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Smoke and Mirrors

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 03:57:51 PST

Quick edit I made using my own photo while listening to Escapist radio last night. (The original photo was taken at their Brixton Academy gig in 2009.)

Gateway

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 13:17:50 PST

15 Years of Within Temptation

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 06:46:08 PST

Made using the band's artwork. Feel free to use/share but please credit me, thank you!

(Some people have asked why I didn't include The Dance and other EPs/singles etc - simply because it would make the sections too small!)

Click Download for the full size.

Ghost Love Floor

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 04:08:05 PST

Floor Jansen with Nightwish, taken at Brixton Academy, London, 2012 (compact camera)

Mr Tuomas Holopainen

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 04:02:36 PST

Taken at Brixton Academy, London 2012 (compact camera)

Marco and Jukka

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 13:31:47 PST

Taken at Brixton Academy, London 2012 (compact camera)

Mr Marco Hietala

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 13:27:07 PST

And his fabulous bass guitar!
Taken at Brixton Academy, London 2012 (compact camera)

Ms Floor Jansen

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 13:41:17 PST

What an incredible voice she has! Taken at Brixton Academy in London, 2012 (compact camera).

Mr Jukka Nevalainen

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 13:23:55 PST

First good photo I've ever got of Jukka, even if it is only on my compact camera!

Golden Eagle

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 09:11:19 PST

Taken at the birds of prey sanctuary at Escot in Devon.

Lacuna Coil in Manchester

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 11:41:53 PDT

Taken at their Manchester Academy show (compact camera), 26/10/12.

Cristina Scabbia

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 11:36:53 PDT

Taken at the Lacuna Coil concert in Manchester (compact camera), 26/10/12

Eluveitie Wallpaper

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 04:28:16 PDT

The 2 photos used are from the band's official website. The celtic border is from here: [link]

Feel free to use but please credit me if you share this anywhere, thank you! Click the download button at the top right of the page to get the full size.

Ensiferum Wallpaper

Wed, 12 Sep 2012 12:47:13 PDT

Phew, this took a long time! As always, feel free to use and share but please, please, please credit me.

Click Download to get the full size. I think it is slightly smaller than full widescreen so you may want to go for 'fill' rather than 'stretch'.

The artwork belongs to the band, of course. I have merely done lots of editing and chopping.

(I've put my Tumblr name on there as I do more of this stuff on there than on here.)

Rhinos

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 07:15:18 PDT

A pair of rhinos in Dublin Zoo.

Hawk

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 06:00:25 PDT

I believe this is a Harris Hawk, please correct me if I'm mistaken!

Fossils

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 08:16:07 PDT

Ammonite lamppost in Lyme Regis, Dorset.

Barn Owl

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 08:08:09 PDT

Barn Owl at Escot in Devon.

Malmesbury Abbey 2

Sat, 28 Jul 2012 06:51:15 PDT

View from the ground of the west side of the part-ruined Malmesbury Abbey, built in the 12th century.

Malmesbury Abbey 1

Sat, 28 Jul 2012 06:44:56 PDT

The west side of the 12th century part-ruined abbey in Malmesbury, Wiltshire.

Tuomas Wallpaper

Mon, 09 Jul 2012 14:19:19 PDT

Made this quick Tuomas wallpaper for you guys. Please don't repost this anywhere without crediting me, thank you!

Click 'Download Image' at the top right to get the full size of the image.

Can resize the wallpaper on request.

Tuomas promo photo: Ville Akseli Juurikkala

Snow brushes: [link]

Amanda Palmer

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 07:11:05 PDT

Amanda Fucking Palmer performing with the Grand Theft Orchestra at the Village Underground in London.

Please credit me if you use this image on any other sites, thank you!

Marco Hietala

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 07:01:18 PDT

Apparently Ed made stupid gestures over my head to get him to look at me... well, it worked!

Marco, bassist and singer of Nightwish at Download Festival 2012.

Anette Olzon

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 06:55:58 PDT

Anette of Nightwish performing at Download Festival 2012.

Finlandia

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 05:26:52 PDT

Tuomas and Troy from Nightwish playing "Finlandia" at Download Festival 2012.

<3

Symphonic Metal Women

Mon, 21 May 2012 13:45:45 PDT

Ive made a new wallpaper full of ladies for you! Feels like ages since the last one. :) Click the download button to get the full size. I don't mind making smaller resolutions on request.

I do not own any of the pictures (except for the Manuela Kraller one which is mine). If anyone wishes for me to credit them please ask and I will do so. It is often hard to find the sources for these kind of photos.

The selection of singers was pretty random and pretty much depended on if I could find pictures in the right colour scheme, Im sorry if I missed anyones favourite.

The list is as follows: Anette Olzon (Nightwish), Liv Kristine (Leaves Eyes), Heidi Parviainen (Amberian Dawn), Ailyn (Sirenia), Sharon Den Adel (Within Temptation), Marcela Bovio (Stream of Passion), Charlotte Wessels (Delain), Sonya Scarlet (Theatres Des Vampires), Ji-In Cho (Krypteria), Vibeke Stene (Tristania - who are really gothic metal I know, but people will cry if I leave her out!), Simone Simons (Epica), Tarja Turunen (Tarja/ex-Nightwish), Emily Alice Ovenden (Pythia), Manuela Kraller (Xandria), Akane Liv (Liv Moon), Floor Jansen (ReVamp/ex-After Forever).

Please dont repost this wallpaper without linking to my DA, and especially don't remove my url/stick other singers' heads on, lol. This has happened quite a lot of times...

Anyway, hope you guys like it, feel free to use it on your desktop!

