Hi! My name's Mattias. I'm an aspiring writer from Vancouver. Please excuse the lack of actual writing in my gallery, I'm working on that :P
Favourite directors: Steven Spielberg, Hayao Miyazaki, Wes Anderson, Taika Waititi, Dennis Villeneuve, Jim Henson, Tim Burton, Guillermo del Toro, Mel Brooks
Favourite webcomics/comic strips: Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson, Copper by Kazu Kibuishi, The Order of the Stick by Rich Burlew, The Meek by Der-shing Helmer, The Far Side by Gary Larson, xkcd by Randall Munroe, Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik, Peanuts by Charles M Schulz, The Adventures of Tintin by Hergé
Favourite songs/musical pieces (list in constant flux): "The Planets" by Gustav Holst, "Welcome to Paradise" (from the Aether mod) by Emile van Krieken, "Cowboy in the Jungle" by Jimmy Buffett, "Concerning Hobbits" (from Lord of the Rings) by Howard Shore, "Si Bheag Si Mhor" by Turlough O'Carolan(?), "I Am The Doctor" (from Doctor Who) by Murray Gold, "The Passenger" by Iggy Pop, "Níl Sé'n Lá" by unknown composer (as covered by Celtic Woman), "I'm a Rover" by unknown composer (as covered by The Blarney Lads), "In Dreams" (from Lord of the Rings) by Howard Shore, "The Gael" by Dougie Maclean, "Guardians of the Woods" by Brunuhville, "R.E.D." by A Tribe Called Red, feat. Narcy and Yasiin Bey, "Meet Me in The Woods" by Lord Huron, "The Man Who Lives Forever" by Lord Huron, "Thirteen" (from Doctor Who) by Segun Akinola
Miscellaneous interests: Stories, movies, comics, reading, speculative fiction, science fiction, fantasy, superheroes, cartoons/animated TV shows, animation, music, soundtracks, musicals, classical music, electronic music, Celtic music, rock & roll, blues, soul, disco, R&B, 60s/70s/80s music, the 80s, science, nature, environmentalism, palaeontology, outer space, dinosaurs, zoology, biology, speculative biology, evolution, xenobiology, geography, languages, drawing, maps, cultures, mythology, history, world-building, adventure stories, cheesy pulp fiction, magic, mysticism, occultism, Gothicism, light horror, the paranormal, mystery, conspiracies, steampunk, solarpunk, dieselpunk, the Victorian Era, colonialism/decolonization, gender and sexuality, spectrums, First Nations cultures, Celtic cultures, African cultures, East Asian cultures, Middle Eastern cultures, Muslim history, Japan, Japanese pop culture, anthropology
*it's complicated