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  • Genius Symbols Public Demonstration Set Genius Symbols Public Demonstration Set I gave a short 15 minute presentation on The Genius Symbols at the AMT conference last year. Normally I draw the symbol...
  • Ronnie O'Sullivan Portrait Ronnie O'Sullivan Portrait A portrait of former snooker world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan based on an original photograph by by Monique Limbos.
  • Leo The Lion Painting Leo The Lion Painting A commission for an August birthday - Leo The Lion. Inspired by Taurus, my second Star Sign Symbol Hypbrid painting. H...
  • West End & Dancing Through The Hard Symbol Painting West End & Dancing Through The Hard Symbol Painting Must be something in the air - silver and gold? Two new classic symbol paintings for July 2011, West End and Dancing Th...
  • SFX At The Console SFX At The Console Once in a while, it's time to update the self image - lol! The picture of me that's widely used everywhere was taken in...
  • Star Child Fairy Tale Illustration Star Child Fairy Tale Illustration The book of fairy tales, The Golden Horse, originally had for every story a symbol hypbrid painting as an illustration, ...
  • Poem Dreaming Tree Poem Dreaming Tree Honestly! Some works of art seem to have a mind of their own ... This "poem dreaming tree" is elusive! First it went und...
  • Digital Restoration: Fire Digital Restoration: Fire One of the most fascinating things I've learned about art is that art doesn't get better when the artist gets older. A...
  • Angel City Angel City There's some thing going on with angels at the moment, don't know what it is ... Still, angels are a good thing so let'...
  • Everything Is Possible Everything Is Possible Once in a while, it seems my marps want to do their thing. This little painting is one of those occasions ...
  • White Dragon Design For Project Sanctuary 11 White Dragon Design For Project Sanctuary 11 Project Sanctuary 1993 had the original "DragonRising" as its logo. Now it's 2011, the new Project Sanctuary book is ju...
  • Funny Road Signs & The Truth Is A Pathless Land Funny Road Signs & The Truth Is A Pathless Land Funny road signs, blank funny road signs in transparent PNGs, dinosaurs in a British suburb and my visual take on "The ...
  • Magic Wands - Energy Art Meets Energy Magic Magic Wands - Energy Art Meets Energy Magic It is really difficult when you do energy magic by any other name to make a distinction between a magical object and an ...
  • I'm Not A Machine I'm Not A Machine Whilst making 23 porcelain clay pyramids by hand the other day and as usual, failing to make them all look exactly the ...
  • The Joy Of Casting Metal - Dragon Coins The Joy Of Casting Metal - Dragon Coins I really have to ask - is there anything as incredibly satisfying and wonderful as casting metal? Making an object that ...
  • Taurus The Bull Taurus The Bull I received a commission to paint a symbol hybrid featuring Taurus The Bull for a Christmas gift. Taurus The Bull is a f...
  • Rose Symbol - The Mystical White Rose Rose Symbol - The Mystical White Rose The five petalled rose is a mystical super-symbol that turns up in just about every major esoteric mythology. The rose ...
  • Isolation Illustration Isolation Illustration Interesting challenge - to illustrate the concept of isolation. I took it a bit further to have the answer to how to ge...
  • Free Vector Tortoise Plus The Sacred Turtle Free Vector Tortoise Plus The Sacred Turtle I needed an illustration for an article about The Sacred Turtle and looked around for a free vector graphic. As usual, I...
  • Stargate Symbols TGS Stargate Symbols TGS After spending the summer watching StarGate SG1 (all ten seasons) StarGate Atlantis (five seasons) and Stargate Universe...
  • The Messenger The Messenger The Messenger is one of my favourite designs of all time. His message of "Your are not who you think you are." is one o...
  • Silver City: Pertineri Design Silver City: Pertineri Design The mystical Silver City is a metaphor, a major locus and of course, it is Pertineri (pronounced purtenayree). Pertiner...
  • Magic Book Magic Book A cover design for a real magic book is a challenge. Because a magic book is not just about the words inside, but a magi...

