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About Jim Sachs
« on: November 15, 2016, 07:55:59 PM »
Hi all:

I just wanted to share that I am a big  fan of Jim Sachs.
I love his art very much and I think it is amazing.
To me he is the greatest amiga artist.
If you see this Jim, I tip my hat to you !!!
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Re: About Jim Sachs
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2016, 08:12:30 PM »
A couple of interesting Jim Sachs articles over at AmigaLove.com regarding his infamous graphics style..... :)

https://amigalove.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=71#p254

https://amigalove.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=38#p90
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Re: About Jim Sachs
« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2016, 10:41:29 PM »
He is indeed a great inspiration, I wonder what he might draw today if he had an AGA machine close by.
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Re: About Jim Sachs
« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2016, 02:14:21 AM »
I think Jim Sachs is one of the most creative and talented people I've ever seen. He is an amazing artist and a pioneer in computer graphics.

I used to teach Art History (as well as Computer Science) and I showed a colleague of mine some of Jim's work and she was stunned. His use of contrast in his images is amazing. They aren't just pretty pictures, there is real depth in them.  Just incredible.

I have often wished he had been apart of the early Amiga days when they needed graphic artists desperately. Jim would have been a great counterpoint to Apple's Susan Kare. Think how much better those hideous icons of 1.0/1.1 could have been...not to mention the Kickstart/Workbench hand images.  

He really showed people that computer graphics could be more than just game images.


Here are some links:

Interview:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvdNZpHZsO4

Interview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPu4tvYON68

Gallery of his work:
http://amiga.lychesis.net/artist/JimSachs.html
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Re: About Jim Sachs
« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2016, 04:22:15 AM »
I love his defender of the crown art, and, if the 20000 league under the seas ever was produced, that would have been awesome.
 
 He is busy building his dream home (I saw some AGA machines though ;)
 so I doubt he has much time for other things
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Re: About Jim Sachs
« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2016, 09:30:57 AM »
Truly an incredible artist for sure!
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Offline David Wright

Re: About Jim Sachs
« Reply #6 on: November 16, 2016, 01:50:30 PM »
Jim's Amiga Lagoon was done in Brilliance with 256 colors, so AGA.

Still use his aquarium screensaver.
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Re: About Jim Sachs
« Reply #7 on: November 16, 2016, 11:04:41 PM »
Thank you all for the replies !!!
I really enjoyed the interviews and gallery.
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Re: About Jim Sachs
« Reply #8 on: November 17, 2016, 04:19:16 AM »
always loved Jim's pixel art magic! even upgraded my aquarium screensaver a few years back and my kids love it
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Re: About Jim Sachs
« Reply #9 on: November 17, 2016, 09:38:25 AM »
Never released but the intro is awsome !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVnOAy_9VMU

20.000 miles under the sea......
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Re: About Jim Sachs
« Reply #10 on: November 17, 2016, 02:00:22 PM »
Quote from: Rotzloeffel;816532
Never released but the intro is awsome !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVnOAy_9VMU

20.000 miles under the sea......

WoW, just WoW:knuddel::pint:it hurts me to think how many hours it took Jim just to get a few minutes of that awesome vid
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Offline paul1981

Re: About Jim Sachs
« Reply #11 on: November 17, 2016, 05:05:12 PM »
Is that AGA? It looks it.
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Offline David Wright

Re: About Jim Sachs
« Reply #12 on: November 17, 2016, 06:01:03 PM »
The retro hour podcast (kooky tech) has a recent interview with Jim.
Very interesting.
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Offline kamelito

Re: About Jim Sachs
« Reply #13 on: November 18, 2016, 12:38:49 PM »
Awesome artist, I listened it's interview and he was quiet "sad" that nobody ask him to give a talk during the 30th Amiga anniversary in California.
I'd love a pixel art book course done by himself, I'm sure he'll make a lot of money selling it and it's craft will not be lost.
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Re: About Jim Sachs
« Reply #14 on: November 18, 2016, 12:55:55 PM »
is anyone have it's email address ?
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