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About Me

Big fan of Deus Ex for over 10 years, witnessed major milestones for the franchise and the community, but was more like a fly on the wall instead of directly contributing. Trying to make up for that hesitation now with this archive, as I regret failing to seize the opportunity to communicate with and collaborate with others on a franchise I love so much.

My interest in Deus Ex is more than just archiving and extracting stuff, I produced art, music, writing, videos, Ren'Py visual novel games, clothes, 3D models, game mods, websites, and some other stuff based on or inspired by Deus Ex. It's quite literally been my main interest for most of my adult life, stimulating me with a passion which allowed me to learn many skills that ended up serving me well outside of this bubble.

HARDWIR3D

For the longest time, I was intensely obsessed with Francis Pritchard, in a very introverted and closed-off sort of way, perhaps even to an unhealthy degree. It goes without saying that most of my work was inspired by or direct homages to him. However, due to a recent unfortunate event that has left me quite numb, I have been unable to feel the same way as I did towards the character.

Ever since, I've lacked the motivation or drive to keep working on HARDWIR3D—featuring Frank and my OCs—a fanfiction that I had been developing since November 2016 after experiencing a dream where Frank was apprehended by FEMA following the Breach event in System Rift.

Jacynthia was originally a placeholder character, imagined as an off-shoot of myself, as the dream that inspired the story was from the first-person perspective. But over the years she deviated drastically from the source and became a character in her own right.

Following that logic, I don't consider her a self-insert, as I do not identify with the character's personality nor appearance; she became more of a character study on how suffering corrupts one's perspective, leading to toxic coping mechanisms that only cause suffering in the end for everyone involved. Definitely not a person anyone should want to embody or emulate...there is no happy ending to be found.

My OCs

Jacynthia "Jacy" Levert

IT Department Technician
Sarif Industries

Keane "Grimoire" Grimford

Cybersecurity Analyst, Red-Hat
Sarif Industries

WIP

 File:Trent headshot.png

Trent “Caustic0n” Cohen

Ex-Convict, Black-Hat
Freelancer

 File:William headshot.png

William Pritchard

Father of Francis Pritchard
New Hampshire

 File:Sophie headshot.png

Sophie Pritchard

Mother of Francis Pritchard
New Hampshire

Fanart Gallery

Jacynthia Levert

Jacynthia's 2025 cyber-renaissance redesign
Jacynthia's old design from 2016

Keane Grimford

Other Original Characters

Social Links

Tumblr	CriminalElements - General CriminalElementsArt - Art CriminalElementsTS4 - Sims 4 Mods
Blogger	TeckHaven - Deus Ex extraction guides
YouTube	CriminalElements - Memes and dumb stuff TeckHaven - Deus Ex extraction findings JadeLune - Official music releases
Instagram	Criminal.Elements - Art
Bluesky	CriminalElements - Art
X (Twitter)	SystemRift - Art, general

Favorites

Characters

Walton Simons
Francis Pritchard
JC Denton
Robert Page
Eliza Cassan

Game

Deus Ex (2000)
- Developer: Ion Storm
- Publisher: Eidos Interactive
- Director: Warren Spector

Book

Deus Ex: Black Light

Soundtrack

Deus Ex
- UNATCO Return "Enemy Within"
- Area 51 (Sector 2, 3, 4) Combat
- NYC: Hell's Kitchen (Part 1)
Deus Ex: Invisible War
- Title Theme
- Lower Seattle
- Heron's Loft
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
- The Hive
- And Away We Go
- Detroit City Ambient (Part 1)
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
- Main Menu Theme
- Prague
- Breaching the Veil
Deus Ex: GO
- Silent Approach

