FY Patron of the Month Interview

Article by Bryce

The last winner of the Fantasy Patron of the Month award was Phill (CL5).

1- What kind of contributions did you have to make to the Outpost 10F fantasy sector in order for you to receive this award? How does it feel to be recognized for these contributions?
Well, my job in the Wizards is creating graphics and what-nots that we need. You might have seen my work on "Shoot the White Witch", The Golden Girls chat top, and more recently, the Final Fantasy Days. As for how does it feel? Its always good to be recognized for the work that I do, because I do know that a lot of work that gets done here at the Outpost doesn't get recognized by the general community.

2- Did you expect at all that you might receive this award?
Just like my unexpected promotion back in February, I didn't expect it at all.

3 - How long have you been a member of the Wizards?
I was recruited into the Wizards back in December 2005.

4 - What made you take such an interest in the fantasy sector?
To be completely honest, I'm a Trekkie. Always will be. I joined the Wizards to contribute to the community that has given me so much these last six (Yes, Six) years.

5 - Being the Wizards’ “Graphic Guru”, you make all of the graphics and such for the Wizards. How did you get to be so good with graphics?
Believe it or not, I'm self taught with some professional college training. I'm skilled in using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. I started dabbling in graphic arts back in 2002 making anime wallpapers, and as I slowly progressed in my skills, I became interested in web design, and that led to me attending a web design course at a local community college, there I learned a lot and became a better person and artist because of it. If you want to see a portfolio of my art work, check out my website: http://aceman67.cabspace.com

6 - Do you have any Outpost 10F goals left that you have not yet accomplished?
Custom Avatar and HTML would make me the happiest chatter in the world. Always wanted to be in ISA too, but if it is meant to happen, it will, if not, that's OK too.

7 - Do you think fantasy is the best Outpost 10F genre? Why?
Gee... that's a hard one... I can't really say which is best, I've been around OTF for a long time, and I have to say that none are the best, each has its own unique qualities, affiliation members and leadership for each. While we all may be members of different Affiliations, we are all members of the Outpost10F Family. But I will say that the leadership of the Fantasy Affiliation are the best bunch of Wizardly old men I've ever had the privilege to work with.

I would like to thank Phill for letting the Blue Report conduct this interview.

Alivan (CL5)
alivan@outpost10f.com