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I’ve been … not around.

I apologize! Since we moved out of the East and into Artemisia (and then into the Outlands with the zip code shuffle which brought all of Colorado within Outlandish borders), we’ve had a hard time bringing ourselves to a) spend precious money on replacing Anny’s nibs, and b) it’s just been so easy to *not* start back up. I was dealing with a massive case of Impostor Syndrome, which left me sure it was pointless to continue updating this blog. Lastly, we’re really not used to having such a far-flung kingdom in which to play. I never imagined I’d make a quick weekend jaunt to NEW MEXICO for a weekend event, not once but *twice* in a month.

ANYWAY

We finally got our butts back in gear, and finished the baronial scrolls we were sitting on when we left, and they have been given out to the recipients (four years late but moving fast). We will likely be flexing those muscles some more in the near future. Certainly, I’ll have something I’ll need to work on for the Artisan Warrior Tournament at Battlemoor in August. Last year, I dusted off my paints and such and painted something which was frustrating in its distance from what I saw in my mind’s eye – however, the person who chose it is super chuffed with it.

In addition, I’ve been pretty busy completing The Lay of Nine Worlds, the Norse-themed tarot deck I’m building for Annys. 78 cards is a lot of art! I have the Major Arcana complete, and I’m working through the suits – Swords is finished, and Coins is four cards done – but it’s going to be a while yet before I’m close enough to launch the Kickstarter.

That said, the next few posts will be the scrolls which have never made it to the blog during the past four years. Please bear with me while I dig through the records and try to remember what I did. Also, bear with me for things like the most recent scroll, where I got so into the painting that I never stopped to document the individual steps and color changes. Dope.

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Lissa’s Harlequin scroll

Lissa's Harlequin scroll

Lissa is one of those people who one hopes to see in the SCA – interested in so many aspects of medieval life, and always trying new things. She’s become aces at fiber arts – spinning, weaving and knitting – not to mention illumination and cooking, all in addition to fencing. She recently won the baronial Arts and Sciences Championship with her fiber work. For her excellence in these artistic endeavors, Their Excellencies Bhakail made her a companion of the Harlequin, our baronial arts and sciences award, and Annys and I were given the commission for her scroll.

For her scroll, I wanted something distinctly Lissa.

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2009 Known World Academy of the Rapier/Known World Costuming Symposium website and swag art

KWAR/KWCS swag art

I built and co-maintained the website for KWAR/KWCS 2009, designing it to look as if it had been illuminated and painted. This was a pretty decent challenge, as I’m not a painter, and this was going on the web. The base images are ink drawings, digitally painted in Photoshop. Once we had the site laid out, I designed the image which would eventually grace the event swag (see above.) This was produced on-demand at Zazzle.com.

The real site is long gone, but here’s the sample site. Unfortunately, it looks like the “penguin cam” link is dead too, but I keep holding out hope.

EDIT: Wonder of wonders! The penguin cam is working again! Life is the tiniest bit better today because of it.

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King’s Champion book – cover art (2007-2008)

King's Champion book cover art

A joint project between JP and myself, this was a book intended to house the names and arms of the King’s Rapier Champions going forward from JP, who used up the last space in the lid of the old regalia box.

He did all of the bookmaking, I contributed the art for the cover. My part was produced using a combination of napkin scans and Adobe Illustrator.

JP’s biggest nit to pick with this project is that while my maker’s mark is on the shell guard of the cavalier’s dagger, he neglected to include his own anywhere in the book.