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My projects in one place.

Some of my projects

Watchtowers of the Immortal Chorus

Watchtowers of the Immortal Chorus is a swashbuckling sword & sorcery tale with dollops of portal fantasy (as the main characters are not Earthlings, but an important narrator is from ancient Earth), horror, and planetary romance. Somehow, there’s a bit of Wuxia (武侠) blended in there, too. At its heart, it’s an adventure tale filled with magic, danger, and allies trying to defeat oppression and save their world from a supernatural invasion. Learn more.

Valkyrie Superguitar

I wanted to design the ultimate ergonomic luxury guitar and build a brand from scratch, and it was an enjoyable challenge. From bow to stern, the Valkyrie’s specifications are an anthem to supercharged performance potential for the professional and passionate aspirant alike. Learn more.

The Ghost Mariners

During the quarantine isolation of the year 2020, a strong motivation to compose a synth-based album of melodic instrumentals surfaced within me. Azimuth of Arcturus is the result. Learn more

My Bandcamp page

For my dark ambient and experimental musical compositions, I publish as Shane Sanders to keep it differentiated from my diatonic work as The Ghost Mariners. Learn more

Droneface

DRONEFACE™ is a private Creativity Lab and an ongoing exercise in building a brand. It’s chimeric parts industrial and graphic design encased within a fine arts hive, with the goal of refining ideas until they cannot help but break into reality in a useful way. Within the hive, you’ll discover guitars, furniture, and 3D textures. Learn more.

Sample Squad

This project is centered around lightweight sample sets for iOS DAWs, and it was my second foray into creating a brand—the first was my texture collection. SampleSquad.com is currently offline for a redesign and pricing restructure. When it relaunches, there will be new content at a reasonable price point.

Fine Art

Currently being redesigned, this site will be a simple gallery of my paintings, drawings, and sculptures. I’ve been a passionate visual artist since I could hold a crayon.

Favorite articles

These are some of the more useful articles that I wrote for the Gibson Gazette. Learn more.

All Hallow’s Eve compilation albums

Mastered by Justin Sullivan and produced by me, these two compilation albums present a wide array of interpretations of dark ambient music. There are numerous contributors. The website is old school and highly deprecated, but minimalistic enough to still be viable. Obviously, nobody has Macromedia Flash installed, but most of the links remain to the music via a free Box account—I’ll get it re-wired and redesigned soon. Learn more.

Hammer[Scape] - The Tree

During a period of utter enthrallment with doom metal, I composed these demo tunes. It’s a blend of doom metal, dark ambient, and world music. Learn more.

Shane Sanders

About me

Terve! Minä olen velho. I am a creative and intuitive brainstormer proficient in both digital and traditional media, dedicated to achieving planned outcomes for brands and projects. I integrate holistic thinking, artistic skill, and logical reasoning into my work, fostering effective collaboration and professional excellence.

My notable entrepreneurial efforts include designing
a world-class ergonomic luxury guitar, creating a pioneering texture collection for 3D artists and creating a brand of lightweight audio sample sets for use on iOS devices. I've also had some interesting freelance gigs along the way for MTV, Starr Labs, Venus Hum and cellist Claire Fitch, among many others. My work has appeared in print within Graphis and 3D World magazines, and I've contributed to first-place regional American Advertising Award projects.

For the past 18 years I’ve worked for Gibson in various roles, but am now semi-retired. If you want to collaborate or need any of my skills, use the form below to contact me. Your contact information will not be shared with third parties. An interesting gig or your fat greenbacks may release the Kraken! :-)

Skills

Content and fiction writing
Music composition
Sound design
Graphic design
Fine art
Photography
Illustration
3D art

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