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Working under the name SKAFFS Australia based Luke Feldman creates cute yet sexy character art. We snatched some of Luke’s time to ask him some questions. Enjoy!

1. Hello Luke, please introduce yourself to our readers.
Hey Youri! I’m just a typical Aussie bloke that likes to surround himself in sexy SKAFFS chicks all day. My career is basically creating colourful characters.

2. Your characters are cute but at the same time also very sexy. Is this sexiness in your work a deliberate choice or did it just happen over time?
I guess my appreciation for the female form started during life drawing classes at high school. Over time, I adapted my technical skills to come up with my own version of the SKAFFS sexy chick. Basing my work on the symmetry, flow and curves of the female form allowed me to obtain this look.

3. What other creative things are you involved in besides illustration?
Most of my work is illustration and animation. I also help companies with character design, installations, Flash interactives, mobile phone content, website design and music composition. My most recent creative project was designing a one storey installation for the 2008 MAC World Conference booth which was pretty cool.

4. What’s the craziest thing someone ever asked you to illustrate?
I was asked to illustrate a sealed section for Scarlet Magazine in the UK. There was definitely some crazy stuff going on there ;)

5. If I’m not mistaken you’re currently working on getting a toy produced based on one of your illustrations. Can you tell us a little about that process? Any complications you had to overcome?
I have two toys in the process of being produced. Both are based on artwork that I have produced. The process involves preparing an orthographic illustration of the character (side, front and back). There is usually 2 ways of creating a finished sculpt; traditionally by hand or through a 3D printer. Once the sculpt has been finalized, a mold is created and by then the colorways have usually been decided. Finally the finished pieces with colorways are sent off for manufacturing. The process is both time consuming and expensive, but, definitely rewarding.

6. So what’s on the horizon for you? Any new ground you want to break?
There are always things going on in the SKAFFS world. I am involved in numerous upcoming exhibitions in Australia, UK and the USA. I am finishing up my first children’s book to be launched in early 2009 and I continue to work on my animation concepts for television. I also hope that in the not too distant future we’ll see one of my creations on television.

7. Let’s say you scored an illustration job for a big brand name, your deadline is pretty thin and you’re totally not coming up with any solid ideas. Now what?
I have actually learned to work to ridiculous deadlines. But, doing Taekwondo or playing the guitar is my outlet when my mind may not be moving as fast as I like. My problem seems to be not having enough time to record all my crazy ideas!

Thank you for your time Luke, we hope you keep producing sexy curves for a long time to come!