Chibashi: Do you make graphics with Photoshop?

Ito: No, we use Illustrator mainly. I think Photoshop is too heavy.

Ako: groovisions’ works gave me impression of you are really good at using Illustrator.

Ito: I feel comfortable with Illustrator because you can separate a work into pieces and create various pictures with combining parts and parts. But we ain’t well acquainted with computer. (ha ha)

Hara: No, not at all.(ha ha)

Ito: There is a big difference between knows and unknowns about computer. Depends on needs, we study. But if we couldn’t understand, we would give up, like “It’s all right. Forget it.”(ha ha)

Hara: Since nobody reads any manuals, everyone has one’s own way.

Chibashi: We had a primary meeting before this interview and we came up with a thought which “groovisions” seemed very easy going but actually very conceptual. How do you think?

Ito: I don’t think so. (ha ha)

Ako: I think there is a consistent concept or way which you make still graphics into motion pictures such as the thumb through cartoon in Pizzicato Five’s new CD booklet.

Ito: Well… In the other way, I think we can say that we have nothing to appeal to public, not at all. We just wanna stick to the certain form, though.

Hara: As I said earlier, we use Illustrator because it’s easier and more comfortable than Photoshop. Then as the result, graphics turned out to that kind. If we need unreasonable efforts to make pictures because of using Photoshop, I guess we settle down to Illustrator, after all.(ha ha)

Ako: Do you collaborate with other staffs, like “I make this part and you do the other part.”, when you work on one peace of work?

Ito: Yes, we do. I think there is some tendency that people imagine themselves in Computer=his/her own world. However if you thought the whole work as an unit of small parts, you might feel easier to share the work with others. I think it’s interesting that each one of us works on the common format and makes whatever he/she likes. I mean if there was no certain core idea (a finish image), then anyhow we would make various and different parts and combine them with hopes of creating something new. I prefer this way because I feel it’s easier and rational. (ha ha)

Hara: We don’t have any particular core.

Ito: But we have likes and dislikes, though.

Ako: Do all member have same taste of likes and dislikes?

Ito: No, I don’t think so. I feel Hara and me have some common, though.

Hara: I guess our tastes are a little bit different from younger members’.

Ito: Yeah.

Chibashi: Do you brainstorm before starting a project?

Ito: It depends. When we decided to go into Internet, we held quite many meetings.

Ako: Ha. Is it so.

Ito: We had meeting frantically. We even made some demonstration works and reconsidered them… (ha ha)

Ako: It wasn’t something like Ito said “It seemed fun. Let’s do it” and started. (ha ha)

Ito: We were quite serious. We couldn’t believe ourselves and asked “Were we such serious people?!”. (ha ha)

Ako: I think you succeed in Internet, as the result. Could you tell us what happened after exposing your website in Internet?

Ito: Well, works related to website were increased for a time.

Ako: Dealing with website is fun if you are only playing it. However once it became a job, I guess it’s so trouble some. Moreover you may not feel achieving something so much.

Ito: I agree with you. I feel it seems halfway.

Ako: There is no end for making website. Other media such as printings may have more tendency that you can devote yourself into the job.

Ito: I thinks so, too.