Experienced Members Directory

[Jonny]

The Experienced Members Directory[/u]

Below you will find a wide selection of wonderful, experienced members willing to adopt you as their buddy. Remember, in order to become an experienced buddy, you must have at least 200 posts.

I have organised these wonderful people into artistic genre categories so that your browsing experience can be optimised.

Coders
Visual Arts 1
Visual Arts 2
Writers
Others

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Our buddy scheme has been very successful, a great number of members have grown to become experienced members themselves after joining a few months before. However, we need more experienced members for this system to continue!

So, if you have over 200 posts and would like to become a fantabulous new experienced member (i.e be a guide and friend to a newer member or two) please PM me!

You do not need to do this if you are already in the current directory.


What to PM:

• How long you've been a member here
  
• Info about yourself (try and make it sound interesting), perhaps include hobbies.
  
• Signature for buddy (optional)

EXAMPLE:

admin said:

I'm Oliver, I have been a member here since May 2003, I haven't always been a staff member, I've gradually progressed through the ranks.

My main passion is music, a day doesn't pass where I don't listen to any music, my favourite genre is metal, with favourite band being Tool. I'm a digital artist and still find myself learning new things as I go along.

I'll make you a signature when you accept, you can have it however you want.

[Jonny]

Coders

David (hpmad)

I have been a member at SSD for about two years. I have many variations of my names: hpmad, HPmad, hp.mad, hp.mad_, hp_mad, hp, HP, Dave, David, pickle. You might be wondering about that last one as well. I have a very cool obsession with pickles. They are random and awesome. I joke around about them a lot. I have been designing for a little less than two years and have been coding for about a year. I like playing soccer, reading, and pretty much hanging out with my friends.

I currently live in Bloomington, Indiana (USA), although I was born in Thailand. I consider myself a noob and sometimes I sound like a noob, sometimes I don't, that means that I can basically get along with almost everyone as long as they don't piss me off =P. I like music a lot, mostly in the alternative and punk rock style. I don't really like rap, but I can stand some of it. Some of my favorite bands are: Green Day, Sum 41, Angels & Airwaves, New Found Glory, Bilnk-182, Plain White T's, The Early November, and Taking Back Sunday. I absolutely despise any music with screaming and grunting in it, such as death metal. I'm fine with just a very, very, very little bit of screaming though, as long as the singer actually sings.

Profile: Click Here

If you become my minion buddy, I will make a cool-looking sig for you.

Note: If you request me to be your buddy, please pm me to let me know. I rarely ever check this board.

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[Jonny]

Visual Artists 1[/u]

Name: Ovi [Hitman]

Link to profile: Click Here

Five Facts About Me:
- I love Harry Potter. To be specific Emma Watson.
- I am a huge Football/Soccer Fan.
- I am mainly an interface designer.
- I am British Asian.
- I love cute girls.

Buddy Banner (Optional): -Click-


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Name: Michelle/Eternity/E

Link to profile: Click Here

Facts About Me:
- I'm a 22 year old university student born in Lancashire UK. At the moment I work for a gaming company providing billing support, this is a temporary work placement and I will go back to university in September 07. I hope to return after uni has finished because I am enjoying working here.
- I joined SSD in early 2003 and started out filling graphics requests.
- I'm a gamer with my favourite game of all time is Final Fantasy IX. I also love the Metal Gear series. I am quite enjoying Viva Pinata, the Spyro series and Gears of War.
- I love soft rock, metal and punk music but I sometimes listen to trance and drum & base too.
- I have recently started snowboarding which I love and I have all my own gear. I am reasonably good at it now, I just have a confidence issue in that I hate going too fast through fear of falling over
- I like to create vector and photo manipulation artwork as well as take my own photographs. I'm also a kind of model producing stock photography for people to use in their manipulations.
- I run two design orientated websites/forums.

Buddy Banner (Optional):



[img]http://eternityonline.org.uk/buddy/adopted.jpg[/img]

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Name:Jonny

Link to profile: Click Here

Five Facts About Me:
- I love photography
- I love aviation
- I'm the SSD photomod...obviously
- I'm in the SSD art group
- I'm a Herald Writer

Buddy Banner (Optional):

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v420/jpy8/filmfiend.jpg[/IMG]

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Name: Assassinator/Matthew

Link to profile: Click Here

Five Facts About Me:
- I despise people who call what I do 'graphic design'
- I love to do digital art(Photoshop 7, Terragen)
- Music is my life, both listening and playing. I play the soprano sax(which I love) and the clarinet(which I don't like)
- I am in a duo with a pianist, we perform for money making me a professional musician.
- I also like English, writing the occasional poem.