P.S: Before anyone asks, yes I know there are plenty of male singers (see my Symphonic Metal men [link] wallpaper for some of those), I know there are other musicians in the bands (and I will get round to making some wallpapers of them too when I have time!), and I know there are plenty of other singers I could have included. But these are just bunch of the ones I like.

There is also a pure purple version: [link]

Yoda the Eagle Owl

Sat, 19 May 2012 10:36:11 PDT

Best name for an owl ever.

Saker Falcon

Sat, 19 May 2012 10:23:51 PDT

A Saker Falcon named Bob.

Merlin

Sat, 19 May 2012 10:16:04 PDT

A Merlin falcon that I met at the village fête. Its name is Sprout.

Pink Blossom

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:17:22 PDT

From my garden

Primroses

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:05:56 PDT

In our new garden.

New Desktop (2012)

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:08:49 PST

Screenshot of my desktop on my new computer <3

The Nightwish photo is by Lindsay Golding, I just edited it a little.

Blue Eyes

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:03:58 PST

Simone Requiem for the Indifferent Wallpaper

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:41:04 PST

Other sizes available on request

Please don't repost this anywhere without crediting me, thank you.

The Epica photos used are the official promotional photos and album cover, taken by ~Heile

ID 2012

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 07:28:10 PST

New ID for a new year

Lacuna Coil Set

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:39:49 PST

Made a mini collage of my Lacuna Coil photos. The quality wasn't that good due to the lighting, unfortunately.

Within Temptation 11-11-11

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 07:16:20 PST

Within Temptation <3 taken last night at Brixton Academy, London.

What Lies Beneath

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 09:26:46 PDT

Tarja Turunen Wallpaper

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 06:33:19 PDT

Wallpaper of Tarja Turunen (ex-Nightwish, now solo.)
Please don't post this elsewhere without crediting me

Silver frame - [link] by ~KillxThexScenexStock
Background texture - [link] by ~akinna-stock

Anette Olzon Wallpaper

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 06:28:24 PDT

Wallpaper of Anette Olzon from Nightwish.
Please don't post this elsewhere without crediting me

Anette photo - Official Nightwish promo ([link])
Silver frame - [link] by ~KillxThexScenexStock

Tristania 3

Sun, 16 Oct 2011 10:41:19 PDT

Tristania at Out of the Dark fest, London.

Tristania 2

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 04:51:39 PDT

Mariangela Demurtas from Tristania

Taken at Out of the Dark fest in London.

Tristania 1

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 04:43:31 PDT

Mariangela Demurtas from Tristania.

Taken at Out of the Dark fest, London.

Xandria

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 04:36:27 PDT

Manuela Kraller and Philip Restemeier from Xandria

Taken at Out of the Dark fest in London.

Serenity 2

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 04:28:29 PDT

Georg Neuhauser from Serenity.
(He likes to put his arm in the air a lot )

Taken at Out of the Dark fest, London.

Serenity 1

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 04:24:13 PDT

Georg Neuhauser from Serenity

Taken at Out of the Dark fest, London.

Blue Roses

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 07:44:39 PDT

A short story I wrote at university. It's not my usual style, but I quite enjoyed writing it.

Symphonic Metal Men

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 09:24:34 PDT

Please Note: IT IS NOT OK to post this on Facebook, Tumblr or any other site without crediting me. This has happened a few times now and it's upsetting for me. Please don't steal my work!

We can't leave out the men now, can we?

This was annoyingly hard to find pictures for, everyone wants to take pictures of the ladies and not so much the guys

Download for high res!

A random selection of symphonic metal guys -

Marco Hietala (Nightwish, Tarot, Northern Kings, Sinergy)
Morten Veland (Sirenia, Tristania)
Roy Khan (Kamelot)
Mark Jansen (Epica, MaYaN)
Tony Kakko (Sonata Arctica - not technically symphonic, but he also sings with Nightwish and Epica so we'll let him off!)
Fabio Lione (Rhapsody of Fire, Ayreon, Kamelot)
Tuomas Holopainen (Nightwish)

Amanda Palmer 2

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 07:29:28 PDT

Amanda Palmer's gig at Heaven, London - September 2011.

Apologies for low quality, I only had my compact camera.

Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 07:19:04 PDT

Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer performing 'The Problem With Saints' in London, 2011.

Apologies for low quality, I only had my compact camera.

Femme Metal Singers

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 06:10:07 PDT

Please Note: IT IS NOT OK to post this on Facebook, Tumblr or any other site without crediting me. This has happened a few times now and it's upsetting for me. Please don't steal my work!

This is intended to be a tiled background. I made it for my tumblr.

These are just my favourites - and more specifically, those who I could find decent pictures of where they were wearing red. The photos are all promo photos of the singers, and I can find the sources for you on request.

Purple Stars

Sat, 20 Aug 2011 13:58:25 PDT

From the gardens of Lacock Abbey.

Summer Sun

Sat, 20 Aug 2011 13:53:26 PDT

From the gardens of Lacock Abbey.

Pollen

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 04:54:19 PDT

It's a shame I couldn't put this in both 'Invertebrates' and 'Flowers and Plants' ah well.

Sunshine

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 04:43:48 PDT

Contact

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 06:14:37 PDT

Ed with his contact ball at Sidmouth Festival.

Anette Olzon 2

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 06:34:17 PDT

Anette Olzon with Nightwish at Brixton Academy 2009

Anette Olzon 1

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 06:32:30 PDT

Anette Olzon of Nightwish at Brixton Academy 2009

Happy Tuomas

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 09:02:13 PDT

Taken at the Nightwish gig in Brixton Academy, 2009

(Labelled with my tumblr because people kept stealing my pics )

Jukka

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 08:54:31 PDT

This is from the Nightwish gig at Brixton Academy in 2009

In case you're wondering why this is labelled with my tumblr, it's because people kept reposting my concert photos without crediting me