I have every piece of material Nightwish has ever made, and I have to say that Tarja is best in Nemo, but my favourite is Oceanborn since those songs are in my opinion the "essence" of Nightwish.

I have "End of an Era", the second live DVD, which has Phantom of the Opera. It is the song I like the most with Marco having a major part in singing. I have the first one as well, but the second is better in my opinion.

My absolute favourite song from Nightwish is "Sleepwalker". No doubt.

And you are right, Fernando. Anette Olzon is just a shadow of what Tarja was. Anette has a more rock-akin like voice whereas Tarja has a operatic voice (which is the one I like best by far).

After Tarja left, Jukka is my favourite nowadays. (He is as tall as I am, and he has a really cool style when he is playing )

Oh, in case you didn't know, Fernando and Lex are both me. Uh, just call me HJ.

Yeah, Jukka pretty cool. But I tend to like Emppu the most, followed by Tuomas. Emppu's really funny and is exceptionally short, the complete oppostie to me though, I'm really tall as well. His favourite animal is a turtle... little odd, but that's why I like him so much!

Quote from Emppu's page. (As I said, this is why I like him so much! )

Worst nightmare on stage:
I usually don't sleep on stage, so no nightmares

Worst nightmare in general:
I usually don't sleep, so no nightmares =)

Jukka's favourite animal is a shark, I think...

Over the Hills and Far Away is an awesome song, I love it!

I have heaps of favourite songs, but I think the one that just gets first place would have to be 'Nemo', from the album 'Once'.


I also really like 'Dead Gardens', same album.

*sigh* I love that album.

'Romanticide' was my favourite, but I listened to it too many times!

Yeah, uh... I can't really buy all the stuff, I would if I could though! But I'm saving up for horse equipment and tack.

*NEW UPDATE*

Jin is back! I made a new sig just for this:



Your opinion is always welcome

If you are wondering, both Jin and Samiel are my accounts. (I would have wondered )

Oh! Okay, uh yeah I was getting a little confused!

The Jin signature looks really good! I actually can't think of any suggestions because it looks great the way it is!

I listened to 'Over the Hills and Far Away' the other day and now I am addicted to it! As in... REALLY addicted to it!

*UPDATE*

I have a number of new pictures in store. Two of them are 800x600, one is 1024x768 and the last one is 1200x800 (My laptop screen is that big )

Here they are (I will post links since they are pretty big):

Elizabeth Báthory

I made this because it is now 394 years since she died. If you don't know who she is, then take a look at this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Bathory

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Scary

This one I made as a mash-up of several Japanese horror characters. Japanese horror is and will always be the best

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Elfen Lied

This one is in honour of one of the bloodiest anime out there, Elfen Lied. Also one of my favourites.

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Moondance

And lastly, this is for one of my favourite Nightwish songs, Moondance

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And as always, your opinion is welcome

EEEEEEEEEEEEEH!!!

They're really nice!

Here are my opinions:

1st image: Really nice and the fact that she is long gone and you used the red to portray that is really nice. My only problem is that because the colour of the woman is so light, the bright red in the NE corner seems to make my eye wander away from her, and she is pretty so you don't want that. Maybe you could dull it down or make it a little transparent or something. Up to you.

2nd image: I really like this, it is really twisted and effective - I feel like I can almost hear the main character in the picture screeching at me. I just found the writing a little hard to read.

3rd image: Uh... Nothing wrong with this! You are pretty gutsy to put the red with the pink, but it looks really nice together in this image. You have a really nice touch.

4th image: Love the colours and eeriness, the reflection adds a lot and the background butterfly texture is really effective, it subtly breaks it up and gives the image a softer. edge.

*UPDATE*

Yes, it is time for another update. Here are the pieces:

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Here is a sig' I made for INP Forums (a manga/anime board)

And here is the alternative:



I want you to tell me which one I shall use, it would help a lot

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Here is the sig' I am currently using at the aforementioned forum:

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Here is a 'shopped version of my portrait:

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg54/doomxill/HilfMircopy.jpg

I am kinda proud of how the stitches came out

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And lastly, here is a sig' which I personally hate, but I'll post it anyway:



It is way too dark, and the composition is just plain bad.

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And yet again I say; your opinion is always welcome

Ok, let’s see…

The first one looks pretty good. I like the background but especially the blue stuff behind the guy. Kinda like an explosion, but smudged which is cool. The red glow and the lightning adds some nice effects into it as well.

Second one, I like the colours you’ve used. So because of that, I reckon you should put that as a signature for the forum you’re on. The white/grey brings more clarity to the other colours around it like the red etc. And yeah, just because the guy’s colour fits in with the colour of the signature, I think you’d be better off using that one instead of the other one.

Third one, I like the choice of colours, grey and red. They fit nicely together I think. I like what you’ve done with this person, especially the changing colours of the foot. Added with the glow, it really emphasises things.

The portrait is wicked. I like the stitches as well All the stuff that you’ve used are awesome. Although I’m drawn to the eye, possibly because it’s so empty which basically screams out the raw alien of it. But yeah, cool stuff. I think the right hand side of the face could have been merged better, but apart from that…

And yes, the last one is a little bit dark. The name needs to stand out more and you’ve said everything else I wanted to say.

So yeah…

I have to say Samiel, you have a really good eye for composition. More than I can say for myself!

The first one is cool but it kinda does my head in for some reason. Plus the caption makes more sense with the second one. I really admire the second one because it is a lot more effective, with the fire look of the background and the strength of the man. The way you have the grey around the outside questing inwards really centres the viewer's vision on the main attraction in the middle. Nice work!

Your third image is wicked! I love the position the man is in, it's powerful yet strange at the same time! The red aura of the man relates nicely to the power in his... foot. Cigarette's funny.

Yes... uh, right! Odd, but cool. Yeah, I too find myself drawn to the eye - I think it is because it's empty and nothingness is always searching for something, if that's making sense. I really love your necklace though!

Hmmm, third one isn't that bad but it's definitely not your best piece. I like your patterns on the right but I don't think it goes that well withthe rounded figure of the... creature? Mainly because their very harsh and geometric and his figure is soft and fuzzy, so even though they provide a nice contrast I just don't think it sits.

Really good work! I always look forward to seeing more of your art, its so different and refreshing. Like Ruane says, originality can be hard to come by nowadays, but in my opinion when you do find it, it's amazing!

*UPDATE*

I think this will be the last update before Christmas, but don't count on it. I can't be trusted

The first two are wallpapers, so I'll just post links (does images become thumbnails if they are too big?)

I've recently discovered that Photobucket reduces my wallpapers since they are over 1024x768 (damn them!)... Does anyone here know of a decent free picture upload site except Photobucket and ImageShack?

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The wallpapers are of my favourite singer of my favourite band. Tarja Turunen (formerly) of Nightwish. And as you may notice, these two songs are my favourites (whoa, I've got to stop using that word now ).

Anyway, here we go:

Nr. 1: http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg54/doomxill/Tarjawallforestcopy2.jpg

Nr. 2: http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg54/doomxill/Tarjawallcopy5.jpg

Please be a sport and report any error in any picture if you find one

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And the last thing today is a sig' I finished a couple of weeks ago, it features an evil character from the anime One Piece:

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You know the drill