Buddy Banner (Optional):

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Name: Oliver

Link to profile: Click here

Five Facts About Myself:
I love Rock/Metal music
I'm from the UK.
My Favourite food is Pizza
I'm intrested in and practice hypnosis.
I can be a bit weird at times.

Buddy Banner (Optional):

I will make you a custom one

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Name: Gadgetguy606

Link to profile: Click here

Five Facts About Me:
-Love photography
-Love digital art
-Read alot (all science fiction (alot of books by Peter F. Hamilton))
-I am on a scompetitive swim team
-Ive lost three duels to Assassinator

If you choose me as a buddy I will make a banner for you.

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Name: Serpent / Anselm

Link to profile: Click Here

Five Facts About Myself:
-I'm a Christian
-I'm Welsh
-I like playing football (soccer) and basketball
-I'm a graphics designer who's getting better
-I'm 14

Buddy Banner (Optional):

[IMG]http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a378/serpent_/ssdadoption.gif[/IMG]

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Michael

Hello, I'm Michael. I came onto the SSD scene in late '03 even if my profile doesn't represent that. I'm also known as jongos. Generally people who knew me before then call I put my real name up call me jongos. I am a designer and I have been designing for about a year now. However, I have only been using photoshop for around 8 months. I'm a failed coder as well. My main two hobbies outside of designing are soccer and tennis.

I like music very much as well. I mainly listen to, Blink-182, Green Day, The Killers, Panic! At The Disco, Plus 44, Angels and Airwaves, Eminem, Dragonforce, Led Zeppelin, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Less Than Jake, Fort Minor, Sum 41, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, All American Rejects, and similar. I am a pretty laid back person in most regards. I like to joke around as well.

Well, have fun in the forums.

Profile: Click Here

Buddy Banners:



[img]http://img250.imageshack.us/img250/8603/jongosbuddy1rw8.png[/img]


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LPF

I'm...LPF/Adam/Burns/Mickey, I've been a member here since November of 2003. (Shows how much of a life I have.)

I love music (you can check out some of my tastes here), and designing Signatures, as Oliver loves to point out. My main passions, though, are hockey and baseball (I play softball). I could go on for days arguing over points about hockey and baseball, who will make the playoffs, all that jazz.

Profile: Click Here

If you want a signature, you'll have to choose me..and if you don't, I'll be sad, because I won't get to make a signature.

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Virtuoso

My name is Nxsis, though I am more commonly known as Virtuoso. I have been at SSD for a little under a year. I do a wide variety of things: Designing, Art, Programming, Writing.

I do a lot of Art, but don't have a specific skill. If you get to know me well, you'll know that I work very hard to try and find it. I feel I'm coming close though. I enjoy debating, though not with narrow-minded people. I own my own forum(which is exploding with activity) and am involved in numerous projects.

I am a very different person from the typical teen. I am a self-proclaimed nerd, yet I am popular at school. I don'tcare what people think of me, which is why so many people tend to care what I think of them. I am always on the computer, yet I'm skilled in many sports and get 90's in school. I've been so many places around the world just over the 13 years of my life, others haven't even dreamt of being too. I'm familar with numerous different cultures.

I have many different morals I go by. "Be a leader, not a follower" "Do unto others, what others do unto you."

I try to be nice to people. I have a strict nature of "No Bullshit when it comes to friends." When people piss my friends off, I don't take it too well.

Profile: Click Here

I'll make a signature for you if you accept.

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Joshua

I'm Josh. I've been an active member here since I first joined in 2004, so more than 2 years now. I've been a staff member of the Battle Board since November, so around 8-9 months. I was also a mod of the Photoshop board for 3 months during the absence of the current moderator there. I was promoted to Chillout mod in August and was promoted to Global Moderator in September 2006.

I'm 16 and I am entering my Junior year of High school. I live in Michigan and I am addicted to the Pistons, Red Wings, and lately the Tigers. I even support the good-for-nothing Lions, but yeah. If you were to walk into my room, you would see nothing but Red Wings items, everywhere. lol

I am a heavy music listener. Anywhere between 12-17 hours of my day are spent listening to some form of music. Favorite bands are KoRn, Linkin Park, Tool, Disturbed, System of a Down, and A Perfect Circle. I also listen to bands like Chevelle, Incubus, and Breaking Benjamin.

I play soccer avidly. I'm a power defender and can become quite an obstacle to get around as I am 6'0 and 200 lbs.

