Updated Verdurian street scene
Updated Verdurian street scene
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Parete re?n?- so řuk im so?n ret?n ?ayne esan ly? francric?.
That looks pretty- the castle in the background looks very French.
Hamal i etora- uthayuntha hamal i rou freŋeca.
That looks pretty- the castle in the background looks very French.
Hamal i etora- uthayuntha hamal i rou freŋeca.
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Talk about making a chap feel inadequate - what a way to start the year
Seriously, the new picture is a great improvement, and it has quite a lot more atmosphere. I wish I could draw anything like as well as that
Seriously, the new picture is a great improvement, and it has quite a lot more atmosphere. I wish I could draw anything like as well as that
Zompist's Markov generator wrote:it was labelled" orange marmalade," but that is unutterably hideous.
Very nice. I hadn't noticed all the differences, although I look at the new picture all the time: I use it as wallpaper on my office computer
I showed the picture to a friend. He told me that the style resembles Herg?'s Tintin drawings. I hadn't realized it before.
This picture has always been my favorite. Thank you for improving it!
I showed the picture to a friend. He told me that the style resembles Herg?'s Tintin drawings. I hadn't realized it before.
This picture has always been my favorite. Thank you for improving it!
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Thanks! I'm not sure I agree about Herg?, but I'll take it as a compliment. Perhaps it's an image from the never-issued Tintin en Verdurie, where Tintin must go after Dupond and Dupont who have disguised themselves as Cadhinorian emperors...Legros wrote:I showed the picture to a friend. He told me that the style resembles Herg?'s Tintin drawings. I hadn't realized it before.
This picture has always been my favorite. Thank you for improving it!
Well, the original picture is reminiscent of Herg?'s ligne claire, I think, but the new one definitely isn't.zompist wrote:Thanks! I'm not sure I agree about Herg?, but I'll take it as a compliment. Perhaps it's an image from the never-issued Tintin en Verdurie, where Tintin must go after Dupond and Dupont who have disguised themselves as Cadhinorian emperors...Legros wrote:I showed the picture to a friend. He told me that the style resembles Herg?'s Tintin drawings. I hadn't realized it before.
This picture has always been my favorite. Thank you for improving it!
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very nice Zomp, I like the new pic..
Maybe you can tweak the old one to make it more of an evening or twilight scene, since the new one definately looks like Mid-day
or even a differening season, like winter, or fall?
Maybe you can tweak the old one to make it more of an evening or twilight scene, since the new one definately looks like Mid-day
or even a differening season, like winter, or fall?
Nilikuonyesha nyota (mwezi) na uliangalia kidole tu.
I pointed out to you the stars (the moon) and all you saw was the tip of my finger.
I pointed out to you the stars (the moon) and all you saw was the tip of my finger.
This may be thread-hijacking...
On the picture I note that there are written (shop?) signs on some houses. I know that for a long time, people went by with symbols indicating the purpose of a place - i.e. the striped pole for a barber shop, etc. At some point, when a sufficient number of people became literate, written indications were added, which later replaced the symbols. Does anybody know when written shop signs became the usual thing on Earth (and when on Almea)? My gut feeling would be between the 16th and the early 19th century for Western and Central Europe, but if anybody has more details, I'd like to know.
Best regards,
Hans-Werner
On the picture I note that there are written (shop?) signs on some houses. I know that for a long time, people went by with symbols indicating the purpose of a place - i.e. the striped pole for a barber shop, etc. At some point, when a sufficient number of people became literate, written indications were added, which later replaced the symbols. Does anybody know when written shop signs became the usual thing on Earth (and when on Almea)? My gut feeling would be between the 16th and the early 19th century for Western and Central Europe, but if anybody has more details, I'd like to know.
Best regards,
Hans-Werner
That would be an interesting to find out. I've always been curious about Verdurian societal things, the nickpicks. When they write, what do they abbreviate? Do they have an etc., ktl. I'd think that signs may have been a commonplace article even before, since the written word would imply a mass populace of literacy and well, a symbol like a striped pole would be easier to see from afar than letters written. Or so I think.
Hey, it's no fun to develop an alphabet and not use it. Verduria would be at least as literate as ancient Rome, which had plenty of graffitti.
Pictures could be used as well-- note that the tavern in the foreground has a picture of a cup of beer.
I've always assumed that Old Verdurian, at least, was full of abbreviations. Medieval Latin was as well. You'd get even more in fields where obscurity is an advantage, like magic, alchemy, and medicine. But abbreviations are on the retreat since the invention of printing and the spelling reform.
Pictures could be used as well-- note that the tavern in the foreground has a picture of a cup of beer.
I've always assumed that Old Verdurian, at least, was full of abbreviations. Medieval Latin was as well. You'd get even more in fields where obscurity is an advantage, like magic, alchemy, and medicine. But abbreviations are on the retreat since the invention of printing and the spelling reform.
There's a difference?Kinetiq wrote:Is it tiles, or stones, that cover the streets?
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