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Anke

Anke
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Last Online: March 25, 2019
Birthday: October 1, 1982
Country: Germany
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About Me

NOTE: I know I stil owe stuff, I'm sorry about that. I got sick and had to catch up with classes, and things spiralled out of control. I'm writing my last exam on Monday, and I WILL take care of everything afterwards.

Me: 24, female, German, student of computer science, fan of comics and fantasy and to a lesser extent science fiction.

I live in a suburb, a small village, with no useful shop (or post office) in comfortable walking distance, which sucks. However, having a garden is nice. I like taking photos of whatever grows there (including weeds) or animals that show up (butterflies, wasps, spiders...)

I got into this mail trading via ATCs because I love small pictures you can store in an album or a box easily.

Favorite Music

Rock, hard rock, 80s, oldies... I like melodies and nice singing voices, and more or less upbeat mood. Some of my favourite artists at the moment are Queen, Meat Loaf, Edguy, Herbert Grânemeyer, Bon Jovi, Lost Horizon.

I also like movie scores, and sometimes think I should give classic/symphonic stuff a try.

Favorite Books

General trend: I'm very fond of fantasy that is not "yet another Tolkien clone", and that is at least somewhat funny. Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, Steven Brust's Vlad Taltos series, Walter Moers' Zamonia series, Good Omens, the Miles Vorkosigan novels by Lois McMaster Bujold (though those are scifi)...

When it comes to comics I mostly stick to manga, and I have a strange liking for westerns (for example Blueberry or Iron West). The series that got me into comics was Elfquest, and it still has a special place for me because it is what got me into drawing.

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Favorite Movies

Popcorn-cinema! Adventure + Fun for the win, and a bit of action can't hurt! Examples: Indiana Jones, the original Star Wars movies, Back to the Future, Gremlins (part 2 even more), Princess Bride, Little Shop of Horrors, The Good,the Bad and the Ugly and so on and so forth.

Favourite Arts and Crafts

I mostly draw, preferring graphite pencil, ink liners and Copic markers. Lately I started lugging around my digital camera and taking snapshots of interesting things I come across.

Occasional crafting binges include knotting friendship bracelets (or bookmarks), crocheting, paper making (as in making from pulp, not colouring), and paper crafts.

Swap Interests

Themes of interest in no particular order

  • Nature
    • Animals, wild ones more than pets, particularly ones you don't see all the time. I also like reptiles, insects, spiders etc.
    • Particularly owls, chickens, kingfishers, wolves. Very particularly Owls.
    • Plants, particularly old trees or delicate leaves
    • Landscape, up to astronomical photos
  • Fantasy (including not too gory supernatural horror), fairy tales, mythology, science fiction, steampunk
    • But I'm tired of "hot babes", which particularly fantasy art seems to be full of.
  • old and/or unusual buildings, ruins
  • Some vintage themes (I consider "vintage", say, 1940s or earlier)
    • tall sailing ships, steam engines, other vintage technology
    • (reproductions of or images in the style of) old book illustrations, maps...
    • old photos like street scenes, people in uniform or working clothes, people DOING something
    • But the apparently very popular "woman looking into camera" portraits seem rather boring to me, sorry.
  • weird and/or funny stuff - two of my favourite artists are Ursula Vernon and Paul Kidby
    • I'm very fond of cute stuff when there's something to make it funny, weird, unusual, anything - but something like Hello Kitty "just standing there", not so much
  • comic & cartoon styles, particularly black & white ones
  • calligraphy
  • black and white art
  • traditional/ethnic/folk art from wherever; art nouveau

Colour wise, I particularly like (in no particular order) blues, greens, "fire"-like combinations in red-orange-yellow, earth tones, and stark black and white contrasts. Vibrant colours or pastels doesn't matter. In essence I like anything apart from overdoses of pink.

Dislikes

  • glitter that is not sealed well
  • sexual themes, including pin-up girls/boys
  • crude jokes, including anything playing on stereotypes
  • overly girly-girl stuff and other kitsch (floaty hearts, Precious Moments, pink-based colour schemes, etc)
  • angsty stuff (not self-pity focused dark/gothic themes are OK, though)
  • body care products, makeup, perfume; incense or anything else scented
  • jewellery apart from small button badges, lapel pins and charms

Notes

If you find something that might fit my interests, or maybe not, don't worry - the very worst that can happen is that it ends in my "stuff to offer for trade" box after I thank you. ;)

I don't drink tea or coffee. Food is very hit-or-miss, and I'd appreciate that if you want to send me snacks or something, you don't make it the main content of the package.

I don't mind religious items in principle, but please do not send anything claiming exclusivety for one religion, or that puts people down. (Stuff like "only through Jesus we become truly human", for example.)

Some items of interest

  • ATCs, bought or handmade bookmarks and postcards, other small art
  • postage stamps (I collect), artistamps
  • interesting playing cards, particularly aces of spades
  • zines
  • small button badges, lapel pins

  • Copic Sketch markers in the colours Warm Gray 2, 4, 6, 8, 0, 10 (I can only get the regular markers of those colours here, not the "Sketch" version with the brush tip :( )

As to art supplies in general... I don't use embossing powder, goggly eyes, brads and other smallstuff like that often, so I like getting some samples you might have leftover.

For the really dedicated and/or desperate for ideas: There's a wishlist of art supplies and bits and bobs on my website.