I'm on Windows Live Messenger almost on a daily basis and my email is [e-mail]

I have been designing for a while now. Can't remember how long exactly though. I am very experienced in Photoshop and Terragen and can help you all you want with those two programs. I also have a lot of experience in Fireworks and PSP, though I can't help very much there. I can also give help with 3DSM, C4D, Lightwave, Blender, Vue, Mojoworld, and just about any other program you can think about. I've used them all.

Profile: Click Here

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Ryan a.k.a. Gimli

I'm Ryan, or as Josh likes to call me Gimli/Gimli10567. I've been a member for over two and a half years, though its been almost two with this account.

I play paintball reguarly, I like to design(mostly websites), I spend a good part of the day on the computer, and I have my own server.

Profile: Click Here

I will make you a cool banner for you, maybe.

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Mitch

I've been an active member here at SSD since early February of 2005. That's when I actually began getting involved in the community, rating images, participating in SOTW competitions, and posting often in Chillout and the Photography board.

In April 2005, Oliver started me off as a mod for the Show Off board (now known as "Critique"). I remained in that position for quite while. I resigned from Show Off mod in mid-late 2005, and have, since then, been the mod of this board; Find a Buddy.

I'm 16 years old and a Junior in High School in the good ole state of Indiana in America. Only AP class I'm currently taking is Literature, which is quite a task for me (loads of work; reading, essays, and multiple assignments). Aside from that, I take some basic classes: Physics I, Precalculus Honors, Spanish III, U.S. History, and a 2-hours Web Design class.

Aside from school, I like to spend a lot of time on the computer and with my friends on the weekends. I do a lot of browsing around the internet for entertainment (I love to look up news on current electronics, especially MP3 players) and am an avid designer, photographer, and writer. I've been designing (working with Photoshop) for well over two years now, and also have some knowledge in Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, Terragen, and some HTML/XHTML.

I am addicted to music, like much of the world's population. My music library consists of a lot of music in the genre of Metal/Hardcore. My favorite sub-genres of those two are post-hardcore, noisecore (industrial), screamo, and experimental, but I will often times listen to things that full under the soft rock and progressive categories, such as the bands Tool, Snow Patrol, Franz Ferdinand, and The Killers. I like to keep an open-mind about music.

Profile: Click Here

If you become my buddy, I'll design you a new buddy banner for your cute little signature...but only because I despise the buddy sigs I originally made...

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nest!

Ack! Well, it's me nest! I've been an active member since March of 2006. Not very long considering. I'm a fourteen year old male from the depths of Vancouver, I have the average typical teenager life if there ever was one. I'm mainly just a writer, and a musician. Though I do try my hand at coding every once in a while just for kicks.

My main passion tough would have to be music. I play in a so called "Band" (mainly just doing covers) as the lead singer, and Acoustic Guitar. I also play the trombone in a Jazz Band, and Concert Band. I also can play the Piano, and the djembe drum.

I also have a thing for literature. I've always enjoyed reading and writing. It's a small hobby. I have about 10-15 random half-finished novels on my computer. That if it's a rainy day, I manage time to pull them out of the cobwebs and work on them. Also i'm part of the Herald Team.

I'm a Christian, I have a strong faith, and strong morales. I try my best to keep my language so that I can live with myself (which suprising is quite good ).

I have MSN ... and that's about it. Otherwise I'm always checking my PM's. So that should work. And that's really about it.

Kudos!

Profile: Click Here

No buddy banner.

[Jonny]

Visual Artists 2

Grace a.k.a. c130

I've been here for coming on three years. I enjoy being referred to as a goth, I'm a walking dictionary and grammar machine, I like meeting new people, and I reckon all the world's problems could be solved through Photoshop. I'm a bit forgetful and lazy, but when I'm passionate about something there's no stopping me from doing it. I enjoy helping other people with their artwork, but if you don't take constructive criticism well, don't ask for my advice, as many here can attest to. .

My hobbies include cycling, climbing, making arty things, watching movies (Hackers, LOTR, The Matrix, Animatrix, Cowboy Bebop, Shaun of the Dead...) and TV series (24, The Tribe, Black Books, Green Wing), and llistening to music (drum & bass, metal, industrial, ambient, psy trance), reading books, reading comics & webcomics, writing short stories.

My name's Grace, and I'm 17. I'm doing a full-time portfolio preparation course in college and I'm hoping to go on to do a degree in something in the art field.

