Challenge accepted
The second scroll was a different kind of great fun. I was asked if I could find a way to include the Flying Spaghetti Monster in a scroll, which...yes. Yes, I could.
This was another Orden des Lindquistringes, for someone who is known for teaching rapier, and cooking breakfast. He's also a science-fiction writer in his Real Lifetm, which is why he was deemed the right person for the FSM Challenge.
The original request mentioned knotwork as the design element, but I thought Italian White Vine would lend itself much better. And I like the humanist hand. And my persona is Italian. So there we are.
To Pinterest! I'd literally just pinned a white vine manuscript that would work perfectly for the basic layout, so used that as my starting point.
De sphaera mundi
Italy, Naples, last quarter of 15th century
MS M.426 fol. 6r
I figured that the easiest place to put the FSM was in the initial, so that's where he landed. I also included a boar and a chicken (bacon and eggs, you see) and converted the handy round area on the right into a buckler. Maybe too subtle, but it worked. Inspiration art, for your reference:
The rest of the process went like this:
And we ended up here:
Orden des Lindquistringes
Ink and gouache on pergamenata
Awarded at Drachenwald's Crown Tournament, October 2019
Takeaways from this experience were 1) find my better pencils for the initial drawings, and 2) find a better way of outlining that's not so heavy. The original ink, while brown now, was probably black when first done, but I still prefer the lighter look that brown gives, with this style, since it doesn't overpower the artwork as much as true black does.
Overall, I'm pleased with this one, as well. It was a fun challenge, and my first time with this style. Will definitely do it again!
This was another Orden des Lindquistringes, for someone who is known for teaching rapier, and cooking breakfast. He's also a science-fiction writer in his Real Lifetm, which is why he was deemed the right person for the FSM Challenge.
The original request mentioned knotwork as the design element, but I thought Italian White Vine would lend itself much better. And I like the humanist hand. And my persona is Italian. So there we are.
To Pinterest! I'd literally just pinned a white vine manuscript that would work perfectly for the basic layout, so used that as my starting point.
De sphaera mundi
Italy, Naples, last quarter of 15th century
MS M.426 fol. 6r
I figured that the easiest place to put the FSM was in the initial, so that's where he landed. I also included a boar and a chicken (bacon and eggs, you see) and converted the handy round area on the right into a buckler. Maybe too subtle, but it worked. Inspiration art, for your reference:
The rest of the process went like this:
And we ended up here:
Ink and gouache on pergamenata
Awarded at Drachenwald's Crown Tournament, October 2019
Takeaways from this experience were 1) find my better pencils for the initial drawings, and 2) find a better way of outlining that's not so heavy. The original ink, while brown now, was probably black when first done, but I still prefer the lighter look that brown gives, with this style, since it doesn't overpower the artwork as much as true black does.
Overall, I'm pleased with this one, as well. It was a fun challenge, and my first time with this style. Will definitely do it again!
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