Raglan!

[aryanhwy]

Was wonderful and amazing and fantastic and deserves a post written when I have more mental effort to devote to it than I have now.

Suffice it to say, there are pictures. If anyone would like a higher res version, or would like me to remove one, just give me a holler.

About 5 minutes after I arrived on site on Friday I got conscripted to the scriptorium where I did the calligraphy for a number of scrolls for the event. They are here:


Illumination only


Calligraphy only










And I can also post pictures of the soul-sucking scroll from last week. It was partly remedied by lots of people commenting that "oh, early-period style! Ursula will love that, since her persona is early period!", which I didn't know when I picked the design. As I've noted earlier, the calligraphy is gorgeous, so I will give you the version which just shows that; if you click on it you'll get to see the horrible borders:

Comments

[draconisregena.livejournal.com]

Was my scroll given out so that its safe to post it?

[aryanhwy.livejournal.com]

It was (there's pics of it being received on FB, though you can't actually see the scroll), and it got absolutely rave reviews. People loved the plate!

[draconisregena.livejournal.com]

Can you point that picture out to me? I'd love to see it!

[aryanhwy.livejournal.com]

Here and the few pictures following.

[draconisregena.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[sharikkamur.livejournal.com]

Ooh! Ooh! Was that Antonio's ODS? If so, it was marvellous! He was delighted with it.

[shaunacarrick.livejournal.com]

Great pictures! Love the ones of the Queen on the parapet, and the person shouting from the tower by the flag!

Looks like it was a new Viceroy/Vicerine for Insulae Draconis?

Anyway, I don't think the borders on the one scroll you were worrying about look bad at all!

[aryanhwy.livejournal.com]

The man on the tower was Lord Robert of Canterbury, a most wonderful herald and generally spiffy man all around. You may have met him at Known World, I'm not sure; he's bend_gules's lord.

And yup, new V&V for Insula Draconis, and it's their last; the first Coronet tourney will be held in February, to be stewarded by edith_hedingham.

[wanderingpixie.livejournal.com]

Even looking for them, I can't identify any particular issues with the border =)

[aryanhwy.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

soul sucking scroll

[amykb.livejournal.com]

Calligraphy: Rock on--looks great
Side borders: Pretty damn good--those internal lines can be a bitch, but you did pretty well on them.
Top and bottom borders: they look fuzzy? Paint too watery/thin? Once way to fix the fuzzyness is go back through after it is dry with a black pen or thin brush and touch up your outlines--it is time consuming, but it will give you that crisp look. You can often see in manuscripts the difference in where they inked after and where they only inked before.

Re: soul sucking scroll

[aryanhwy.livejournal.com]

The bottom border looks particularly fuzzy (esp. at the right) 'cause that the one the smeared after the outlines been inked, and before they were filled in. You're right, I could probably have crisped it up by going over the outlines again, but I think that would probably have driven me over the edge! :)

[wortschmiedin.livejournal.com]

I am sorry, dear but I think It looks AWESOME