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DARK1bc

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About Me

Hi, I'm Brian. Some of you may know me from Empty Spiral and or Cycling Colours. I'm a Graphic Designer, Illustrator and Musician. I'm starting to teach/instruct art for grade school children. Concerning my art... my illustrative work tends to be within the surrealism/symbolism, though not always. It mainly depends on what fits the piece. I enjoy working with many types of art media, again it depends entirely on what may fit the desired piece. If you would like to view some of my art as well as some of my photography feel free to click the "view more pix" link which will take you to a small gallery. I hope you enjoy them.
everything before us or behind us is nothing compared to that which is within us

My Interests

All aspects of The Arts are my main interests. I enjoy creating visual art as well as performing and creating music as a guitarist. I'm very eclectic with my musical tastes as well as the artists I admire. I enjoy reading very much. I love learning and I'll always be a student of something. Science, Philosophy and Religion. I'm very interested in teaching children and hopefully that will happen soon. I also enjoy mountain biking.

I'd like to meet:

Artists, Musicians, Creative People

Music:

I mainly enjoy, though not limited to, female vocalists. Joe Satriani is my favorite guitarist. Some of my favorite bands are... The Gathering, Lacuna Coil, Led Zeppelin, Rush, Love Spirals Downwards, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Nightwish, Tristania, Sirenia, Garbage, Queensryche, Drain sth, Prince, Gin Blossoms, Dokken, The Crystal Method, Delerium, Arch Enemy, Alice In Chains, Tapping the Vein, Crimson Glory, Judas Priest, Ozzy, Fates Warning, Scorpions, Trouble, Theatre of Tragedy, Leaves Eyes, Rose Chronicles, The Cult, Paradise Lost, My Dying Bride, Prong, Metallica, Savatage, Heart, Katatonia, TestAmenT, Dark Tranquility, Opeth, Flowing Tears, Tool, VAST, Within Temptation, The Shroud, Sarah Brightman, I'll add some more later :)

Movies:

Almost any Laurel and Hardy movie, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, What Dreams May Come, Amelie, Hero, Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein, Nosferatu, The Haunting (1963), The Sound of Music, original Star Wars trilogy, the Daimagin trilogy, Brotherhood of the Wolf, Susperia, The Beauty and the Beast (1946) Nightmare Before Christmas, King Kong (2005), Batman Begins, The Grudge, The Ring, The Eye, Legend, Cube, Fast Times at Ridgement High, I'll add some more later :)

Television:

I hate reality shows! But, I do like... Stargate: SG1, Stargate: Atlantis, Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Farscape, Queen of Swords, Xena, Twilight Zone (original series), Dark Shadows, The Addams Family, The Simpsons, The Outer Limits, Globetreker, Bonanza, Star Trek, Seinfield, Fraiser, Fawlty Towers, classic Warner Brothers cartoons, I'll add some more later :)

Books:

Tanith Lee, H.P. Lovecraft, J.R.R. Tolkien, Michael Moorcock (the Elric of Melnibone saga), Joseph Micheal Linsner, Neil Gaiman, Edgar Allen Poe, all kinds of art related books, The Courage to Create (Rollo May), Black Elk Speaks, I'll add more later :)

Heroes:

Joe Satriani, George Lynch, Tony Iommi, Ulrich Roth, Randy Rhoads, EVH, Alphonse Mucha, Susan Seddon Boulet, Sulamith Wulfing, Yoshitako Amano, Joseph Michael Linsner, Jay Anacleto, Michael Turner, Joe Benetiz, P. Craig Russell, Frank Frazetta, Mike Hoffman, Brom, Neal Adams, Barry Windsor-Smith, Alfredo Alcala, Esteban Maroto, Mike Ploog, Sanjulian, J. W. Waterhouse, Burne Jones, Degas, Rembrandt, Dali, William Blake, I'll add some more later :)

My Blog

Tolerance

We as people like to feel we belong. To achieve this sense of belonging we make friends, join groups clibs, societies, neighborhoods and nations. We like to feel we belong. Unfortunately that sense of...
Posted by DARK1bc on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 11:30:00 PST

poem DK1.2

Pieces breaking husk that once vibrated strength wishes for shattered memories grasping at remnants of yesterday lost reality's fragments rip tomorrows wishing for sands to turn back fade cascading sh...
Posted by DARK1bc on Fri, 09 Jun 2006 12:34:00 PST

poem DK1.1

sea of sorrow island of hope once my home far, the sea of sorrow tumbling adrift, hopeless amid oceans blue reality slipping, dying eyes grasping at memories confusion's mists blinding floating, this ...
Posted by DARK1bc on Thu, 18 May 2006 11:28:00 PST

The Gathering live Jaxx pix

Here's some pix I took of The Gathering concert at Jaxx (03/19/06)The setlist was...Liberty Bell, Even The Spirits Are Afraid, Shortest Day, In Between, Broken Glass, Analog Park, Saturnine, A Noise S...
Posted by DARK1bc on Wed, 22 Mar 2006 11:20:00 PST

My Guitars

Gibson Custom Shop "Iommi" SG (2000)Jackson "Rhoads" Flying V (1984 San Dimas)Ovation Celebrity Classical (1990)---Brian :)...
Posted by DARK1bc on Thu, 09 Mar 2006 03:17:00 PST