Gencuy Brutal Art creates art for brutal death metal and black metal bands and does a very good job at it. He operates out of Indonesia, a place with a constantly expanding and somewhat controversial brutal death metal scene. I was happy to find out that there is also an incredibly supportive community for this kind of art in Indonesia.
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Cerebral Reviewment- Hello and thank you for answering some questions! Could you let everyone know a little about yourself and how long you have been drawing?
Gencuy- Hello, Gencuy is my nickname, not my real name. I am 21 years old now and living in Bandung, a city in Indonesia, I make the design work for the underground community. Mainly death metal bands and also black metal bands all over the world. I’ve been drawing since childhood. I learned to draw on my own and I never followed a special way or went to art school.
CR- How long have you been into brutal art? What got you started?
G- I started BrutalArt a few years ago, around 2007. So to say I have 5 years working on BrutalArt. I really like extreme music, especially DEATHMETAL and BLACKMETAL, but I am not proficient in music. So I wanted to do something, so I can get involved in this music community. BrutalArt makes me a part of the community and music that I love.
CR- In your opinion, can brutal art ever take things too far by being too gross or obscene?
G- What I’m expressing in BrutalArt is something unusual for the artist. The other side of life… murder, prostitution, death, deception, and other things that people think should not be talked about. Such things are discussed in the songs of Black Metal Death metal. I also always have a theme I wish to convey in my brutal art.
CR- I always love when you post pictures of your sketches before they are finished. Can you describe your process a little bit from start to finish? How long do you usually take on a project?
G- The process I go through to make BrutalArt is; begin by thinking of a theme that will be created, then create a sketch on paper using a pencil, and then proceed to use the inking pen, and after finishing with the image on paper, I input the image into the computer using a scanner, to subsequently be edited and the last process is in the Photoshop program. Time it takes to make a work can be varied according to mood, but I always try to be professional, doing a work within 1 week. If I’m not busy it could be faster, and may take longer if I am busy.
CR- Do most bands tell you exactly what they want or do they give you a lot of freedom to draw what you want?
G- Clients and bands are free to give the concept of what they want. I’ll try to make a work like what they want. I usually ask for tracks and lyrics of their songs, it really helps me to understand the character of the band who I am working with.
CR- What or who are some of your biggest influences?
G- The Death metal community, and love of music is the most influential for me. Surely the people who always support me and love brutal art!
CR- Being from Indonesia, you probably do not have a lack of bands wanting to work with you. What is the art scene like there? Is there a lot of other brutal art? What is mainstream art like there?
G- Yes there is a wonderful art community in my city of Bandung. Its name is Illuminator. There are many talented artists, each with a different style, and I know them. You need to know there is a shortage in my country people and bands who understand the artwork. They can not appreciate a work, and there is still a lot of piracy with the artwork here.
The Illuminator is an underground community that organizes events and exhibitions for artists.
CR- Who are your favorite artists?
G- Some of my favorite artists are Mark Riddick, Mike Majewski, Daniel Corcuera, Matt daughter, Christophe Moyen, Bin Bautista, Jeff Zornow, Nat Jones and my friends Derby, Candra (monmonart). I really like the artwork in black and white style, and they do it very well. That’s the reason I idolize them.
CR- Do you have a favorite piece you’ve done?
G- I love all my works. But, I’ve made a work that I love very much, and I will not sell it … I gave it the title “GOD BETRAYER”
CR- Anything thing else you’d like to say to fans or aspiring artists?
G- Do something that you like, because that would be something you are proud of yourself for doing.
Keep it Brutal \ m /
CR- Thanks a lot!
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GENCUY BRUTALART
Potential clients contact gencuybrutal@yahoo.com
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