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About Me Official Beta Tester Traditional Artist Jan Tall38/Male/Sweden Recent Activity Deviant for 9 Months
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'TWS Reloaded'

'The Worthless Sleep' is one of few I'm really happy with.

'No Face Junot Diaz' 2008

Inspired by Junot Diaz's short story 'No Face!' Happy Happy!

Linnea Strid

Have you ever checked out my friend Linnea's work? [link]

Cameron Vale

Cameron is severly disturbed. He is also, uhm, me.

Critiques


I hate to compare works of an artist to another artist. So I apologise for naming Frida Kahlo here. She was very special and original. ...


I've been looking at this 'Sabrina Leaves the West Behind' a long time now, whilst listening to the musical piece '...


The model (Obsessive Pyromania) has a very fixed gaze, and at the same time it seems distant and dreamy. It's like she's sure...

by =Cicindele

The building is the 'motif' here. It seems out of place, for anywhere. It's like a sad construction built just to appear...

'Tamina II' 2008

A character from a fave book. A painting I actually sold. Yey!

'Chemical Commando' ca 2007

A T-shirt design for a dear friend. Chemical Commando, that.

Best Novel Ever Written? 

35%
6 deviants said Other (specify)
12%
2 deviants said 'Wonderful Wonderful Times' by Elfriede Jelinek
12%
2 deviants said 'Lolita' by Vladimir Nabokov
12%
2 deviants said 'Dead Souls' by Nikolai Gogol
12%
2 deviants said I can't read
6%
1 deviant said 'The Joke' by Milan Kundera
6%
1 deviant said 'Noone Belongs Here More Than You' by Miranda July
6%
1 deviant said 'Fear of Flying' by Erica Jong
0%
No deviants said 'The Secret Agent' by Joseph Conrad
0%
No deviants said 'Scum' by Isaac Bashevis Singer

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Visitors

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~DianetheStrange
Nov 21, 2009
6:28 pm
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~monstro-feio
Nov 21, 2009
7:35 am
:iconmodernmedea:
~ModernMedea
Nov 21, 2009
6:46 am
:iconaliceinsane:
~aliceinsane
Nov 20, 2009
11:19 pm
:iconprivatedanser:
*privatedanser
Nov 20, 2009
3:48 pm

deviantID

Self portrait. Very 'art school confidential'.

I share my birthday with Caravaggio, Brigitte Bardot, J.T. Walsh , Janeane Garofalo, Mira Sorvino, Naomi Watts, Dita von Teese, Gwyneth Paltrow and Hilary Duff. This must mean I'm a genius, right?

"Eroding solidarity paradoxically makes a society more susceptible to the construction of substitute collectives and fascisms of all kinds.”

Elfriede Jelinek

It's a Jill Day!

Journal Entry: Thu Nov 19, 2009, 11:51 AM
  • Mood: Affection
  • Listening to: Love and Rockets
  • Reading: Miranda July: Noone Belongs Here More Than You
  • Watching: the screen
  • Playing: The Sims 3. YEY!
  • Drinking: coffee

:icondarkartists-inc: :iconsurrealismclub: :icontraditional-artists: :iconsurrealsociety:




This is :iconpahness: who is a great friend and great artist. This is, I think, how photography should be dealt with.











"I never have taken a picture I've intended. They're always better or worse."
Diane Arbus

Journal Design by =DruidWu

PS Brushes: ~wyckedBrush ~Darkresources ~Shad0w-GFX

Devious Info

  • Current Residence: Sweden
  • deviantWEAR sizing preference: same as Schwartzenegger
  • Interests: painting, drinking, reading, writing, to despair
  • Favourite movie: 'Dead Ringers' by David Cronenberg, 'Code Unknown' by Michael Haneke, etc.
  • Favourite band or musician: KMFDM, mdfmk, ExForce,The Beautiful South, NiN, ChicksOnSpeed etc.
  • Favourite genre of music: Industrial, suicidal
  • Favourite artist: Francis Bacon, Miranda July, Aida Makoto, Cindy Sherman, Edward Gorey, etc.
  • Favourite poet or writer: Elfriede Jelinek, Milan Kundera, Primo Levi, Wislawa Szymborska, etc.
  • Favourite photographer: Paul Seawright, Diane Arbus, etc.
  • Favourite style of art: Depressing, surreal
  • Operating System: Vista (Pray for me)
  • MP3 player of choice: Creative ZenSTONE
  • Wallpaper of choice: KMFDM
  • Favourite game: Unreal3
  • Favourite cartoon character: Dan Clowes' Pogeybait
  • Personal Quote: "It's too late for that!"
  • Tools of the Trade: dry pastel

