P R O F I L E  -  Dana

Name: Classified ;)
Age: 23, turn 24 on Dec. 30th
Home: Sweden
Tattoos: The "X files" X. Planning on a "5x5" and the tattoo worn by Angel
Pets: Willow - a cute little dwarf hamster :)
Passions: Btvs, Ats, movies, music and my dear computer
Favourite TV shows: Btvs and Ats (duh!), Dawson's Creek, CSI, Gilmore Girls, 24 and so many more (the list is endless)
Online work: Run all the sites under Dana.TheDudes.Nu.



Q & A
When did you start watching Btvs/Ats: I think it was back in 1999 or 2000. I can't remember the exact year, but I do remember that it was actually my aunt who told me about the shows and that I had to give it a try. I did and got a bit hooked. But it took me until 2002 to launch my first site - The Chosen One. It was all about Btvs and basically, it sucked. :) I maintained it until early this year (2004) and then I let it go to sleep, probably for eternity. But now I own Dana.TheDudes.Nu and it's ALL about Buffy and her bow.

Why the Buffyverse? I can't explain it really why I love this universe. It is alot different from your everyday show, there the demons and the vampires (first hint off difference :)) but then there's these people that have to deal with knowing that the world isn't that great and still live in it and experience love, pain, happiness, miracles and your everyday thing - work and school. It just fits. I can't put it into words, I just know I can't live without it.

What inspired you to make a fanart site? Well, over the years when running my Btvs site (may it rest in peace) I saw wallpapers around the net and felt I had to have it on my site too. Safe to say, they weren't good. Now, years later I got the inspiration to start making fanarts and wallpapers and I wanted to give it a home, show people around the net what I could do and basically have people say I rocked *lol*. It started out as a fun thing but today it's one of my favourite things to do. I make fanart at home, at my parents and at school (when I went last fall) and having a site to show them off in is essential.

Who has been your biggest inspirations? It started out last summer when I visited Jenni Lou's Daydream for the umphtenth time, that I realised that this was something I wanted to try out myself. She has been a great inspiration in how to make art and her textures has been a big part of my work since the first day. After a few months of being online with Chosen Art, I found Monica over at Buffy Ever After and she has later become a big source of my inspiration. She started out about a month before I did and she's gone so far and she makes me wanna do better and go in different directions with my work, and she makes me think that there's nothing I can't do in fanart. Another big inspiration is Romain, Nikki, Steph, Lex, Ehlwyen and the rest of the artists over at BuffyWorld Forums.