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Ciaran-Reid
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[2010-11-03 06:53:41 +0000 UTC]
"Artist and Amateur Photographer"
(Ireland)
# Statistics
Favourites: 163; Deviations: 172; Watchers: 116
Watching: 325; Pageviews: 15994; Comments Made: 20; Friends: 325
# Interests
Favorite visual artist: Jean Delville, Franz von Stuck, Carlos Schwabe, Odd Nerdrum, Nicola Samori, Henry Fuseli, Gustave Dore, Caspar David Friedrich, John Atkinson Grimshaw, Leonardo da Vinci, Zdzislaw Beksinski, Felicien Rops, Alfred Kubin, Sascha Schneider, Alan LeeFavorite movies: Pan's Labyrinth, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Hobbit trilogy, Moonrise Kingdom, The Double (2013), Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life, A Single Man, Donnie Darko, Frantz, The Crow (1994), Sleepy Hollow, Deathgasm, Interview with the Vampire (1994)
Favorite TV shows: Johnathan Strange & Mr Norrell, True Detective (season 1-2), Sherlock (season 1-2), Aoi Bungaku: Ningen Shikaku, Fate/Zero, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, Blue Eye Samurai, Doctor Who (11th Doctor series 5), Silo, Westworld (season 1), Hannibal (season 1-2)
Favorite bands / musical artists: Burzum - Det som engang var, Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk, Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness, Xasthur - The Funeral of Being, Darkspace - III, Sombres ForΓͺts - Quintessence, Angantyr - Kampen fortsΓ¦tter, Svartr Strijd - En sista vind
Favorite books: Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft, Poetry of Edgar Alan Poe, The Stranger (Camus), The Goldfinch, A Short History of Decay, Hamlet, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Frankenstein, Idlewild (Sagan), Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, Pandora Hearts, Harry Potter
Favorite writers: H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, Emil Cioran, Albert Camus, Charles Baudelaire, Donna Tartt, Susanna Clarke, Jhonen Vasques, Mary Shelly, Percy Bysshe Shelly, Milan Kundera, Hermann Hesse, J. R. R. Tolkien, Friedrich Nietzsche, Thomas Sowell, Nick Sagan
Favorite games: Year Walk, Limbo, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Alice: Madness Returns, Don't Starve, 5th edition Dungeons & Dragons (Forgotten Realms setting), Call of Cthulhu (tabletop RPG), chess
Tools of the Trade: Mechanical pencils, tortillon, kneaded eraser, charcoal (vine, willow, compressed, pencil), pastels (hard, soft), fixative, Windsor Newton oil paints, natural brushes, linseed oil, liquin, gesso, linen canvas boards, Epson Perfection V370 scanner, camera
Other Interests: Gothic horror, Gothic architecture, classical music and plainchant, native old-growth forests, Irish history and mythology, Insular minuscule calligraphy, existentialism, cultural nationalism, HEMA (great-sword and long-sword), archery, Bujinkan, paleo
# Social Links
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Comments: 78
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Do you take requests, kind sir?
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I am afraid that I would have to say no. When I first began online I was doing requests (mostly album covers) and not only did I discover that I could not keep up with them, but that having deadlines hanging over me is stressful and quite negatively impacts my work. Perhaps more importantly, I also found that once I did one or two thing that many people liked, it quickly became all anyone ever wanted me to do, and that gets boring very quickly.
Now, that said, I am fully open to suggestions that people have of things that they would like to see (even if it is more of the same), just understand that I am an absolutely terrible procrastinator (I have about ten unfinished projects from over the past few years that have yet to see the light of day on DeviantArt - something I intend to finally remedy this coming year), so, even if I do like an idea that someone suggests, it may be a very very long time before I actually act on that inspiration.
My apologies.
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Not at all sir, not all sir.Β
Carry on the good work, and we shall admire from the sidelines as usual
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many thanks for watching, I appreciate it! You have the knack for wonderfully atmospheric art.
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Thank you so much for the watch! Your art is awesome
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I am rather bad at responding to comments - as I do not log in regularly and am frequently unsure of how to reply to several people without repeating myself - please forgive me when I do not get back to each of you. I do read each comment and genuinely appreciate the interest in my artwork.
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Thank you for the watch and fav, much appreciated!
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Thank you for your interest in my gallery. I appreciate it.
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You are most welcome.
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Thank you Β for the watch!
Your gallery is soΒ mysterious.Β I adore your style!
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Not at all.
Thank you very much! I have not updated my gallery for quite some time, but hopefully that will change within the next few months.
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Cheers! I have not had time to do art for quite some time now (was just reorganising the page and posting some old stuff that was missing for now), but I intend to make time very soon.
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GOOD NEWS Hon!Keep It in Darkness, Italian Cheers!!!
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I know you probably wont respond to this, but i wanted to say, thank you for your work. its amazing, the atmosphere you can put into your art, and its inspireing to me. i hope you get a job you like someday, even if you live in the sewers or whatever.
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Saw your "The Psychopomp" and thought it was awesome! I'd have left a comment but you don't allow those on it :c
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Hello again : 3 thank you so much watching 
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Nice dark atmosphere. Great inspirations you have 
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Thanks a lot for the watch. Absolutely love your work, you have some truly exquisite pieces.
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thank you for join my group #DailyNightmare
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your style reminds me of norweigen black metal
art covers . 
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Cheers muchly for the fave add, much appreciated! Hope you have a smashin Friday
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