About/F.A.Q.
Valhalla HQ
In this section you'll find general information about Valhalla HQ and my
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F.A.Q.
About Valhalla HQ
Q: Why "Valhalla HQ"?
A: It comes from my novel "Dark Heaven".
Q: What does "Rodhernan" means?
A: It is my lastname.
Q: Do you accept link exchanges?
A: No, sorry. I don't have the time anymore to manage exchanges.
Q: Can you post my pictures in your website?
A: No, unless it it a submission for any of my other sites. Sorry but this site is not made for that. If you want to show your pictures to the people and do not have your own website, post them on forums or online galleries such as DeviantArt.
A: It comes from my novel "Dark Heaven".
Q: What does "Rodhernan" means?
A: It is my lastname.
Q: Do you accept link exchanges?
A: No, sorry. I don't have the time anymore to manage exchanges.
Q: Can you post my pictures in your website?
A: No, unless it it a submission for any of my other sites. Sorry but this site is not made for that. If you want to show your pictures to the people and do not have your own website, post them on forums or online galleries such as DeviantArt.
About my drawings
Q: What do you use to make your drawings?
A: In general:
For traditional art: Opalina or bristol paper, color pencils (Faber Castell and Prismacolor), Mechanical pencil with 0.5 Staedtler leads, rapidograph 0.5 Staedtler, Gel pens, Pelikan Ink.
For digital art and sprites: PhotoShop CS2, Open Canvas 3 Plus, Illustrator CS2.
Hardware specs: HP Pavilion, Windows XP SP2, HDD 80GB, 512 RAM, AMD Athlon XP 2.17 GHz. Wacom Graphire 2 tablet.
And each picture in the gallery has comments, and there you can find what I used to make it.
Q: Since when are you drawing?
A: Since I was a child.
Q: Can you teach me how to draw? Can you give me advices for drawing?
A: No, I can't, teach you how to draw. I don't even know how to draw. As you can see, I don't have a technique.
As for advices, just keep practicing! That's the best advice I can give for drawing.
Q: Draw something for me! Draw a pic of myself!
A: No.
A: In general:
For traditional art: Opalina or bristol paper, color pencils (Faber Castell and Prismacolor), Mechanical pencil with 0.5 Staedtler leads, rapidograph 0.5 Staedtler, Gel pens, Pelikan Ink.
For digital art and sprites: PhotoShop CS2, Open Canvas 3 Plus, Illustrator CS2.
Hardware specs: HP Pavilion, Windows XP SP2, HDD 80GB, 512 RAM, AMD Athlon XP 2.17 GHz. Wacom Graphire 2 tablet.
And each picture in the gallery has comments, and there you can find what I used to make it.
Q: Since when are you drawing?
A: Since I was a child.
Q: Can you teach me how to draw? Can you give me advices for drawing?
A: No, I can't, teach you how to draw. I don't even know how to draw. As you can see, I don't have a technique.
As for advices, just keep practicing! That's the best advice I can give for drawing.
Q: Draw something for me! Draw a pic of myself!
A: No.
Miscellaneous about drawings/sites/works
Q: Do you accept comissions for drawings and/or websites?
A: No.
Q: Can you give me critic of my drawing/website?
A: No. I am not a professional nor the right person to do it, plus when I give critics, I tend to be quite special and demanding.
Q: Why some of your pictures have another url that is not rodhernan.com?
A: Because I have been on different hosts before rodhernan.com. Here is the list of my old urls:
- http://www.geocities.com/rodhernan_valhalla/
- http://www.geocities.com/cid_belmont/
- http://www.valhalla-hq.fr.st/
- http://vhq.clockworkmansion.com/
Q: Are you interested in a collaboration/art trade?
A: No, sorry. When I happen to do this, I only do it with my close friends.
Q:Do you write fanfics?
A: No.
Q:Why don't you post your novels and short stories yet?
A: Although I'm a bit afraid and paranoid, I am working on it.
The main problem is that I have to write all of them again in computer readable format (I have them in notebooks) and have proofread, corrections and translations.
I'll post them when I'm ready, until then... Do not ask, please.
A: No.
Q: Can you give me critic of my drawing/website?
A: No. I am not a professional nor the right person to do it, plus when I give critics, I tend to be quite special and demanding.
Q: Why some of your pictures have another url that is not rodhernan.com?
A: Because I have been on different hosts before rodhernan.com. Here is the list of my old urls:
- http://www.geocities.com/rodhernan_valhalla/
- http://www.geocities.com/cid_belmont/
- http://www.valhalla-hq.fr.st/
- http://vhq.clockworkmansion.com/
Q: Are you interested in a collaboration/art trade?
A: No, sorry. When I happen to do this, I only do it with my close friends.
Q:Do you write fanfics?
A: No.
Q:Why don't you post your novels and short stories yet?
A: Although I'm a bit afraid and paranoid, I am working on it.
The main problem is that I have to write all of them again in computer readable format (I have them in notebooks) and have proofread, corrections and translations.
I'll post them when I'm ready, until then... Do not ask, please.
Usage/Permissions
Q: Can I put your pictures in my website?
A: At this point I stopped caring about my pictures being posted in other sites, since lately I've found some of them in various fansites without even a single credit.
