Greetings. My name is Elenaria, as you see, ni Aesin if you like.
I am an elvish soul in a human body, with quite some self-distance. My wings are giant, silvery-grey, and feathery. They are seldom visible. I have been known in other incarnations; I do not know why I chose this life but I think it will be my last on these shores. Through good and bad, I have my fox, or wolf, by my side, to love and admire.
I greatly enjoy a lot of things - reading (books, comics [mangas, 'the Sandman'...], waka-poems), drawing (obviously), archery, rifle-shooting, larping, roleplaying, iaido, sleeping, dancing, singing, sailing, friends, embroidery, a trip in the forest, traveling - in no particular order.
I also like to study and gain knowledge. I have studied at Akita International University, Japan, and lived in Edinburgh, Scotland. Right now I'm working in one of the geekiest, nerdiest stores possible and I really like it. I am an archaeologist by education, thought, with a BA and working on a MA. Besides having studied Japanese for a few years at the university, Quenya is another, but private, project.
I sincerely hope my comments on other peoples art will help them, as I try to give constructive criticism. Please do oversee with my fondness of longhaired boys, and concentrate on whatever might be worth an improvement in my drawings. I have no fondness of scanners, leading this gallery to be heavily updated but with long intervals.
More photographies (for example of costumes) can be found at Photobucket as I do not consider most of them fantasy art.
InterestsIaido.
Favorite Fantasy/Scifi BooksSilmarillion, Tigana, Sabriel, The Atrocity Archives, Ciaphas Cain, Mechanicum, The Firebringer Trilogy
Favorite MusicLoreena McKennit, Imogen Heap, LotR OST, Narnia OST, everything traditionally Scottish, bagpipes, Swedish folk, neo-medieval...
Guestbook for Gydemo
| Date | Name | Comment | | | 8 Jun 2001 |  Lisa 'Shinigami' Gilbert |  Loading...ooohhh! Liek the guy in the trench coat *drools* | |
| 15 Jun 2001 |  Flora Rowzivitch | Loading... Cool pics! Not many though.... | |
| 28 Aug 2001 |  Summer Carlene Latimer | Loading... oh thanks for visiting my page ^_^...I'm so glad you like my work...I didn't read your profile before, You like RP!? Same here so cool ^_^ | |
| 12 Jun 2002 |  Joeieburns | Loading... Hello there I thought I would stop in to say hello, I am not really here to see your art! THOUGH I am pleased to get the great honor to see some of it! I came by here to say THANK YOU for being such a nice person who leaves such nice and wonderful comments for other artists in their comments I have seen a few of your comments and they just were really sweet and inspiring! I wish more people would be this way toward eachother here and I just wanted to stop by and say HEY someone noticed how sweet you are! NOW I get to check out the art work! WHOO HOO>>   Amanda Elenaria Gydemo Östbom replies: "Thaaankie! Well, as you'll notice, I've been to yer page too... ^-^" | |
| 14 Jun 2002 |  Michele Mae Newby | Loading... Aww I like the one called 'My Faery' pretty! ^_^ You do a nice job on your drawings.. maybe a little color? Like reds! O_O That's all I used till people started asking for more color.. o-o.. stupid people x.x.. making me work.. BAH! Oh.. off the subject arn't I? I'm supposed to be commenting on your art.. o-o.. great job! I wanna see more! XD Amanda Elenaria Gydemo Östbom replies: "Mhm, if I ever get, like, Photoshop or sumthin, I'll color the pics I have uploaded here now. Other than that, I am going to find me a scanner and scan a series of pics that are all colored... but thanls for the advice, yeah, one small dot of color often adds greatly to the scene!" | |
| 17 May 2004 |  Risa L Martin | Loading... Yey I'm here! Thanks a lot for your comment. ;-] I love your art to death and you are a real inspiration for me. Thanks again for visiting! | |
| 15 Aug 2004 |  Anna Malmer | Loading... I like your art. "my faery" is my favorite. It would be nice to see her/him in colour. Hope to see you at mg4 ^_^ Amanda Elenaria Gydemo Östbom replies: "Thank you for your comment. The fairy is perhaps not as well scanned as I would like, though.Did you enjoy MG4 as much as me?" | |
| 25 May 2005 | Anne Marie Filiatreault | Loading... *knock knock* Hey there, it's great to see someone else I know on Elfwood as well. So many few people that I do in all and all. So... first off you have a great style that is going and at least if you're not continuing to update this gallery then you should get a DA one so I can see the newer works. I would very much like to see more of your characters drawn to life. ~ Anne Marie aka Chaos Sorceress of IL.NET Amanda Elenaria Gydemo Östbom replies: "Nice to see you found me too! But, DA is no place for me before I get regular access to a scanner. I think it has passed more than three months before I last even saw a working one.And, being in Japan right now, I haven't brought any of my finished works with me -_-;;;Thanks for liking my style, it has developed some more the last months, actually - to my great surprise, I like it too." | |
| 11 May 2007 | John farrer | Loading... thanks for adding a comment on my knight blackhawk and his warhorse character much appreciated. I really liked your pictures i viewed recently. You are better at drawing people than I am, I always found it difficult. You have really captured movement well. The dragon is my favourite. Your art is very free flowing. I also liked the elf by the sea. You must like using watercolors. The figures are all well proportioned. Thanks! Amanda Elenaria Gydemo Östbom replies: "You are welcome! I found that my style and skill have changed over the years, I am sure you will too, and become a skilled artist of fantasy pictures.
I do indeed like watercolours, though regarding them, I certainly wish I was better. Practice practice! Thank you for your comment and for telling me you like them!" | |
| 20 Jul 2009 |  MT Starkey | Loading... | |
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