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Cats of Hallowed Hall Manscrpt by =ScriptorCarelus:iconScriptorCarelus:

Categories Traditional Art > Typography > Calligraphy

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I wanted to start putting my Cats of Hallowed Hall into Manuscript form. So here is the first 6 stanzas. Tell me what you think! Please

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=TEC-ThePenOfMerlin Apr 26, 2008, 5:58:27 PM
I have a bit of trouble reading some of this. Whether it's your fault or my computer screen's... I don't know. You might want to retype it in your artist's comments. :shrug: What I think I made out didn't always flow well and wasn't always of the best grammatical quality, etc. Despite that, your picture is very visually pleasing. Your drawings are excellent.

Please don't hate me for being mean... ^^;

Merlin

--
Remnants of the past here
pass like light through dust as memories,
for bleeding,
like pain.

'Stiff Kittens' by Blaqk Audio

How To Save A Life: [link]
:iconscriptorcarelus:
=ScriptorCarelus Apr 26, 2008, 8:10:49 PM
[link]

--
Qvo Vadis Domine? Ego eo Romam atque in cruce mortus esse!!!

Commission me, I dare you!!!!!!!

Coat of arms [link]
:iconhattivat:
~Hattivat Apr 27, 2008, 2:34:32 AM
"l" in "lazy is the day" is too similar to "s"
Most of the "k" are similar to "h" and thus may be hard to read for newbies.

The work as a whole is great, keep up the good work :)

--
"in my barbaric tongue/flowers are called flowers/and about air I say air/and stepping on the pavement bricks/with my heels I tap in/brick brick brick/and I say stone so softly/as if stone were velvet(...)and I love/my barbaric tongue/and say: I love"
:icondashinvaine:
*dashinvaine Apr 27, 2008, 9:00:29 AM
Lovely! I like that.
:iconpigcell:
~PigCell Apr 28, 2008, 6:27:54 AM
You should see some original texts from that time. You'll be surprised if you think that this is difficult to read.

As for the h and k: the final stroke on the h descends below the baseline and also curves back a bit. As most texts used to be in Latin, the k is quite rare, but I find this version quite nice.
The long s has a beginning leg on the left side which some people mistake for an f. It stems from earlier carolingian writing IIRC.

All in all it's quite legible and a nice piece of art.
:iconwaterdelph:
~waterdelph Apr 28, 2008, 4:21:13 PM
I think this is your best work yet. Wonderful tight lettering, and stunning gouache colours. :sun:
:iconscriptorcarelus:
=ScriptorCarelus Apr 28, 2008, 8:10:57 PM
thanks :D

--
Qvo Vadis Domine? Ego eo Romam atque in cruce mortus esse!!!

Commission me, I dare you!!!!!!!

Coat of arms [link]
:iconhattivat:
~Hattivat Apr 29, 2008, 3:05:34 PM
You should have seen my profile, believe me, I've seen enough texts from that time, much more difficult ones ;)
I know how those letter look like and why, but scriptorcarelus made some little mistakes. I just pointed them so he can avoid them in future.

It's not only a nice piece, it's a really good piece (much better than mine ones), but it doesn't mean it can't be better ;)

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"in my barbaric tongue/flowers are called flowers/and about air I say air/and stepping on the pavement bricks/with my heels I tap in/brick brick brick/and I say stone so softly/as if stone were velvet(...)and I love/my barbaric tongue/and say: I love"
:iconseekhim:
*SeekHim Apr 29, 2008, 5:57:23 PM
Now this is really gorgous! If I had just picked it up somewhere I'd
think that it was written back in the Middle Ages. I really hope you publish
your stuff someday.
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