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Qitian

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Artist // Hobbyist // Traditional Art
  • May 1
  • Germany
  • Deviant for 18 years
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May the 4th: Celebrating Star Wars
Deviously Devoted: Someone is your fiendish fan! 😈 (1)
Albino Llama: Llamas are awesome! (83)
My Bio
34, dreamer, LARPer, occasional writer, occasional artist, procrastinatrix par excellence, mother of two kids, passionate gardener. Still not getting the hang of adulting. Learning more about renovating old farm-houses than she ever thought possible or desirable. Got a Master's Degree in English Philology (with Japanese Studies and Cultural Anthropology on the side, for what it's worth) - and always too many projects going on at the same time.

Favourite Visual Artist
Alphonse Mucha, Alan Lee, John Howe, Watanabe Shikô, Hokusai, Claude Monet, Leonardo da Vinci
Favourite Movies
Lord of the Rings, Stage Beauty, A Knight's Tale, Star Wars, Back to the Future
Favourite TV Shows
The Last Kingdom,
Favourite Books
The Silmarillion, The Lord of the Rings, American Gods, Stardust, Night Watch, The Neverending Story, Northern Lights Trilogy, Cicero Trilogy
Favourite Writers
J.R.R. Tolkien, Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Geoffrey Chaucer, Bernard Cornwell
Tools of the Trade
Pencil, watercolours, less commonly: camera and computer
Other Interests
Reading, Writing, Drawing, Tolkien, Martial Arts, Gardening, LARP, Languages, Japan

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My friend Indy is doing a survey on Tolkien fandom culture in the early/mid 2000s, and she's collecting information about what people recall about attitudes and different hot topics in the fandom back then. Since a lot of Tolkien folks on dA have been here for quite some time, I expected lots of you have something to contribute, so if you have the time and want to help with the research, please consider completing the survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ay708X7viQW4_zTHKUJGJ06WS8mhMwvTYN3jhzFVBfA/viewform?edit_requested=true It is asking for a username, but that's just for the sake of quotation, so you can use any username that you're c
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A happy new year to you all! May it be a good one filled with friends, laughter, the good kind of adventure, wisdom and, of course, creativity.
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So, it's that time of the year... what else can I do but wish you all a very merry Christmas (or whatever other end-of-year celebration you're having; I'm not picky ;))! Hope yours is filled with joy and nice people and whatever you wished for this holiday season! Personally I'm a little confused by the weather in this place (a toss-up between autumn and spring, but they call it winter here), but we had a lovely feast with the host family. Generally New Year is the big family celebration here, but my host-brother believes in "Santa-san" (a somewhat Japanised version of the Coca-cola Santa Claus), so we had a kind of Christmas party anyway
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Gosh, your art is amazing!!! <3333
Aw, thank you! <3 I quite like yours, too!
thank you for the watch!
You're welcome! That's some lovely art you're creating.
Thank you so much for the watch! :thanks: I love your art! :love:
I'm flattered! Thank you so much! I'm in awe of yours. *bows*
Thank you so much for watch! You have a nice gallery! :)