What does the JP stand for?
- Jussi-Pekka.

What the are those strokes you draw over your characters’ cheeks?
- Call it emphasizing the cheek bones or whatever. I don’t know really. It’s a style I guess. It has something to do with the way I sketch out a character, align the nose, eyes, mouth etc. Sometimes the face looks a little “empty” afterwards, so I add them. Due to large bewilderment, I've tried to leave them out nowadays. :)

What materials do you use when working?
- I always begin with pen and paper. I’ll surely never leave them. Although I work a lot digitally (mainly with Adobe programs), I usually ink or pencil the drawings on paper first, scan them and then colour in Photoshop. I’ve come to like Sakura’s Micron -markers and Canson or Daler-Rowney heavy weight paper. I recently found the Copic Multiliner which has a nice brush tip, and I’ve been using that a lot lately. But I really do want to use other methods and materials aswell when working.

I didn’t get a copy of Northern Overexposure! Any left?
- Yes, I took out a new print run during Summer. Order your's here.

Is there a certain style that influences your art?
- Not a style necessarily, but a sort of mentality, I guess. My sense of humour is pretty absurd, although I also use absurdity and humour when dealing with my fears and other issues. I've always thought my clients not only want my style, but also a little of my persona. I’d say I get influenced by music a lot. I try to listen to all kinds of music, and I always try to find the right “soundtrack” for whatever work I’m making at the time.

What are your favourite films, books, CD's?
- I just saw Juno a couple of weeks back, and I enjoyed it really much. The dialogue was witty and story appealed to me. And the "Thundercats are gooooo" line cracked me right open. I think most of the people in the theater had no idea what the line meant, but I laughed my ass off. The last good book I've read has to be The Book of Lost Books by Stuart Kelly. It's a fluent read and has really interesting info. Like I said, I try to vary my soundtrack, but lately I've discovered the Polish prog-band Riverside and listened to a whole lot of Secret Agent.