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  <art type="1C" artist="samwise" cat="Personal">
    <title>Crimson Thunder</title>
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		<![CDATA[
		Dedicated to Oscar and Joacim. Big thanks for letting me do covers for you guys!<br><br>
		Keep the flame burning,<br><br>
		Sam \m/
		]]>	
	</comment>
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  <art type="2C" artist="samwise" cat="Personal">
    <title>Hearts on Fire</title>
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	<comment show="yes">
		<![CDATA[
		Single from the album, Crimson Thunder. Walking through a
		river of blood, in plate mail, glowing with blue lightning,
		carrying an electric battle hammer...that's alright!
		]]>	
	</comment>
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  <art type="3C" artist="samwise" cat="Personal">
    <title>Hammerfall and Dio Tour</title>
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		<![CDATA[
		I did this picture as a surprise gift for the guys in HF when they played
		the House of Blues in Los Angeles opening for the legendary Master of Metal,
		Ronnie James Dio. The demon in the sky is Murray, Dio's demon character that
		graces his album covers. Thought they would like seeing their warrior paired
		up with Murray. I never got to meet Dio, but I did get meet Hulk Hogan.
		NO HOLDS BARRED BROTHER!!!
		]]>	
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  <art type="4C" artist="samwise" cat="Personal">
    <title>One Crimson Night</title>
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    <height>550</height>
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		<![CDATA[
		It urns out that HF was going to do a live album and asked if I would like to
		hit up the cover again. They really liked the one I gave them at the H.O.B. 
		and I simply replaced the demon in the background with the evil baddy from
		their Crimson Thunder album. HACK!!! New cover!<br><br>
		
		<a href="#_self" rel="lightbox" hreflang="images/photos/Photo_Samwise.jpg" onClick="Lightbox.start(this);">This</a>
		is a pic of me and Oscar and his bud named Mats hanging at the Rainbow Bar and Grill in Hollywood.
		I thought it sounded like an uhh...&quot;alternative&quot; type bar (not that there is anything wrong with that, Seinfeld),
		but apparently it is THE rock spot on the strip. Shows how metal I am. I ordered a drink and nearly spilled it on
		<a href="#_self" rel="lightbox" hreflang="images/photos/Photo_Lemmy.jpg" onClick="Lightbox.start(this);">Lemmy</a> from MotorHead. Too cool!
		What in thehell are those berry looking things on his face?
		]]>	
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  <art type="5C" artist="samwise" cat="Personal">
    <title>Dwarven Thief 1</title>
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    <height>648</height>
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		<![CDATA[
		I am a major Dungeons and Dragons geek. I made this character in 96 or 97 and got to
		play him for about a year or so. Work started ramping up so our campaign was suspended
		for a year. We started up again and played for another 6 months, but the beast of burden
		reared its head once more. We started up the campaign AGAIN and finally got to finish.
		In all, it took more than 3 years to finish the campaign...I guess we shouldn't have played
		over e-mail...
		]]>	
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  <art type="6C" artist="samwise" cat="Personal">
    <title>Dwarven Thief 2</title>
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		<![CDATA[
		My boy pickin' mushrooms...guess he was waiting for me to finish work.
		]]>	
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  <art type="7C" artist="samwise" cat="Personal">
    <title>Merry Christmas '98</title>
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    <height>356</height>
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		<![CDATA[
		First, in the line of Santa Pimp cards. I try to do a personal card and picture every
		year for my friends and family. I have only missed 1 or 2 in the past 8 years.
		I still get a kick out of Rudy trying to hold his cards.
		]]>	
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  <art type="8C" artist="samwise" cat="Personal">
    <title>Merry Christmas '99</title>
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		<![CDATA[
		Fat stack of greenbacks, cocktail and jewels; the North Pole...the ultimate players club...
		]]>	
	</comment>
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  <art type="9C" artist="samwise" cat="Personal">
    <title>Merry Christmas '02</title>
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    <height>647</height>
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		<![CDATA[
		They keep getting more and more foul.