Profile: Click Here

Buddy Sig

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Dude™

I've been a member here for a bit under a year

Im a green Day Fan, I really like designing, I've done some bigger pieces, and some sites, but I'm really into designing my sigs.... But everyonce in a while, i venture on to some other project.... I just like to have fun, and design, to keep myself busy... I like to do anything to keep me busy, and i wont allow Ollie to hypnotise me.... So Im practically bullet proof from him... I plan on taking over ssd, by making all of you bow down to me with an iron fist, and I'd appreciate to have a buddy ,that would like to do the same.... - As this would help me take over the world, as my plan is slowly unveiling itself... Anyways.... Yea.... Im a bit odd, but I'd just like to adopt any buddy....

Profile: Click Here

If you want a buddy signature, PM me for one, and you will get it,

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Ethan

I've been at SSD, for some months, and have climbed a few ladders . I'm a photoshop fanatic, and a painting freak, I've the 'uber' skills.

My name, Is Ethan James, I'm mostly referred to as 'Ethy, flower-boy or EJ', I'm a nice guy in every respect, and enjoy the presence of people I respect and like -- I'm very open-minded and love to debate anything, I mean anything, down to iPod earbuds.

My hobbies, other than Photoshop and Music, include high-jumping, paintballing, PC-games, Playstation games etc, etc, etc. In general, I'm THE cool guy.

Links:
www.jamesjoliv.com
n4u2k.deviantart.com

Profile: Click Here

If you want' a signature, I'll whip you something up.

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n!ck

My name is Nicholas Noel. I'm 15 (almost 16) and I live in central North Dakota. I've been a member at Solidsnake Designs for over two years, and I've been a moderator here twice.

I enjoy spending time hanging out with friends, acting in plays, and playing my sax or clarinet. I design using Paintshop Pro, and I can code using HTML, CSS, and some Javascript. I listen to a lot of older music, one-hit-wonders, The Postal Service, Rilo Kiley, Death Cab for Cutie, and quite a few others.

I like use of proper English, and I hate being bothered when I'm in a bad mood. I like to talk as long as it's an intelligent conversation. I plan on going into Medical Technologies in college, and work hard in school.

Profile: Click Here

Who wants me?


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Disнwasнer Safe

I have been a member of SSD for upwards to about three years but only truly active for a few months. I had an account here but forgot the username/password so i created this one.

My real name is Josh (Born 02/02/88) but I go by quite a few names:

• Cypher98P284/Cypher
  
• Gigliwananacom/Gigli (Gig-lee-wah-nana-com)
  
• Dishwasher Safe/Dishy

Music
My favorite music (at the time of this writing) is Trance/Techno. You can actually hear what I like on a free internet radio station called Digitally Imported FM. Just click on any of the following genres in the website to hear my favorites.

• Trance
  
• Vocal Trance
  
• Hardcore
  
• Gabber

Graphic Design
I created my own company, C9 Designs, at the age of 15. It started out being work that was to be temporary and wouldn't be the final outcome of the client(s) needs, like a basic website to get them started. Now I do little design jobs here and there not really pursuing it full force.

My favorite art style is a type called vector art. Though I'm some what new to the genre I feel its one of my strong suites. I plan to get better in vectoring objects and create some nice abstract pieces.

Profile: Click Here

[Banner]

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[Net]

How long you've been a member here?

I've been a member since November 2004, but I have not been active until the summer of 2006.

Info about yourself

My name is Josh and I am 17 years old. If you know me the first thing you will notice is that I'm a HUGE gamer. I'll play any game you put in front of me. I mostly play Xbox 360 online. My gamertag is Fallen KHAOS if you would like to join me sometime. I love computers nd will be going to college next fall to persue a computer science degree. I can't code much, but I am decent at making graphics. I love the outdoors weather it's camping, hiking, rafting or climbing I'll do it. I am working on my Eagle scout and I am still active in my boy scout troop. I am also into Airsoft heavily. Just one last thing...I love music!!! especially SKA.

Signature for buddy

I'll make you a custom one if you'd like

[Jonny]

Writers

♥ Artemis

I have been a member here for several months.

I am bi, bipolar/depressed (we're not sure yet), and live a lot of my life through the computer. I'm sixteen years old, love to write, and am known for smiting down those who abuse our English language. Coca Cola/Pepsi is my coffee, water, milk, and orange juice, and I consume a large quantity of cans a day. I am a programmer. I would consider myself experienced, but don't have the attention span to finish most my projects.

I am an avid Linux user, and thus believe Bill Gates, Micro$oft, and Window$ are inherently evil.

I have an active presence on the Literature forum, mostly through poems and critiques, though my favorite past-time is working on my latest novel.

My graphics skills are under par... for an eight year old.

I'm rarely on an instant messenger, but answer every PM that needs an answer.

