We’re joined by Toeken, illustrator of “Side Effects May Vary” in The Future Fire #64, for a quick chat.
TFF: How did you go about illustrating “Side Effects May Vary”?
Toeken: An elegant, piquant tale by Avra Margariti, full of inspiring imagery that was difficult to hone down into just two illustrations. I began by sketching Bengal tigers ~ as ya do…
TFF: If you could choose only one book to take on a long space (outer or inner) journey, which one would it be?
Toeken: I’d take a copy of Sartre’s Nausea stuffed inside a copy of Bukowski’s Post Office, within a copy of Barker’s Imajica.
TFF: How has geography influenced your work?
Toeken: …If you stay where you are, I wonder how much can you expect your art or creative response to the world to alter or change in any vital or meaningful way.
TFF: Tell us about an artist whose work you're particularly enjoying at the moment?
Toeken: A whole bunch: Cosima Von Bonin, Kent Williams, Kim McCormack, Valerie Depadova, Rick Berry.
TFF: What else are you working on now?
Toeken: Just completed illustrating a graphic novel written by Phil Emery for Android Press, Razor’s Edge, cover art for Lovecraftiana Magazine, illustrations for Shoreline of Infinity Magazine, a couple of book covers along with a bunch of other stuff, but until it’s done…
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