It's useless to post rules since we can't stop this. Mostly this is why now all my pictures have watermark.
Anyway, here are the rules for those who care about it. Thank you in advance:
[+] You are able to use pictures from my fan arts section only. No exceptions.
[+] I'd really appreciate if you credit me properly (with my name and/or URL) and if you contact me before doing it.
[+] The images may not be altered in any form (like deleting my signature, url, watermark or whatever).
[+] Never make profit use with my pictures. (No making money with them in an form or with your site, or something).
[+] Final, but not less important, never claim my pictures as yours. That's just lame and stupid.
Q: Can I use your pictures/characters to illustrate/emulate my own stories/characters for my story/rpg (and whatever else)?
A: Oh, God, NO! Absolutely NO!
Create your own characters. If you want a graphic reference of them use photos or something else to do so, NOT my babies!
You can find lots of stock photos around the web, or use official artwork from games and stuff. Do not steal characters or ideas from me or any other artist. That's really lame and you know it's not right.
A: At this point I stopped caring about my pictures being posted in other sites, since lately I've found some of them in various fansites without even a single credit.
It's useless to post rules since we can't stop this. Mostly this is why now all my pictures have watermark.
Anyway, here are the rules for those who care about it. Thank you in advance:
[+] You are able to use pictures from my fan arts section only. No exceptions.
[+] I'd really appreciate if you credit me properly (with my name and/or URL) and if you contact me before doing it.
[+] The images may not be altered in any form (like deleting my signature, url, watermark or whatever).
[+] Never make profit use with my pictures. (No making money with them in an form or with your site, or something).
[+] Final, but not less important, never claim my pictures as yours. That's just lame and stupid.
Q: Can I use your pictures/characters to illustrate/emulate my own stories/characters for my story/rpg (and whatever else)?
A: Oh, God, NO! Absolutely NO!
Create your own characters. If you want a graphic reference of them use photos or something else to do so, NOT my babies!
You can find lots of stock photos around the web, or use official artwork from games and stuff. Do not steal characters or ideas from me or any other artist. That's really lame and you know it's not right.
About websites
Q: What do you use to make your websites?
A: Now I use Photoshop and Notepad++ or Dreamweaver. But I guess I can defend myself just with Notepad or Notepad++, and MSPaint (lol) or GIMP.
Q: Can you teach me how to make websites?
A: Sorry, I don't have the time. Search tutorials on the web.
Q: Can you make me a website/layout/code/style sheet?
A: No.
Q: Where did you learn how to draw and make sites?
A: Everything by myself.
A: Now I use Photoshop and Notepad++ or Dreamweaver. But I guess I can defend myself just with Notepad or Notepad++, and MSPaint (lol) or GIMP.
Q: Can you teach me how to make websites?
A: Sorry, I don't have the time. Search tutorials on the web.
Q: Can you make me a website/layout/code/style sheet?
A: No.
Q: Where did you learn how to draw and make sites?
A: Everything by myself.
About me
Q: What's your real name?
A: My first name is Maria. The other one is complicated to spell for most people around the globe (unless you're latino, spanish or italian).
Q: Are you a boy or a girl?
A: *sigh*
Q: Don't you have a photo of yourself? How do you look like?
A: No. GTFO. I'm a genericgeek human.
Q: Your fav Games? Music? Movies? Bands? Books? Anime?...
A: I'm too lazy to make a list, and I think the basic info and my works and drawings can give you an overview of what I like and what I don't.
Or, why don't you read my interests here instead? Or check my Joined fanlistings?
Q: Do you use AIM/MSN/Yahoo?
A: No.
Q: But I've seen screenshots of your desktop with MSN/AIM!
A: Well, sometimes I do, but I am not giving my address to random persons, just for my close friends. I don't like being stalked.
Sorry for being too picky, but I don't like IMing too much. And NO, my e-mail address is NOT my MSN messenger account.
Q: In what RO server do you play?
A: I made a list of servers and my characters here, mostly because I got tired of questions like "Are you the same Akira/Mathias Cronqvist from *whatever* server???"
A: My first name is Maria. The other one is complicated to spell for most people around the globe (unless you're latino, spanish or italian).
Q: Are you a boy or a girl?
A: *sigh*
Q: Don't you have a photo of yourself? How do you look like?
A: No. GTFO. I'm a generic
Q: Your fav Games? Music? Movies? Bands? Books? Anime?...
A: I'm too lazy to make a list, and I think the basic info and my works and drawings can give you an overview of what I like and what I don't.
Or, why don't you read my interests here instead? Or check my Joined fanlistings?
Q: Do you use AIM/MSN/Yahoo?
A: No.
Q: But I've seen screenshots of your desktop with MSN/AIM!
A: Well, sometimes I do, but I am not giving my address to random persons, just for my close friends. I don't like being stalked.
Sorry for being too picky, but I don't like IMing too much. And NO, my e-mail address is NOT my MSN messenger account.
Q: In what RO server do you play?
A: I made a list of servers and my characters here, mostly because I got tired of questions like "Are you the same Akira/Mathias Cronqvist from *whatever* server???"
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I hope I've answered all your questions. If you have another question that's
not listed here, go ahead and contact me.
Thank you!