Writing, Poem, Story

Fantasy Fiction, Fairy Tales, Reviews

 

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  • Free Fantasy Fiction Novel Online: In Serein Free Fantasy Fiction Novel Online: In Serein For the tenth anniversary of The In Serein Trilogy we have a brand new website to read my favourite Fantasy Fiction novel online - all three books complete, Book 1, Sorcerer & Apprentice, Book 2, The Cage and Book 3, The End of Dreams. Check it out!
  • Game Of Thrones - Review Game Of Thrones - Review Last night, I settled in to see the first Episode of HBO's new power fantasy fiction show, Game Of Thrones, with a little trepidation. Still, Sean Bean was playing a lead role and with the hope that his character wouldn't be slain within the first ...
  • Fairy Tail Fairy Tail Once upon a time, in a land not as far away as we might think, there lived a fairy who was very sad indeed. For it was so that all fairies there had wonderful long tails, very elegant they were and really helped to keep the balance when they flew; and ...
  • Solstice Story Solstice Story Today is Winter Solstice and it is cold. Gather around the fire, and I will tell you a story ...
  • Time Sand Story Time Sand Story Time Sand is a short fantasy fiction story that was originally created as an illustration for The Genius Symbols 1st Edition - how to use the Project Sanctuary Classic Game to create a habitat and a story that plays within it. But there is more to this ...
  • Avatar Review 3D + 2D I am having a hard time with "writing a review" for this, because Avatar is not really a "movie" in that sense. Avatar is a moment when cinematography changed forever, a watershed, and now we are in a different territory altogether. * Update: Avatar ...
  • Lost - The Final Conclusion Is ... Lost - The Final Conclusion Is ... Lost Spoiler warning! Don't read it if you are still waiting to get your Lost answers. Ok, so I've just watched the final episode of Lost - The Finale and it turns out that Lost is ...
  • Chronicles Of Riddick Chronicles Of Riddick I am delighted to hear that a fourth movie from the Riddick universe is on the cards (or a third, if you don't count the animated one). The Chronicles of Riddick wasn't well received when it was first released in 2004, but I think it's an excellent movie ...
  • The Blue Guy The Blue Guy A new contender for Fantasy-Fiction's "Best Character in a Graphic Novel that was turned into a Movie" award - it's the Blue Guy, playing one Dr Manhattan from Watchmen on this occasion. See the bigger picture?
  • Fantasy Poem: Women In Water Fantasy Poem: Women In Water A fantasy fiction poem - a rhyming poem, even! - that tells a story of something that happened a long time ago, in a village by the sea when a mysterious stranger came to the shore ...
  • What Is Fantasy? What Is Fantasy? What is fantasy? What is imagination? How does fantasy work in the human mind? Why is World of Warcraft more real than "real life" for some people? Find out the surprising answers to what is fantasy in this short essay by Dr Silvia Hartmann, the Creator ...
  • Vampire Diaries - It SUCKS! Vampire Diaries - It SUCKS! I can't call this a review for "Vampire Diaries" (UK ITV2). A review is a balanced opinion, and I  hate this so much, I don't even know where to start ranting ...
  • Daybreakers Movie Review Daybreakers Movie Review Daybreakers is one of those movies where one cannot really discern from the trailers and ads what it might be all about. I actually like that; I hate movie trailers that tell you the entire story from start to finish - what's the point of going to see ...
  • The Ice Prince The Ice Prince A brand new fairy tale for 2010 - The Ice Prince by StarFields. The story is complete  ... are you sitting comfortably?
  • The New StarTrek Review The New StarTrek Review I am going to admit that I was absolutely terrified. As an honest to God 1st generation, original, first seen in black and white as a small impressionable squirt and never forgotten, die hard StarTrek fan the idea of a whole new "classic" cast featuring ...
  • The Widest Sharing These worlds, these kingdoms I have seen, they are not anywhere. There are not in this world, they are not even real, they are more like a dream come to life, or a nightmare .... Fantasy Fiction short story The Widest Sharing by StarFields
  • Conversation With A Child Conversation With A Child The scene: One very basic wooden hut which contains a small fireplace, one window, a door, a small rough bed, plank floors. On the bed, we have a dishevelled man of about 30 years of age, long, untidy, greasy dark hair, stubble beard, curled up facing ...
  • Welcoming The Spirit Of The Story Teller Welcoming The Spirit Of The Story Teller Telling stories is one thing, and writing them down so they become a "short story" or a "novella" or a "novel" is another thing altogether. I don't think I fully realised that until just now, and I think that is an important step forward. Writing for ...
  • The DragonLord & The Sick Boy The DragonLord & The Sick Boy The story from Northold I want to share tonight is about a young man, the only son of a rich and aristocratic family, who was badly injured during birth, brain damaged through lack of oxygene we would suppose today.
  • Below The Sea Below The Sea Fantasy poem "Below The Sea" by StarFields. Hypnotic.

