J-F Fury (Melbourne City Fury) - The Vitals:

Age: 26
/>Hometown: Melbourne (City Fury)
Where do you now
live?: Same
How long have you been creating street art?:
Hmmm I think that would be around 6 years now
What did you
do last night?: Went to New Years Stencil Exhibition party, (featuring
the whos who of Melbourne street art)... got really dizzy from paint fumes in an
enclosed space… it rocked!
What is your favourite thing to eat
for dinner?: Pizza and Beer!
Who is your favourite
fictional character?: Homer Simpson… and The Bride (from Kill
Bill)
What do you currently have in your pockets?: Keys,
Wallet, Phone and an UZI! BORING know
If you were given “more
time,” what would you do with it?:  More art… more writing… More
love~
Who do you love?: TONI!!!!

J-F Fury - The A’s to Our Q’s:

Wooster: How did you get
started in creating art for the street?

FURY: It all
started when Shepard (obey) Fairy came to town… its a familiar story and you
have all heard it… Me and my friend started a little sticker campaign based on
80’s Icons… called it Robot Ink… started stencilling in a small way after
that. Dropped street art for a while to work on my zine PDWG..(I was mad into
Mexican wrestling you see) it ran for 6 issues… and after that started with
the stencils again… this time seriously… and constantly fuelled by the
talent pool of href="http://www.Stencilrevolution.com">Stencilrevolution.com

/>Wooster: Why Tony the Tiger?

/>FURY:  My girlfriends name is Toni… and I was sitting on
the train with my sketch book one day and the idea came to me… very simple
really… in fact its bordering on corny… but hey, it works… I was Trying to
recreate the feel of old cereal packages. But my art extends further… I am
working on heaps of freehand stuff sketch stuff at the moment (for posters and
stencils) trying to get the honesty back up in my work, Tony was a specific
image for a specific Piece

Wooster: What other
street artists do you most admire and why?

FURY:
Aww man.I knew you gonna ask this. I would have to say, in the first instance
Obey, Banksy and blah blah blah. we all know em. but Melbourne (and the rest of
Australia) has a lot of talent and I reckon that my main inspiration comes from
right here. Prism, Tusk, Meggs, Victim, YOK, Bungle,  Monkey,  Satta, 610, Xero,
HA-HA, Reka One, Synk, Perks and Mini and everyone else who rocks Melbourne
(sorry if I missed you.)

Wooster: What’s your
favourite city, neighbourhood, or block, to post and/or
to see street
art?

FURY: Croft Alley in Melbourne.  Melbourne in
General. it’s a living breathing gallery, Oh and Newcastle in NSW is always
fun

Wooster: What inspires you now?

/>FURY: Everything and anything, Friends, Old school
characters, Kubricks, Cool Package design, Comics, Cartoons, Japanese Horror
Punk bands. Who knows. it is impossible for me to pin Inspiration to one or two
things.. I find that riding the train everyday (sketchbook on lap.pencil in
hand) is a really good way to create stuff.. Ideas seem to just flow. Oh and
MUSIC.. that’s a big one.. Punk, Ska, Rock. whatever.

/>Wooster: What are you currently working on?  Can you give us
a sneak peek?

FURY: New poster Campaign under the
name “Jelly Bean”, some collaborations and hopefully a lot more stencil work
(time permitting) also formulating on a new “one off” zine called GPD (Geriatric
Profanity Disorder). And hopefully some freelance graphic work. No Sneak Peeks.
sorry (but some stencil work is viewable on href="http://www.stencilrevolution.com">stencilrevolution.com)

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