Hi, I'm Starly: self-proclaimed alien vampire lady, artist, and electronic musician.
Talking about myself is a bit weird for me. I prefer to let people come to their own conclusions about what they think of me. My self-perception is naturally going to be different from what another person may think anyway. Still, I'll give this a shot and edit later if I need to.
I arrived on Earth in the year 199X. As for how I got here or from where, like many people, I don't know. My earliest belonging, and perhaps a totem of my elusive origins, was a space-blue teddy bear with a starry pattern. I loved it when I was a little kid (just from holding my arms and hugging it now, I feel warm and fuzzy inside.) Even then, my Starly nature was set in stone. To add to the poetry, I was named after a poem by Edgar Allen Poe. It's only fitting that I would have an affinity for stars and otherworldly things, and for contemplations about the world that aren't out of place for a darkly-inclined, gothic soul.
I love anything that sparkles and gleams. Except for glitter. It always ends up on my forehead somehow and then I can't get it off.
I started making my own characters and stories one day, inspired by cartoons, video games, and most anything I saw. I've been creating ever since and I currently work freelance, printing original art prints straight from my home photo printer.
My art is a representation of myself and my many complex, free-flowing thoughts and emotions. It wasn't always this way. I used to make more colorful art based mostly on retro aesthetics and "good vibes". While making that stuff brought me joy, it wasn't always honest to who I was and what I wanted to make. In light of some necessary self-reflection, and understanding more of my shadow, my art embraces darker colors and a different perception of Flow. It is being decidedly more gothic and alternative, both in style and subject matter. Dark, macabre things bring me a sense of peace. Not everyone will understand my newer works.
If I ever seem different, uncharacteristic of a version of myself that you once knew, it's because I am imperfect and I am changing. The version of Starly you see today is not the one from years ago, but a Starly re-envisioned by circumstance. Alternatively, it could be fate. I don't know for sure. I just know I have to keep moving forward and trusting in the Wave.
The Wave is a part of all of us, as it is a part of the universe.
I'm a huge music enthusiast, both as a producer and a listener. Singles, albums, video game music, sound libraries, soundtracks—I will listen to it all. One of my favorite pastimes is to pick a band or artist and listen to their whole discography, from their early days to to their modern releases. Usually, I'll do this while drawing, making site content, or sitting at my desk with my hi-fi Beyerdynamic headphones. It gives me a real sense of how a musician's style has evolved over time. I've discovered some awesome acts and found my tastes this way too, strange and eclectic as those tastes are. Good luck asking me what I listen to; it changes a lot and I live in a place where all my artists are obscure. If I had to put it in words, some of my favorite musicians are David Bowie, Jean-Michel Jarre, Type O Negative, Aphex Twin, Windows 96, The Orb, and Ozzy Osbourne. As for genres, that's a whole other demon (there are whole modes of making music with as much diversity and classifications as there are birds in the world). Let's just say I listen to "techno", art rock, and "metal" and save the rambling, haha.
A goal for the site is to write mini-reviews for every album, single and EP I've listened to, as well as my all-time favorite tracks. That's 500+ albums and 72 favorite songs (and counting). I'm getting ambitious here, just like with my other myriad projects that may or may not get finished. But I intend on getting to it eventually.