I am competent in C++, Java, Javascript, Python, PHP, HTML, MySQL, CSS, and TCL\TK.

I get all sorts of crazy ideas, and generally follow them about halfway through.

I enjoy all types of music save rap, which isn't music.

I've been told I have wit and humor, but I've also been told I can fly, so I don't put too much stock in that.

I am a dedicated Herald Writer.

That's me...

Profile: Click Here

No sig until AFTER you're my buddy. Then I've got a sig for you that says "Mastermind is my buddy because: " and changes the following text each time it's loaded, to something to the effect of "he likes my shirt."

♥ Mastermind

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Kay

I'm Kay. I'm 16 years old, I live in the United States. I've been a member here for 3 years, but have only been active around the boards for a little over a year. I enjoy a variety of music. Mostly hip hop and rock (hard, and metal). Some rap, but very little. I can do some graphics, but I'm not up to speed with some of the other talented artists around here. I've been out of the graphics making business for 10 months, and just got my program back, and am starting to slowly remember how to use it.

I'm a writer for the most part. It's my escape, and my way to release inner emotions that I don't know any other way to express. I'm aso very dedicated to the Herald.

I've taken an interest in photography lately, but nothing good enough to post on here...yet. You may see something soon.

I use MSN messenger most of the time, but I also have AIM.

I'm a MSN explorer user, because it's better than IE.

If you're looking for someone that knows how to code, that wouldn't be me. I couldn't code to save my life.

I can be sarcastic and very random at times.

The only sport I really care about is Basketball. But I do watch football every so often on tv.

I'm a Mountain Dew fanatic. The only other pop/soda I drink would be Coke every so often.

Profile: Click Here

If you choose to get adopted by me, I'll give you an optional sig to use.

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Ryan a.k.a. Psionic

Hey, my name is Ryan, but some people still go around and call me Psionic. I originally came here for the graphics and codes, but quickly found an inviting forum. I took part in the graphics clans both times, developed some skill in Photoshop (which has since gone away over periods of no use), eventually became moderator of the Interviews board, and a Herald writer. Nowadays, my main contributions are for the Herald, but you can usually see me post in the Chillout or Interviews board.

I'm currently 15 (16 in November.. woohoo driver's permit!), and going to be a Junior in high school. Some people call me an overachiever based on the classes I take, but in reality, I tend to procrastinate a lot, or not put in 100% of my possible effort. I'm trying to break that habit though.

Movies and gaming are a huge part of my life. If I'm not talking about or playing a game, I'm usually focusing my attention on movies. Big budget movies are cool, but I also like indie movies a lot, mainly because they're not overhyped and glitzy, but instead succeed on the material of the movie alone. Gaming wise, I'm pretty open, but I really like adventure games, shooters, fighters (SSBM, anyone?), and action games.

I also enjoy music, but more as a casual thing than movies or gaming. I like most types, but I'm mainly into rock and alternative/modern rock music.

I have an impostor here on the forums, so don't get confused.

I'm a huge Harry Potter dork. Then again, most people here are.

I really like writing and reading, so I'm a part of the Herald. I've been on the team for over a year now and mainly focus on entertainment articles, but I've done editorials and special articles as well. I suggest reading the Herald as there are lots of writers who have an amazing talent and ability with words.

I used to create art (if you choose to call it that), but since, I haven't been inspired to create much. I was getting into the vector style; I find it intriguing.

Profile: Click Here

Signature can be made with the buddy's interest in mind.

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Saknika

Hi, I'm Saknika and I've been here since the beginning pretty much. That's about three years now. Though, I was a bit of a lurker up until recently.

I'm a 17 year old girl, who is also a lesbian, and I enjoy a multitude of different things. I prefer not to live by labels, so rarely will you ever hear me refer to anything in such a manner. My biggest thing at the moment is photography, and you'll find me buzzing around in that forum quite a bit. I also like to draw, so I'm in the visual arts, and I do graphic design as well. I'm not as great as I'd like to be with graphics yet, so I'm still learning, but that's what's fun about it. Nothing is fun if it's done perfectly. ^^ I'm also a bit on the strange side, with some unusual hobbies, so I'm probably not a good buddy to those with a low tolerance for the gorey stuff. And I'm a bit of a gutter-mind... like most of SSD And although I am on anti-depressants, I'm still a fun person. I love to chat in the Chill Out section too, because you can't help but laugh. And I love to laugh. One of my little quirks though, is that I can't stand chat speak... at all. It just irritates me to no end.

Profile: Click Here

If you become my buddy, I'll do a personal little banner for ya. That way it suits you uniquely, because no one is exactly the same. ^^