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My Bio
Current Residence: Boston, MA USA
Favourite genre of music: alternative rock, some metal, and "modern" classical, e.g., Stravinsky, Bartok, Ives.
Favourite photographer: Diane Arbus, Robert Mapplethorpe
Favourite style of art: Many
Operating System: OSX
MP3 player of choice: iPod. The big one.
Favourite cartoon character: Lil Gothmog and Stinky Pete, Maia of Mandos

Favourite Visual Artist
John Singer Sargent, John Singleton Copley, Marc Chagall, Frank Lloyd Wright
Favourite Movies
Toss-up between Lawrence of Arabia & A Clockwork Orange
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Too varied for a favorite: my taste ranges from Jimi Hendrix to The Shins
Favourite Writers
JMilton, RDawkins, SJGould, CBDivakaruni, MAtwood, Cormac McCarthy, JRR Tolkien
Tools of the Trade
Hands, brain, pen and a scanner, although I'm hankering for a Wacom tablet.
Other Interests
Insufferable dilettante

Pandemonium_213

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"pandemonium_213" is yet another of my numerous aliases. I am a longtime Tolkien fan, having first read JRRT's works in the Years of the Lamps, i.e., from 1966 and onward.   As a result, I gravitate toward the Tolkien-inspired work offered by the many talented artists here on deviantART.  However, my tastes are not limited to things Tolkienian so other subjects make their way into my collection of favorites. Although I draw (spent two years as an architecture major when I was an undergraduate), I'm a real hack compared to the vast majority of folks who post their paintings and drawings on dA.  My doodling, such as it is, may be found in the
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Thank you for the watch! :highfive:
Thank you for the fave :aww: 
thanks for the comments..glad your liking the work. Also glad you saw the Lovecraft aspect. 'Forms as of writhing serpents' are described in the book...so thats what i went for!!
Thanks for the many faves, Pandë. :)
Thank you for the faves on my art! Your username did ring a bell with me, and now looking at your profile, I know why- SWG, that's where I know you from! ^ ^
Yep, I tend to hang around the SWG. :^)

I absolutely *love* your style, which is reminiscent of two of my favorite illustrators -- Garth Williams and Tasha Tudor -- but with a more mature touch. Certainly appropriate, given that The Silmarillion isn't quite The Secret Garden or Little House on the Prairie :^D. The cookies are incredible!

~~ Pandë
Thank you for the :+devwatch: ! :aww: