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Wistric's Golden Dolphinby ~Merwenna

Traditional Art / Typography / Calligraphy

This scroll took me a while to complete. I started it back at the end of February 2012, then it took a looong break through the spring and summer, and then I finished it up now at the very beginning of September.

I made the promissory for it too. It was in fingerpaint.

Anyways, this is based on the Hours of Louis of Orleans, c. 1490. A bunch of folios from it can be seen here:

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Unfortunately the one mine is based off of isn't on that site... I've only managed to find one terribly grainy picture of it. It's the folio of St. Tobias & the Fish, whichever one that is.

Anyways, instead of Tobias with a fish, we have a windy-kitty, because the recipient is from Windmasters' Hill and he reeeeally likes cats.

Done with gouache and sumi ink on pergamenata. The gold stuff is yellow ochre arylic with a layer of gold gouache on top to make look more opaque.

The calligraphy hand was really, really annoying, and still doesn't look right. It's like if a gothic hand and a rotunda hand got really drunk at Pennsic and made a calligraphy baby. Le sigh. It's a shame, cause it looks really nice on the source pictures. Hard for me to recreate though.

~Rosesarred Oct 29, 2012

This is so beautiful. Masterful job!

~Merwenna Oct 30, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Thank you!

~Saphireflame Sep 13, 2012

That is a very happy snail.

~Merwenna Sep 13, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

I believe the word you are looking for is "derp" XD

~LadyEilionora Sep 4, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

i love how you described the calligraphy. good work. it's nice to see it all colorfied

~Merwenna Sep 4, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

haha, thanks. I think the colors and funky style of the border are my favorite part.

~Merwenna Sep 2, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Hee, thanks

Yeah, the gold is actually much shinier in person... not mirror-reflective or smooth like it's been burnished, but that sort of grainier, light-scattering shiny. Bleh, hard to describe. ^_^

*WorldsEdge Sep 2, 2012 Professional Interface Designer

Hah! February through September is "a while to complete"? My pace is years between inception and completion. I wish I could see it in person to see how the gold actually looks. I'll give your gold-gouache-over-ochre-acrylic a try myself. Nifty keen all around.

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