Heya folks & followers,

great news! I've got my first DD (Daily Deviation) on (for me) lazy Sunday morning. Being for eight years on DeviantArt, I've seen this feature climbing down the line from "the biggest thing on dA" to "well, some people are still digging that stuff".
Nevertheless, it's a peer-reviewed kind of award and everyone who gets it should be proud of that (including myself). "Achievement unlocked!", my gaming self cries.

Here's the piece:


Big thanks and hugs to our community volunteer for general photography, EveryNextDream, who chose and featured my work!

If anyone's interested (and still reading), here's some additional info on the photo:
The shot was taken at Tanzt! Festival 2018 in Munich, Germany. I took photos there for Vita Nigra webzine. The enlighted woman with that vicious smile is the violinist of a Russian folk metal band called "Troll Bends Fir" (Тролль Гнёт Ель) from St. Petersburg. As far as I know, her name is Maria Lebedeva, also known as "Malina". Her dress is a fantasy costume based on medieval clothing. The whole band's style rests upon medieval style and traditional (Scandinavian) folk music. Here's the whole gallery of the photos I took of the concerts at the festival (including TBF of course). I shall post some more photos of Tanzt! Festival here on dA soon. Stay tuned!


Have a great day!

Hi folks and followers,

you might wonder why I'm doing this here: advertising a music festival in the heart of Europe. The reason is simple - my own website (a neverending project, as it seems) is still a work in progress and I'm still not satisfied with it and its conformity to new European laws, *coughs*. Anyway, that's the reason why I'm publishing this text here and on my Tumblr.

My favourite festival of all time, Festival-Mediaval, has born its first child: Festival-Mediaval CZ, which will take place on september 1st and 2nd, 2018 in a small town called Aš situated in the borderlands of Cheb District in the Czech Republic. My first festival in Czechia, yusss!

As its mother-festival promises, it will be an atmospheric event, filled with mediaeval flair and pagan vibes. There will be a mediaeval market, acrobats, sword-fights, fire shows, and of course, music groups.
The line-up is small, but extraordinary. The bands are Omnia, Kroke, Euphorica, Celtica, Grex Confusus, Bran and the Bohemian Bards. You can expect ancient instruments, folk, mediaeval tunes and world music. Headliner Omnia will play at Saturday night and it's their only show in 2018 - apart from the gig at Festival-Mediaval a week later. I'm also quite curious about Kroke, as I haven't seen them so far. I'll take photos of all the bands and I will publish them on my Facebook page and some on my Instagram and Tumblr. I might pick some images for DeviantArt as well, but if you're really interested in the pictures, make sure you follow me on your medium of choice!

If you happen to live somewhere between Germany and Czechia, why not come to the festival yourself and czech it out? (Bad pun intended.)
Tickets are available at the low base price of 30,00 Euro or 750,00 Koruny. Get your festival pass and all the necessary info from the official website (German, but there's a Czech version as well): cz.festival-mediaval.eu/de/new…

I will be happy to meet some known faces there!

See you,