		]]>	
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  <art type="10C" artist="samwise" cat="Personal">
    <title>Merry Christmas '03</title>
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		<![CDATA[
		Another Christmas picture chronicling the tale of Lone Panda and Cub...
		I wonder if I am gonna get sued for calling it that? I wonder where
		the mother went? Maybe she got tired of sitting in a shack watching her cub 
		make Snow Bears, or training with swords at midnight getting bit by
		<a href="viewer.php?artist=samwise&cat=personal&art=11">fireflies</a>, or sitting on hills
		looking at <a href="viewer.php?artist=samwise&cat=warcraft&art=27">dragonflies</a>? Hopefully, she
		just went to get some more sake. That kid has to sleep sometime! TOSS ONE
		BACK WITH ME, WOMAN!!!
		]]>	
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  <art type="11C" artist="samwise" cat="Personal">
    <title>Night Time</title>
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		<![CDATA[
		The cub is a few years older and can walk the way of the warrior with Papa Bear.
		]]>	
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  <art type="12C" artist="samwise" cat="Personal">
    <title>Beyond the Gates</title>
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		<![CDATA[
		This was done for my vato loco, Joacim. It is the cover for his new solo album
		called &quot;Beyond the Gates&quot;. Check out his <a href="http://www.joacimcans.com" target="_blank">website</a>
		and music. He is one of the best metal &quot;singers&quot; out there...Not some cookie monster sounding, corpse
        painted, death metal belcher BLLARG BLAAARG BWAAAAAAGGGR. Congrats on the album and the new templar in the house!<br><br>
        SammerFall<br><br>
        P.S. If you post on his guestbook or forum, sign 'Son of the Storm' after your name...I want everyone
		to know that the Sons of the Storm were there! SOTS...come out and playaayaa...
		]]>	
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  <art type="13C" artist="samwise" cat="Personal">
    <title>Baby Yob</title>
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		<![CDATA[
		This is a picture I did for my Pops' book called &quot;How Christmas came
        to the Ghetto&quot;. I remember my 1st grade teacher reading it to my class at
      	Christmas time. That same Christmas, my Dad got a set of books called the Lord of the Rings.
		He then gave it to me to read. At 7 years old, I barely got past Bilbo's eleventy-first birthday
		party when all of a sudden, Tom Bombadil came prancing around like some sissy pants...I
        put the book down after that. Around the same time though The Hobbit cartoon came out on
        television and I got totally hooked. That cartoon is still one of my main influences on drawing
		and has some of the some coolest dwarves around.<br><br>
        And, yes, I like the songs too so BE OFF WITHYOU!<br><br>
        If any of you SOTS want info on Pops' book,
		<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1892937085//bestellung-20/103-8404678-9107833?v=glance&s=books&vi=reviews" target="_blank">here</a>
		is the info.  
		]]>	
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  <art type="14C" artist="samwise" cat="Personal">
    <title>For Pops</title>
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		<![CDATA[
		This dedication goes out to my Pops. Thanks for all the hours you gave up to spend time with me...
		I now give those hours to my cubs. Thanks for all the time spent taking me to baseball and martial arts
		practice...You learned as I did and stopped a situation from happening with a good front snap kick...
		Thanks for getting me comic books after picking me up from school...I still love &quot;Conan&quot; the best
        and it totally shows in my style of drawing and attitude towards life. I can't wait till we see each other
        again...This summer I mean, cause you're not dead.<br><br>
        #1 Son<br><br>
        P.S. Your favorite singer The King did a song called &quot;An American Trilogy&quot;, and just recently my favorite
        group, <a href="http://www.manowar.com/" target="_blank">Manowar</a> (a.k.a. The Kings of Metal)&quot; covered it.
		How bad ass it that? Full circle, Pops!