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 ==About Me==
-Big fan of Deus Ex for over 10 years, witnessed major milestones for the franchise and the community, but was more like a fly on the wall instead of directly contributing. Trying to make up for that hesitation now, as I regret failing to seize the opportunity to communicate with and collaborate with others on a franchise I love so much.
+Big fan of Deus Ex for over 10 years, witnessed major milestones for the franchise and the community, but was more like a fly on the wall instead of directly contributing. Trying to make up for that hesitation now with this archive, as I regret failing to seize the opportunity to communicate with and collaborate with others on a franchise I love so much.
-My interest in Deus Ex is more then just archiving and extracting stuff, I produced art, music, writing, videos, Ren'Py visual novel games, clothes, 3D models, game mods, websites, and some other stuff based on or inspired by Deus Ex. It's quite literally been my main interest for most of my adult life, stimulating me with a passion which allowed me to learn many skills that ended up serving me well outside of this bubble.
+My interest in Deus Ex is more than just archiving and extracting stuff, I produced art, music, writing, videos, Ren'Py visual novel games, clothes, 3D models, game mods, websites, and some other stuff based on or inspired by Deus Ex. It's quite literally been my main interest for most of my adult life, stimulating me with a passion which allowed me to learn many skills that ended up serving me well outside of this bubble.
+===HARDWIR3D===
+For the longest time, I was intensely obsessed with Francis Pritchard, in a very introverted and closed-off sort of way, perhaps even to an unhealthy degree. It goes without saying that most of my work was inspired by or direct homages to him. However, due to a recent unfortunate event that has left me quite numb, I have been unable to feel the same way as I did towards the character.
-For the longest time, I was intensely obsessed with Francis Pritchard, in a very introverted and closed-off sort of way, perhaps even to an unhealthy degree. It goes without saying that most of my work was inspired by or direct homages to him. However, due to an unfortunate event that has left me quite numb, I have been unable to feel the same way as I did towards the character. Ever since, I've lacked the motivation or drive to keep working on HARDWIR3D—featuring Frank and my OCs—a fanfiction that I had been developing since 2016 after experiencing a dream where Frank was apprehended by FEMA following the Breach event in System Rift.
+Ever since, I've lacked the motivation or drive to keep working on HARDWIR3D—featuring Frank and my OCs—a fanfiction that I had been developing since November 2016 after experiencing a dream where Frank was apprehended by FEMA following the Breach event in System Rift.
-Despite feeling that chapter of my life might be over, my enduring passion for Deus Ex as a whole means I can find value and contribute in other ways without needing a singular hinge from which it is all balanced upon.
+Jacynthia was originally a placeholder character, imagined as an off-shoot of myself, as the dream that inspired the story was from the first-person perspective. But over the years she deviated drastically from the source and became a character in her own right.
+Following that logic, I don't consider her a self-insert, as I do not identify with the character's personality nor appearance; she became more of a character study on how suffering corrupts one's perspective, leading to toxic coping mechanisms that only cause suffering in the end for everyone involved. Definitely not a person anyone should want to embody or emulate...there is no happy ending to be found.
 ==My OCs==
-<gallery widths=175 heights=175 align="center" style="display: flex;justify-content: center;text-align:center;font-size:15px;">
+<div class="oc-gallery">
-File:Jacynthia_headshot.png|<b>[[Jacynthia Levert|Jacynthia "Jacy" Levert]]</b><hr>IT Department Technician<br><i>Sarif Industries</i>
+{{EraBackground|Jacynthia_headshot.png|'''[[Jacynthia Levert|Jacynthia "Jacy" Levert]]'''<hr /><small>IT Department Technician<br />''Sarif Industries''</small>|erabg-hrmd}}
-File:Keane_headshot.png|<b>[[Keane Grimford|Keane "Grimoire" Grimford]]</b><hr>Cybersecurity Analyst, Red-Hat<br><i>Sarif Industries</i>
+{{EraBackground|Keane_headshot.png|'''[[Keane Grimford|Keane "Grimoire" Grimford]]'''<hr /><small>Cybersecurity Analyst, Red-Hat<br />''Sarif Industries''</small>|erabg-hrmd}}
-</gallery>
+</div>
+===WIP===
+<div class="oc-gallery">
+{{EraBackground|Trent_headshot.png|'''[[Trent Cohen|Trent “Caustic0n” Cohen]]'''<hr /><small>Ex-Convict, Black-Hat<br />''Freelancer''</small>|erabg-hrmd}}
+{{EraBackground|William_headshot.png|'''[[William Pritchard]]'''<hr /><small>Father of Francis Pritchard<br />''New Hampshire''</small>|erabg-hrmd}}
+{{EraBackground|Sophie_headshot.png|'''[[Sophie Pritchard]]'''<hr /><small>Mother of Francis Pritchard<br />''New Hampshire''</small>|erabg-hrmd}}
+</div>
 ==Fanart Gallery==
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 <gallery widths=175 heights=175 mode="nolines">
 File:CriminalElements_circe_1.png|<b>[[Circe Page]]</b><br><small>[[fr0gery]]</small>
+File:CriminalElements_circe_2.png|<b>[[Circe Page]]</b><br><small>[[fr0gery]]</small>
+File:Criminalelements_iris_1.png|<b>[[Iris]]</b><br><small>[[Heartspowl]]</small>
 </gallery>
+==Social Links==
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+:[https://www.tumblr.com/criminalelementsart CriminalElementsArt] - Art
+:[https://www.tumblr.com/criminalelementsts4 CriminalElementsTS4] - Sims 4 Mods
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+:Blogger
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+:[https://teckhaven.blogspot.com TeckHaven] - Deus Ex extraction guides
+|-
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+:YouTube
+|style="border-bottom:1px solid #27292d;" width="90%"|
+:[https://www.youtube.com/@CRIMINALELEMENTS CriminalElements] - Memes and dumb stuff
+:[https://www.youtube.com/@teckhaven TeckHaven] - Deus Ex extraction findings
+:[https://www.youtube.com/@JADELUNE JadeLune] - Official music releases
+|-
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+:[https://www.instagram.com/criminal.elements Criminal.Elements] - Art
+|-
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+:Bluesky
+|style="border-bottom:1px solid #27292d;" width="90%"|
+:[https://bsky.app/profile/criminalelements.bsky.social CriminalElements] - Art
+|-
+|style="border-bottom:1px solid #27292d;font-weight:bold;;text-align:right;" width="10%"|
+:X (Twitter)
+|style="border-bottom:1px solid #27292d;" width="90%"|
+:[https://x.com/systemrift SystemRift] - Art, general
+|}
+<div style="width:100%;clear:both;">
 ==Favorites==
 ===Characters===
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 *<b>Deus Ex: GO</b>
 **Silent Approach
+</div>
-==Social Links==
+[[Category: Content Creators]]
-===Tumblr===
-*[https://www.tumblr.com/criminalelements CriminalElements] - General
-*[https://www.tumblr.com/criminalelementsart CriminalElementsArt] - Art
-*[https://www.tumblr.com/criminalelementsts4 CriminalElementsTS4] - Sims 4 Mods
-===Blogger/Blogspot===
-*[https://teckhaven.blogspot.com TeckHaven] - Deus Ex extraction guides
-===YouTube===
-*[https://www.youtube.com/@CRIMINALELEMENTS CriminalElements] - Memes and dumb stuff
-*[https://www.youtube.com/@teckhaven TeckHaven] - Deus Ex extraction findings
-*[https://www.youtube.com/@JADELUNE JadeLune] - Official music releases
-===Instagram===
-*[https://www.instagram.com/criminal.elements Criminal.Elements] - Art
-===Bluesky===
-*[https://bsky.app/profile/criminalelements.bsky.social CriminalElements] - Art
-===X/Twitter===
-*[https://x.com/systemrift SystemRift] - Art, general