Ratings

Arabella rated for ATC with an Owl on Sep 24, 2013
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Comment: Sweet little happy owl! And neat spidey paper and bookpages! Also love the actual stamps you used - thank you so much for a great swap!
SharonP rated for Your Own Comic Book Swap (Int'l) on Apr 1, 2008
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Sirah rated for Christmas Package Swap (EUROPE ONLY) on Feb 16, 2008
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Comment: Never heard from you so far and now we have already passed the first half of February! Would change the rating if I hear from u. EDIT:Got in touch with you and heard that the letter was send back to you:( Sorry for any inconvenience this has caused you:(( EDIT2: Got it! Really nice what you send for me! Highly appreciated! Thank you!
Response: Hi Sirah, I sent something to you, but it came back last week with a sticker from the Finnish post saying it was unclaimed. I could send you a photo if you don't believe me ;) I'd re-send it if you could give me an address where it'll reach you, taking this to private messages.
tex82 rated for 30 used stamps on Oct 31, 2007
5
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Comment: Hi!! I really love the stamps! They're really beautiful!! Thanx
sewcrazy rated for A Half-Dozen ATCs on Oct 15, 2007
5
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Comment: Loved the ATCs, thanks so much. Rated a 5
Dana rated for Flower/Nature Photography ATC Swap #2 on Sep 13, 2007
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Comment: Thanks for the great ATCs, Anke, and for the extra things you sent. I especially love the spider photo - very well done. Dana Roper
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Comment: Thank you for the beautiful ATCs. I'm not a fan of spiders, but in the garden setting they are so useful I can't bring myself to kill them!
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Comment: Wow, extremely colorful space!
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Comment: Thanks so much for sharing your creative space. It would be nice to email each other again six months from now to see the differences. It's been fun, take care, Brenn
Chiasmata rated for Weekly Newbie Swap 4 on Aug 12, 2007
5
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Comment: Thankyou! I love the ATC, very cute. :) I'll have to check out Ursula Vernon.
dimanche rated for 24 Hour Zine Thing Swap on Aug 7, 2007
5
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Comment: A very interesting zine, thanks!
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Comment: Thanks for the interesting postcard!
pickle rated for 24 Hour Zine Thing Swap on Aug 2, 2007
5
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Comment: thank you for sharing your first zine. cant wait to hear when you make another :)
cockatoo rated for Sketch ATC swap on Jul 31, 2007
5
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Comment: Loved your ATCs and appreciated the bonus! Thank you for my owl and I'll make a start on the deco!!!
randyruns rated for 24 Hour Zine Thing Swap on Jul 27, 2007
5
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Comment: This is a great zine! I mostly skimmed through it, but I can't wait to really read- I'm excited! Thanks for the playing cards- I never seen any from outside the US.
sparklebluefaery rated for 24 Hour Zine Thing Swap on Jul 26, 2007
5
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user9262 rated for Handmade Bookmark Swap on Jul 25, 2007
5
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Comment: Great drawing for this sweet bookmark! I love it! Thanks...
user2310 rated for Weekly Newbie Swap 1 on Jul 23, 2007
5
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Comment: Thankyou Anke for such a thoughtful package - the ATC you made me is amazing! (it reminds me of a strawberry koala bear!) and I also love the newspaper clipping of Knut.
user8881 rated for Handmade Bookmark Swap on Jul 23, 2007
5
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Comment: Thank you for the lovely bookmark! The bird is wonderful!!
Response: Thank you! I had fun drawing it, and I'm glad you like it :D
Kasha rated for Just Because I LOVE Postcards Swap! on Jul 17, 2007
5
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Comment: ^8^ thanks a lot for the postcars, was very sweet of you to look for a postcard with a bird.

Rating Overview

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Comments

marilavado on Nov 12, 2008:

Hello!

I am the new founder for the European Swappers group. Please come and take a look at the new games and swaps and leave any ideas for swaps you would like to see in the forums.

Thanks!

keroleen73 on Feb 19, 2008:

Hallo Anke! Es gibt jetzt eine Gruppe für EU Swaps: European Swappers

kotek on Jan 21, 2008:

You haven't logged since december the 8. I have sent you my parcel 2 months ago and you didn't rated me I would liek to know if you recieved it. I have also sent you mor ethen 3 private messages. Let me know

MissThundercat on Oct 1, 2007:

thank you for the great stuff for 'you've got lots of european mail'!

nikar on Sep 4, 2007:

I have just noticed that you can leave a comment here, so even tough I have already send you a message, I shall say it here too. The things you have sent me are amazing and I loved everything you've sent me a lot. Thank you very much for your time and energy, for making this things and sending them to me. :)

MissThundercat on Aug 6, 2007:

thank you so much for the mini playing cards (what a pretty deck!) and the ATC sleeves! they will be put to good use!! xoxo Tarah

kristinb on Jul 30, 2007:

Thanks for the rating. So, did you like the Skittles?!

tsampa on Jul 26, 2007:

Thank you for a very nice collection of stamps. I will start working on this collage!

saalis on Jul 23, 2007:

The Pratchett from you arrived today, thanks! I do have this one in English already but that's fine (and haven't read it yet). I really need to improve my German! :) Thank you!

krisssssyyyyyyyyyyy on Jul 17, 2007:

I got your Private swap today, thank you soo much, the stationary is just beautiful :)

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