		]]>	
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  <art type="15C" artist="samwise" cat="Personal">
    <title>Ye Ol' Xmas Cheer</title>
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    <height>621</height>
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  <art type="16C" artist="samwise" cat="Personal">
    <title>Blood Bound</title>
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    <height>550</height>
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		<![CDATA[
		This one goes out to my man Kull, a dedicated BlabberMouther and Brother of Metal.<br><br>
		Hail and Kull,<br><br>
		SammerFall
		]]>	
	</comment>
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  <art type="17C" artist="samwise" cat="Personal">
    <title>Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken</title>
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    <height>550</height>
	<comment show="yes">
		<![CDATA[
		Created over the course of a weekend on a strict diet of Ice MuthaFuckin T, Ice Cube and Iced Earth!
		I dig the old IE, but now with Ripper bringing the thunder on the vox, they have become one of my new
		favorites. Hopefully he will stick around and hammer out another album as mighty as The Glorious Burden...
		]]>	
	</comment>
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  <art type="18C" artist="samwise" cat="Personal">
    <title>Hammerfall T Shirt</title>
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    <height>600</height>
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  <art type="19C" artist="samwise" cat="Personal">
    <title>Merry Christmas '05</title>
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    <width>541</width>
    <height>700</height>
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  <art type="20C" artist="samwise" cat="Personal">
    <title>Natural High</title>
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    <height>550</height>
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		<![CDATA[
		This is the first single I have done for the mighty HF that actually has something to do with the song.
		Only took me 5 years! I had a tough time working on this picture since it forced me to draw one of the most
		dark and sinister beings known to man, beast and gods... no not the vampire, I'm talkin' about women! I keed,
		I keed, I love women... medium rare with BBQ sauce. :)
		]]>	
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  <art type="21C" artist="samwise" cat="Personal">
    <title>Threshold</title>
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		<![CDATA[
		Our next warrior, Hector, is a truly modern warrior of Heavy Metal. No longer content to wear the clunky
		pseudo-samurai helmets of warriors past, he now sports a 65% polyester, 35% cotton, but 100% heavy metal
		cloak of badass-ness! With an ideal "below the knee" length, it offers full protection from weather, nasty
		items found on seats and false metal bands that don't play guitar solos and wear eyeliner and whine about
		shooting themselves cause their fat goth girlfriend is leaving them. Ideal for wearing in America or if you
		are forced to go Hot Topic.<br><br>
		Blood and Whiskey,<br><br>
		-Sammy <br><br>
		P.S., Some peeps said to me that with his hood on, Hector now looks like Skeletor. Some others said he
		looks like Dr. Doom or an evil Jedi. I wanted to French kiss them for that, but they were dudes so I offered a
		"thank you" instead.
		]]>	
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  <art type="22C" artist="samwise" cat="Personal">
    <title>Entering Meifumado</title>
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    <height>700</height>
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		<![CDATA[
		Thank Crom another Xmas has passed and died away! Unless you're a kid, Xmas is a pain in the ass-holy. 
		From now on I am rolling straight <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaeQz5HwfoI" target="_blank">Costanza-style</a>. 
		Let's rumble!
		]]>	
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  <art type="23C" artist="samwise" cat="Personal">
    <title>Kitsune</title>
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    <height>690</height>
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		<![CDATA[
		Previous Christmas pictures were dedications to each of my girls.<br><br>
		<a href="viewer.php?artist=samwise&cat=personal&art=10">Card 1</a><br>
		<a href="viewer.php?artist=samwise&cat=personal&art=11">Card 2</a><br>
		<a href="viewer.php?artist=samwise&cat=personal&art=19">Card 3</a><br><br>
		This one goes out to my woman and fellow Horde warrior; my heavy metal-singing goddess and sparring partner. 
