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Horror Photography DDs


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:bulletblack: DROOL FUEL :bulletblack:
Seriously awesome horror photos by very talented people.
As featured in my journals and news articles.

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We do not see things as they are. We see things as we are.
- Anais Nin


dA Stuff
I'm Tanya Simpson and I'm the volunteer Gallery Moderator for Horror & Macabre Photography. I'm here, under the guidance of the Director of Community Relations, $Moonbeam13, to do big pimpin' of all the dark and delicious horror artists on dA through news articles, community projects, Daily Deviations, journal features and contests. I'm always happy to promote your horror photography projects and contests in any way that I can, and if you need a contest judge just shout!

DD Suggestions
Please send me suggestions for horror photography Daily Deviations! I generally only feature work that has actually been submitted to the Photography > Horror & Macabre gallery and by artists who haven't had a DD within the last three months (and yes, you can suggest your own work).
More info here...

Personal/Life
I live in an old apartment with my husband D (aka *Fourthletter) and our two kitties. I'm a photographer and I totally love my job. I have lots of piercings and tattoos, a small car with purple wheels and a serious coffee addiction. I love Urban Decay eye make-up, silver nail polish and disturbing films. I hate social drama, dishonesty and the fact that all pre-packed sandwiches seem to come with tomato by default.

Ps. I change my hair colour a LOT




Community Relations Bits
:bulletblack: CR team list
:bulletblack: Suggest a daily deviation
:bulletblack: Featured horror daily deviations
:bulletblack: Pimp list (contests, news, events etc)

Horror Photography Yumness
:bulletblack: Horror photography resources
:bulletblack: Horror photography definitions
:bulletblack: Horror photography tutorials
:bulletblack: dAmn horror chat
:bulletblack: Journal-featured deviants

Ego Trip
Flickr . MySpace . ModelMayhem
AltDiva . Facebook . Livejournal

:bulletblack: Buy my books at Blurb
:bulletblack: Hundreds of my prints at Fotki
:bulletblack: Portfolio at RockstarVanity.com
:bulletblack: Photography blog at Wordpress
:bulletblack: Subscribe to my monthly newsletter
:bulletblack: Personal blog at MomentarySolutions.com
:bulletblack: Subversive art project at ViolentlyBeautiful.com
:bulletblack: Free digital indie art magazine at SublimeRush.com

:bulletblack: My dA wishlist

You can always reach me by note or by emailing me at rockstarvanity@volunteers.deviantart.com




Those are the oldest pictures in my dA gallery and some of my earliest attempts at artistic photography...and I still love 'em!

Devious Info

  • Current Residence: Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • deviantWEAR sizing preference: Big baggy hoodies and t-shirts are win!
  • Print preference: Glossy or lustre
  • Interests: Photography, music, other people's mouths, cats, body mods, gadgetry.
  • Favourite genre of music: Psychadelic trance to dance to, dirty metal to fuck to.
  • Operating System: OS X Leopard, currently boot campin' with Windoze 7.
  • Favourite cartoon character: Prof. Farnsworth...'typical woman, always dyeing her hair instead of not looking in a box'
  • Personal Quote: Slamming your fingers in the doors of perception since 1980.
  • Tools of the Trade: Photographic equipment. Coffee. Mostly coffee.

Slightly less active than usual for a week(ish)

Thu Nov 19, 2009, 10:00 AM
Just wanted to give everyone a heads up that I'm not well (further info down the page if anyone wants to know what's wrong) and am temporarily munching on a nasty concoction of medication that my body is very unhappy about. I still have to work (yay self-employment!) but beyond that I'm pretty much just sleeping, puking and swallowing pills.

Even if I'm not able to be super-active here for the next week or so, I will be checking in every day so if there's anything that anyone needs to let me know about please send me a note with a suitably attention-grabbing subject line and I'll do my best to keep up.

Please don't be offended if I haven't replied to your comment, read your DD suggestion note or commented on your work. I hope you guys know by now how much I adore you all, even on the odd occasion that I'm not able to spend hours every day floating around dA.

Big hugs to you all! :tighthug:


Boring medical info from here on, so feel free not to read any further.
When someone says they're sick, I instantly want to ask what's wrong so for those of you who are as nosey as me (hehe!), here's what's wrong...

After a couple of really busy months, my M.E. symptoms have gone crazy (if you don't know what M.E. is, please click here to read a short and simple summary) meaning that I need to sleep a LOT, can't walk or move around much and half my body becomes allergic to the other half. It also means severe pain, especially in my back and legs. When I say severe, I mean absolutely fucking horribly severe. I'm accustomed to a reasonably high level of pain on a day-to-day basis, but at the moment I'm crying myself to sleep every night. Because of this, my lovely doctor has doubled my dose of pain/sleep meds.

I found a random lump under my arm which lovely doc tells me probably isn't serious and is most likely just the result of my immune system going bonkers cause I'm so worn out. I have a week's worth of antibiotics that smell like burnt hair and are so huge they look like toys. I have to take one of those four times a day, on an empty stomach at least an hour before food which doesn't leave much time for eating so I am really fucking hungry and really pissed off! The antibiotics make me barfy and don't seem to like the 200mg of amitriptyline and other pain pills that I need to take at night.

I also have to spray stuff into my ears because they've become allergic to themselves and are sore and bleedy which results in crap balance and people having to keep repeating everything they say to me. Thankfully the additional pain pills and antibiotics are only a temporary thing so things won't be this bad for long.

