Favourite Visual Artist
Ilja S. Repin, John Collier, Thomas Cole, Pieter Breughel the Elder
Favourite Movies
among others, those directed by Roy Andersson, Stanley Kubrick, Emir Kusturica, Andrey Tarkovsky and Werner Herzog
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Actually, Last.fm claimes these are Amorphis, Jethro Tull, Savatage, Aria and Genesis.
Favourite Writers
Stanislaw Lem; Philip K. Dick; Strugatzky brothers
Tools of the Trade
Terragen, MS Photo Editor, recently GIMP