The clichéd "creative self-expression" has always been important to me although I probably couldn't (and wouldn't even want to) earn my living from it. I draw in both manga-inspired and more "western" style, and I write stories and poems. Insipration tends to come to me sporadically, however, which is partly why my gallery is updated to quite infrequently and irregularly.
My favourite subjet in both texts and art is perhaps not so surprisingly fantasy: elves, knights, wizards and the kind. I also have a great number of original characters (OCs) who often appear in my works.
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Blackmore's Night, Sonata Arctica, Poets of the Fall, Nordman, Blind Guardian, Enya
Favourite Writers
Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, David Eddings, Christian Golden; Edgar Allan Poe, Shakespeare
Favourite Games
World of Warcraft, Final Fantasy (I & IV-VI), Heroes of Might and Magic (III & V)
Favourite Gaming Platform
PC, Nintendo DS
Tools of the Trade
Pencils, Indian ink, watercolours; Wacom Bamboo Fun A5
Other Interests
Middle Ages, fantasy, minstrels, Vikings, role-playing and LARP, cats, languages