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Astra Crompton
Artist | Hobbyist | Varied
Canada
Astra was born and raised in Victoria, Canada. An only child, she found ways of entertaining herself through self-taught drawing, singing, sewing, painting, writing and creating worlds for her numerous stories. The majority of Astra's art features her original fantasy characters, from Steampunk to sci-fi to high medieval fantasy genres. She is a published author for her Ul-Zaorith novels, runs multiple web comic projects, an etsy shop and hopes to someday put out the related table-top role-playing game Ul-Zaorith: Otherworlds for which she is already working on illustrations and writing. She also freelances for children's books illustrations, book cover design, tattoo design, game design, clothing modification and creation, and character illustration.
Current Residence: Canada/Ul-Zaorith
Favourite genre of music: alternative, jrock, classic rock, trance, classical, etc.
Favourite photographer: lithium picnic, zemotion
Favourite style of art: pfalz, Wen-M, One-Vox, Reapersun
Operating System: I'll operate YOUR system
MP3 player of choice: Winamp: tried, tested and true.
Shell of choice: coconut! (but where did you get them??)
Skin of choice: my own
Favourite cartoon character: Ahd'ar'ohk (though he'd say he wasn't a 'toon)
Personal Quote: This is not a game of Who the Fuck are You.
Interests
Favorite visual artist
Dante Gabriel Rosetti, Leonardo da Vinci, Alphonse Mucha, Bernini, Heironymus Bosch, Nanae Kurono, CLAMP, etc.
Favorite movies
American Beauty, War of the Buttons, Boondock Saints, Dogma, Love Actually, Robin Hood:Men in Tights, Incredibles, Iron Giant, Beauty & the Beast, Prince of Egypt, Road to El Dorado, Charlie Bartlett, What Dreams May Come, etc.
Favorite TV shows
Doctor Who, 6 Feet Under, Queer as Folk, House, Heroes, Torchwood, Dead Like Me, Trigun, Outlaw Star, Escaflowne, Fushigi Yuugi, etc.
Favorite bands / musical artists
Florence and the Machine, Adele, Gackt, Skindive, VAST, Queen, Sarah McLaughlin, Imogen Heap, Bowling for Soup, Switchfoot, Jewel, etc.
Favorite books
Tigana, The Blade Itself Trilogy, Lions of Al-Rassan, Secret World of Og, Count of Monte Cristo, Atlas Shrugged, Metamorphoses, Harry Potter series, Series of Unfortunate Events series, Good Omens, Anansi Boys, Hitchhiker's Guide trilogy of five, etc.
Favorite writers
Michael Moorcock, Tolkein, Douglas Adams, Scott Bakker, Guy Gavriel Kay, etc.
Favorite games
RPGs, PoP, sc2, kingdom hearts, ff:cc
Favorite gaming platform
gamecuuube ~ 'tis indestructable!!!
Tools of the Trade
staedtlers & photoshop have moved to the fore, though I'm still inking/sketching by hand.
Other Interests
fantasy, writing, drawing, cosplay, crafting, manga, movies, music!!