		Thanks for keeping the dogs off my heels. Woman, pour us another round!<br><br>
		Chum buckets of love,<br><br>
		Sammy
		]]>	
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  <art type="24C" artist="samwise" cat="Personal">
    <title>Tome of Hammerall</title>
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    <height>550</height>
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  <art type="25C" artist="samwise" cat="Personal">
    <title>Zombie Squad</title>
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    <width>550</width>
    <height>659</height>
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  <art type="26C" artist="samwise" cat="Personal">
    <title>Yob's Gift</title>
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    <width>453</width>
    <height>700</height>
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  <art type="27C" artist="samwise" cat="Personal">
    <title>Battle for Xmas</title>
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  <art type="28C" artist="samwise" cat="Personal">
    <title>The Hall of the Pandyr King</title>
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    <height>750</height>
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  <art type="29C" artist="samwise" cat="Personal">
    <title>The Legend Reborn</title>
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  <art type="1B" artist="samwise" cat="Personal">
    <title>Big Chuck and the Triplets</title>
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    <height>650</height>
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		<![CDATA[
		I try to keep a clipboard or pad of paper around so when I have to take a phone call I can draw.
		I only try to work on it when I am on the phone or in a meeting. This one took only 962 phone calls
		to complete...
		]]>	
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  <art type="2B" artist="samwise" cat="Personal">
    <title>Sons of Odin</title>
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		<![CDATA[
		<i>"I surrender my soul, <br>
		Odin hear my call<br>
		One day I'll sit beside your throne<br>
		In Valhalla's great hall..."</i><br><br>
		From the song "Swords in the Wind"<br>
		Lyrics by Joey Demaio
		]]>	
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  <art type="3B" artist="samwise" cat="Personal">
    <title>Dwarven Thane </title>
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		<![CDATA[
		Squat...stubborn...heavy bearded drinkers & brawlers. Bringers of Honor,
		Strength and Heavy metal...I love Dwarves.
		]]>	
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  <art type="4B" artist="samwise" cat="Personal">
    <title>Three Heads</title>
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		<![CDATA[
		Yet another dwarf! This was made on the floor of an airport while waiting
		for my 1:00 am flight that got delayed 2 ½ hours. That was a long wait.
		The reason I made the axe so big and the heads of the dead so numerous,
		is because I didn't feel like drawing his feet. This is dedicated to Ru-dog.
		]]>	
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  <art type="5B" artist="samwise" cat="Personal">
    <title>Stinky Fly Guy</title>
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		<![CDATA[
		I guess it's time to change your dress...
		]]>	
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  <art type="6B" artist="samwise" cat="Personal">
    <title>Hellephant</title>
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    <width>432</width>
    <height>700</height>
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		<![CDATA[
		Bet his mom had a rough delivery...
		]]>	
	</comment>
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  <art type="7B" artist="samwise" cat="Personal">
    <title>Demon Tail</title>
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    <width>538</width>
    <height>650</height>
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		<![CDATA[
		Again another skinny dude! I must have been going through a
		"sensitive" part of my life. They don't all have to be giant
		hulking behemoths encased in armor and blades...oh, uh, yes they do.
		]]>	
	</comment>
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  <art type="8B" artist="samwise" cat="Personal">
    <title>Angel and Demoness 1</title>
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		<![CDATA[
		Done for my woman as a Christmas picture...Awwwwwwwwwwe, their wings make a heart.
		]]>	
	</comment>
  </art>
  
  <art type="9B" artist="samwise" cat="Personal">
    <title>Angel and Demoness 2</title>
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    <height>638</height>
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		<![CDATA[
		Done for my woman 9 months after Christmas...
		]]>	
	</comment>
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  <art type="10B" artist="samwise" cat="Personal">
    <title>Cotton Entrails </title>
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    <height>650</height>
	<comment show="yes">
		<![CDATA[
		This was for my friend's band, Nuclear Rabbit.
		They were System of a Down 10 years before System of a Down.
		Toss one back with me Steve!
		]]>	
	</comment>
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  <art type="11B" artist="samwise" cat="Personal">
    <title>Ronin</title>
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    <height>650</height>
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		<![CDATA[
		One of my favorite things to do is to heat up a jug of sake, put
		on an old samurai movie and draw. This is from a few of those
		evenings plus about 392 phone calls. My new favorites are the
		Zatoichi movies since they tend to be shorter and have the most battles.
		The shorter the movie is, the less sake and hangover. Some of us have
		to work you know...
		]]>	
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