo is my
everyday mod. I own three of them and
rarely use anything else. The Asgard RDA
produces the best flavour I’ve tried. When
we used to be allowed outside I would take
my Aegis X with Horizon Falcon One tank
and for smaller devices I like the Aspire
Mulus and Ultroner Theia pod, but with
no higher than 10mg salts. The e-liquids
I use vary on a weekly basis, but some of
my all-time favourites are Aisu Aloe Vera,
Steeplyfe Epic Lemonade and Pufflabs
Spoiled Milk and Psycho Kitty.
Q: What would you like to be creating in five
years’ time?
I would like to keep evolving, trying new
techniques and ideas to push my work
forward and not get stale. Motion graphics
interest me a lot, but it’s finding the time to
learn, then consistently using the software
enough to get good.
Q: Outside of digital art, do you have any
other ambitions within the vaping world?
The dream would be to collaborate with
a company to create a signature mod
that I get to design. I have no idea what it
would look like but I guarantee it would be
unique.W
Q: Finally, do you have any upcoming
projects you’d like to tell us about?
I’m currently working on designing the
branding and labels for the new Cider King
range from RMW Labs, which is inspired
by the one and only Joe Exotic and which
will have been unleashed by the time you’re
reading this.
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