Not being able to shoot is driving me fucking crazy. I still have to open up the studio and supervise hire sessions cause I can't do without the money or turn away new customers. I am hugely grateful to have D to help me with that stuff. Not quite sure how I'm going to manage it when I can't put one foot in front of the other or stay upright...ugh, I refuse to get all miserable about it. Shit happens and it could be worse.



Today's horror photography drool fuel is on a medical theme. Enjoy!




Ps. Why on earth are people voting in this poll for the "Yes, I made a horror-themed calendar which is currently for sale on dA and I shall comment with a link cause I'm just that awesome" or "No, I have not made a horror-themed calendar but I've found one I love created by someone else for sale on dA this year which I'll link to in a comment forthwith" options and then not leaving comments with links?! Bring me yummy horror calendars, people!

  • Mood: Pain
  • Eating: Pills

I Just Sold...

Evil 2010 Calendar

Selling a horror-themed calendar (doesn't have to be photography) on dA this year? Leave comments with links please! 

60%
92 deviants said :penguin: The penguins took my calendar away so I wouldn't know how long I'd been held prisoner in their evil icy penguin mansion of doom.
29%
45 deviants said :paranoid: I have no horror-themed calendars, mine or anyone else's, to link to and I'm too boring to vote for the penguin option.
8%
12 deviants said :eager: Yes, I made a horror-themed calendar which is currently for sale on dA and I shall comment with a link cause I'm just that awesome.
3%
5 deviants said :boogie: No, I have not made a horror-themed calendar but I've found one I love created by someone else for sale on dA this year which I'll link to in a comment forthwith!

Critiques

by `getcarter

Not only is the photograph stunning, but the building itself looks amazing - the kind of subject it's impossible to walk past with...


Before I say anything else (and so I don't forget to mention it at the end), this absolutely qualifies as photography in my opinio...


I find the tongue-in-cheek nature of the subject to be really appealing. Horror is so often disturbing and serious, but it doesn'...


When I first looked at this, my stomach did a little flip-flop and I actually said "Eww!" out loud. This is a massive compliment! I d...

by ^archanN

Even in full-view, I want to see this bigger. I want to see it the size of a wall, an entire room to dive into and explore. My eyes a...

by *ms-eerie

Where to start with what I like about this...first of all, the angle from which the photo was taken. The high up and looking down crea...

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Comments


:iconbluesatine:
Hello! It's been a long time, no? I just wanted to stop by and say hello and thank you again for that DD way back in April. I know it's been a while but it still means a lot to me :)

In other news, we seem to share a love for kitties. I was looking at my wishlist and I saw a lot of your kitty photos and I realized: Someone should host a Kitty Photography contest...with some sort of twist, of course, so you don't get bombarded with snapshots. It's a thought *shrug* Hope you're doing well!

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thank you so much
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thanks for faving

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*cries hysterically* i could never thank you enough for the DD! thank you so so so so so much.... it means the world to me

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I love the new ID, and its good to see you looking so well. I hope you have more good days like that :love:

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LOL! You beat me to DDing an image :aww: I was waiting to hear if he had used stock in the photo before I did but when I went to do it you already had :P

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Hi there!
take a look here :)
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All the felines in my gallery send hugs and purrs and thanks! :ahoy:

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"Doomsday device?...I suppose I could part with one and still be feared..."
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Thank you from the bottom of my heart for featuring me! I had been kinda bummed because I haven't been shooting lately and all the awesome comments have really inspired me.

:heart:

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:iconrockstarvanity:
You're very welcome :hug: I'm glad you're feeling inspired.

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tanya simpson
rockstarvanity@volunteers.deviantart.com
gallery moderator, horror + macabre photography

welcome to the dark side
kick-start your horror art here . . .
:iconderzorvadur:
I wish i could buy one of your calendars :paranoid: maybe next year, yeah maybe next year :headbang:

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Thank you for the watch :)

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The Beauty of Horror,The Horror of Beauty.
pink is not rock n roll bitches
musings on wannabe porn stars to a friend. I don't think even a zombie could find brains on this chick....:iconzombieplz:
:iconjeffreymcc:
Thank you for spending time on my image and the kind compliment! I generally go not like gore much, but your work is rather well done.
:iconrockstarvanity:
Thanks :hug: It's extra cool receiving a compliment from someone who doesn't usually enjoy horror art.

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tanya simpson
rockstarvanity@volunteers.deviantart.com
gallery moderator, horror + macabre photography

welcome to the dark side
kick-start your horror art here . . .
:iconxwolfxbangxtroublex:
Thanks for the fav!

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Thank you for faving the photo of Chiko, Tanya! :love:

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:heart: Thanks for the Daily D. :flirty:!
:iconrockstarvanity:
:hug: You're very welcome!

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tanya simpson
rockstarvanity@volunteers.deviantart.com
gallery moderator, horror + macabre photography

welcome to the dark side
kick-start your horror art here . . .
:iconxbassxharmingx:
Thanks alot for adding my work to your collection. you have a great gallery yourself :)

it would be nice if you give me your openion about my future work.

have a nice day.
:iconrawmortis:
Thanx for adding my photo to the collection, I always loved the pic but most were repulsed by it...

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:iconrockstarvanity:
I tend to love things that other people are repulsed by :hug:

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tanya simpson
rockstarvanity@volunteers.deviantart.com
gallery moderator, horror + macabre photography

welcome to the dark side
kick-start your horror art here . . .

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