Shoutbox

~Dragonchilde83:iconDragonchilde83:
Hi there! Thanks for the adds!!! ^-^
Mon Oct 26, 2009, 9:39 AM
=horsesoldier:iconhorsesoldier:
happy birthday, my love:heart:
Sun Sep 27, 2009, 2:32 PM
~DragonFreakSparky:iconDragonFreakSparky:
HEY!!! Just stopping by to leave a shout in your shoutbox. Haven't seen or heard from you in awhile, so I thought I'd just say 'hey'. And I did. Good day to you now! :la:
Sun Sep 13, 2009, 11:13 AM
=horsesoldier:iconhorsesoldier:
every single day, i love you more. here i am, waiting to hold you.
Thu Sep 3, 2009, 3:08 AM
=horsesoldier:iconhorsesoldier:
mounted up, and ready to go hunting! :heart:
Sat Aug 22, 2009, 12:58 AM

Comments


:iconartisalma:
tack Jan för favoriten

--
we know what we are
but know not what we may be
William Shakespeare
:iconmodernmedea:
:heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart:

Thank you for faving and your ever kind support!

:tighthug:


:lick:

--
Ars Longa, Vita Brevis
:iconscheinbar:
:thanks: thank you :thanks:

--
Die Natur schlägt im Menschen die Augen auf und bemerkt, dass es sie gibt (Schelling)
:bulletblack::invisible::bulletblack::meditate::bulletblack::invisible::bulletblack:
:iconmichellelynn725:
MANY Many thanks!! :wave:
I am honored. :shakefish:
:toaster:

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"A man destined to hang can never drown
and now that we got that straight,
I want to take a fuquing bath..."

[link]
:iconmichellelynn725:
JAN!!
Thanks for the FAV!
Quite a compliment from you!! :worship:

--
"A man destined to hang can never drown
and now that we got that straight,
I want to take a fuquing bath..."

[link]
:iconurartadkonst:
It is? How odd... Thankyou for that remark, my friend! =)

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"I used to be with it. Then they changed what 'it' was."
Grandpa Simpson
:iconmichellelynn725:
My pleasure :highfive:

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"A man destined to hang can never drown
and now that we got that straight,
I want to take a fuquing bath..."

[link]
:icond0llparts:
thank you for the faves :rose: x

--
"It's all so meaningless . . .
. . . we might as well be extraordinary."

-Francis Bacon quoting Nietzsche
:iconmodernmedea:
Hello my dear friend - thank you so much for your favoritism!

Always great to stop by here and see what's going on! :)


:hug: & :blowkiss:

--
Ars Longa, Vita Brevis
:iconurartadkonst:
It's always nice to stop by your place, friend, to check out the tombstones or listen to some great tunes! :hug:

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"I used to be with it. Then they changed what 'it' was."
Grandpa Simpson
:iconmodernmedea:
Thank you! ;) my favorite deviant

:hug:

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Ars Longa, Vita Brevis
:icondeathxfairy:
Thank you very much for the :+fav: on [link] !

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¤ :blackrose: ¤

Träumer haben nicht nur ein Leben, wie alle anderen, sondern so viele, wie sie sich erträumen können.

¤ :rose: ¤

LEBENS ELIXIER
:iconflightresponse:
Hey Jan! Thank you for the fave! I always appreciate it :)

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"He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands, and his head is a craftsman.
He who works with his hands, and his head, and his heart, is an artist." ~ St. Francis of Assisi
:iconmosmosmos:
:aww:

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sabahları şarkı söyleyebilirim.
:icongrisalisan:
Hejsan hej! Tack ska du ha :)
:iconurartadkonst:
Tack själv! =)

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"I used to be with it. Then they changed what 'it' was."
Grandpa Simpson
:iconanesthetic-x:
thank you for the fave!

--
Society's tease is society's disease. All the girls locked up is not what we need.

KristaMontgomery||www.myspace.com/anestheticx
:iconurartadkonst:
You're welcome, good work!

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"I used to be with it. Then they changed what 'it' was."
Grandpa Simpson

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