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me: I'm a Canadian artist (Shakoriel), writer (Kat Aubrey) and dilettante (Carnivalerian). |
| interests: fops & dandies, costuming, steampunk & gothic rococo & celtic faery & punk circus styles, ancient & medieval history, sci-fi & fantasy, dark fairytales, vampires, yaoi. |
| artistic inspirations: lace, ruffles, ribbons, frock coats, tailcoats, top hats, boots, corsets, stockings, long hair, leather, makeup, gloves, collars, stripes, armwarmers. 10th-12th & 17th-19th centuries; retrofuturism and anachronism. genderbenders, hermaphrodites, androgynes and crossdressers. |
| style: Japanese shojo manga/anime crossed with Disney animation; or stylized realism; or all-out realism. |
| tools: 0.7mm mechanical pencil; acrylic or watercolour paint; Photoshop CS3; Wacom tablet. |
| favourite artists: Aubrey Beardsley, Alphonse Mucha, Edward Gorey, John William Waterhouse, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Thomas Canty,Victoria Frances, Ayami Kojima, You Higuri, Lee So-Young, Hans Holbein, Kat Von D, Amy Brown, Sulamith Wulfing. |
| favourite authors: Storm Constantine, Guy Gavriel Kay, Neil Gaiman, PG Wodehouse, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. |
| favourite tv shows: Firefly, Battlestar Galactica, Torchwood, Band of Brothers, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Blood Ties, Deadwood, True Blood, The Tudors, The Magnificent Seven, Robin of Sherwood. |
| favourite movies: Serenity, Stage Beauty, Sunshine, The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Prestige, Pan's Labyrinth, Resident Evil, Hellboy, Interview with the Vampire, Penelope, Stardust, The Duchess. |
| favourite music: Placebo, Mew, HIM, VNV Nation, Emilie Autumn, Loreena McKennitt, Abney Park, Enigma, Blackmore's Night, The Birthday Massacre, Assemblage 23. |
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