Poem, Poetry, HypnoDreams

 

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  • Forbidden Words In Poetry Forbidden Words In Poetry Way back in the day, 1996, when the Internet was young, I joined a poetry forum. With my welcome message from the moderator, I was directed to a list of words which one must never use in a poem. Oh really ... ;-> Forbidden words in poetry ...?
  • Dragon Poem: DragonRiders Dragon Poem: DragonRiders A metaphor poem - metasong - about The DragonRiders: When we ride the dragons, we are wide and free ...
  • Poem Collection Unicorn Union Poem Collection Unicorn Union This collection of poetry contains some of my personal favourite poems of all times - Steel Lord obviously, my ode to Lord Lucian; but there are also some other poems that I've always particularly loved, such as Mission, The Alien Hunter, and Unicorn ...
  • Sanctuary Poems Sanctuary Poems Whilst transferring an old static website, this collection of poetry exercises called Sanctuary Poems dated March 2000 was found in a sub folder. These poetry exercises use imagery of environments (Project Sanctuary habitats) to create a metasong flow. ...
  • Angel City Poem Angel City Poem I was just uploading a piece of art called Angel City when this poem came to me. And in the middle of writing it, the postman knocked on the door and delivered a parcel with opalite angels  - wonderful timing :-)
  • Metaphor Poem: The Oldest Castle Metaphor Poem: The Oldest Castle The other day, this poem, The Oldest Castle, sprang to mind when I was trying to explain to someone why you mustn't give up too soon when you are dealing with memories and trying to remember a genesis event. After much searching, today I finally found ...
  • Crystal Healing Poem: The Crystal Kingdom Crystal Healing Poem: The Crystal Kingdom A crystal healing poem - The Crystal Kingdom. The poem can be used as an energy evocation at a crystal healing workshop or as a starting point for a crystal meditation.
  • Funeral Poem Funeral Poem A visitor asked if I had any poems suitable for a funeral for a friend. I have three funeral poems here; God's Speed is a funeral poem for a friend; Pyramid for a lover, and Upward for the funeral of a person who had no friends and may not have been a ...
  • Fairy Tales 1994 - A Small Book Of Poems Fairy Tales 1994 - A Small Book Of Poems This is a very rare little book of poetry - Fairy Tales by Silvia Hartmann, May 1994. Only 24 copies were printed in the first place, and this is the last known battered survivor. Fairy Tales contains 23 poems: Tarot - Spell - Silent Mirror ...
  • Poem Misty Mornings Poem Misty Mornings To me, poems are a way to express oneself without having to look over the shoulder at ol' Granma grammar, without some teacher standing by with a rod to hit your knuckles if you says somming what they dunnot likes. Freedom with words. Do as you please, ...
  • Love Poem For My Wife: To My Lady Love Poem For My Wife: To My Lady A gentleman wrote: "I would love to write a love poem for my wife - it is our anniversary - but I'm no good with words ... Can you recommend a poem for a husband who can't write a love poem?" So I wrote one specially for all those gentlemen out there ...
  • Poem Time Chamaeleon Poem Time Chamaeleon I asked for a metasong to start off the new decade on the 1st of the 1st, 2011, and duely, The Time Chamaeleon was delivered to me. As is the case with classic metasong, it wants to be spoken and heard rather than just read; so if you read the Time Chamaeleon ...
  • If Poem by Kipling If Poem by Kipling One may judge poems and poetry in many different ways. To me, memorable poems that float into one's mind and continue to do so over the years, decades even, occupy a special place in my heart as well. Rudyard Kipling's IF poem is one of those. I often ...
  • Destiny A Poem Destiny A Poem A short poem about Destiny ...
  • Riddle Poems: How Do I Write A Riddle Poem? Riddle Poems: How Do I Write A Riddle Poem? A visitor asked, "How do I write a riddle poem?" Great question! Great inspiration - a riddle poem is a brilliant poetry exercise, and it produces quite amazing poems. Riddle poems are also especially easy to do, and the process how you come up with a ...
  • Pagan Wedding Poem: Two Dragons Pagan Wedding Poem: Two Dragons A magic wedding poem, that doubles as a magic love spell. Two Dragons is the perfect poem for a pagan wedding ceremony such as handfasting.
  • Love Poem: The King Love Poem: The King A powerful love poem - The King and Queen as metaphor for two lovers and/or husband and wife.
  • Inspirational Poem Our Hands Inspirational Poem Our Hands An inspirational poem and a childhood memory, a lesson in life, a truth about life - we are not as helpless as we think ... sometimes ...
  • Translating A Poem: Zaubervogel & Magic Bird Translating A Poem: Zaubervogel & Magic Bird Whilst working on a catalogue of paintings, in which I have added as a detail if there is a poem or a story to go with the painting, I came across the German poem Zaubervogel. I was going to add it to the catalogue as was, but then decided to translate ...
  • Inspirational Poem 1000 Roads Inspirational Poem 1000 Roads Inspirational poem, rhyming poem - it came about quite spontaneously whilst writing the 1,000th post to the VIP forum today, April 15th, 2010. Hence ... A thousand roads I've travelled ...