Creativity of the day

[the duke of nuke]

That's fantastic, Ceresz! Very atmospheric

[Viktor77]

I made this giant map of the travels of Pierre and Eloise, French exchange students in the US. It was for a class.

http://www.wayfaring.com/maps/show/70316

[vampireshark]

Ceresz: The landscape is gorgeous. Reminds me of an MTG card, actually. Still pretty.

On my end, I whipped these up in about an hour due to boredom:

Not numismatic, but philatelic instead.

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Still have a shitton of other open projects, but, with this being my first "free" weekend in a while, I needed a distraction from those.

[din]

Those stamps are very elegant.


I made a coin for my concountry (Miott). I've never tried coins before, so I had to try a lot of different effects before I got it to look like a coin. Not sure if I'll ever be able to recreate what I did

[Jipí]

Pentagonal coins?

[Torco]

I'd etch something on those coins' side... you know, the curved face that isn't the heads or tails. this is common and has a reason; stopping people from shaving them.

[din]

Torco: yes, there probably should be. It'd barely be visible from that viewpoint, though. Many low value coins don't even have that, though.

GP: if the UK can have heptagonal ones, Japan can have holes in them and the Dutch Antilles can have diamond ones with rounded corners, I can have pentagonal coins!

[vampireshark]

GP: if the UK can have heptagonal ones, Japan can have holes in them and the Dutch Antilles can have diamond ones with rounded corners, I can have pentagonal coins!

Hey, one country even has triangular coins:

Thus, Reuleaux pentagons will make more than adequate coinage. From an aesthetic point of view, that'd be suitable as the obverse of the coin, though you both would want something indicating value on the reverse; edges can get worn pretty easily, and edging like that is normally reserved for big/more valuable coins (see: GB£1 and £2, €2, CHF 5... granted, the Romanian 50 bani/half leu has edge lettering...). Still, though, I rather like edge lettering, and I do like the idea of that coinage. Me, I prefer Reuleaux heptagons, but that's just me.

In any event, related to money, I'm working slowly on the Ilian notes, though I still need to come up with an adequate motif for the obverse:

[din]

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GP: if the UK can have heptagonal ones, Japan can have holes in them and the Dutch Antilles can have diamond ones with rounded corners, I can have pentagonal coins!

Hey, one country even has triangular coins:

Thus, Reuleaux pentagons will make more than adequate coinage. From an aesthetic point of view, that'd be suitable as the obverse of the coin, though you both would want something indicating value on the reverse; edges can get worn pretty easily, and edging like that is normally reserved for big/more valuable coins (see: GB£1 and £2, €2, CHF 5... granted, the Romanian 50 bani/half leu has edge lettering...). Still, though, I rather like edge lettering, and I do like the idea of that coinage. Me, I prefer Reuleaux heptagons, but that's just me.

You're absolutely right. The reverse has not yet been designed. This design is going to be on all coins (I think I will be going for 1/2, 1 and 5, I don't like low value coins or unfounded prices and they make little sense when the currency doesn't have a terribly high value)

To be clear: that the dark area with the value is also part of the obverse, not the side (that's only represented by the darker edge along the bottom right.

I like the bank notes by the way. Don't be afraid to introduce another (complementary) color though, so they'll appear less flat. Even notes with a pretty uniform appearance, in terms of color, often reveal a lot more colors on closer inspection. Maybe you can incorporate something like that in whatever design you're going to put on the obverse.

[Bob Johnson]

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ia ia miott thagn

[Shm Jay]

How about Möbius coins?

[din]

Those would take up a lot of space in your wallet. Also pretty damn expensive to produce... I'd go for mobius banknotes instead.

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ia ia miott thagn

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[Bob Johnson]

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Now and then the less organized ululations would cease, and from what seemed a well-drilled chorus of hoarse voices would rise in singsong chant that hideous phrase or ritual:

"Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn."

[Nesescosac]

Those would take up a lot of space in your wallet. Also pretty damn expensive to produce... I'd go for mobius banknotes instead.

Well then, it seems to me the next logical step is Klein bottle coins.

[din]

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Now and then the less organized ululations would cease, and from what seemed a well-drilled chorus of hoarse voices would rise in singsong chant that hideous phrase or ritual:

"Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn."

GP's made that joke before (same thread, even )

For the record (again), it's /θa:n/

[Jipí]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/carbeck/ar ... 012/10/27/

Snow. In late October. This is really very early for round here. In parts of Thuringia there's even been 15 cm (6") of fresh snow last night according to the news, and cars crashed on motorways due to slippery roads. And even here in western Hesse our lawn and our neighbor's hedge (which you see in the photos) were covered with patches of snow this morning. What's remarkable is that just one week ago, we still had nice weather and it was ~20 °C (68 °F) during the day. It's 3 °C (37 °F) outside right now.

[Lyra]

Protagonist for a project I have in mind. This sketch is to determine the final for her clothing. She comes from a Mountain Forest community.

~Lyra

[ol bofosh]

Alahithian, being an auxlang for my conculture, has derived its words from various sources, its verbs from one which I am working on now. I still haven't done the phonology yet.

There are 213 verbs.
acey → acei
alahir → alhï
alashiw → alzhiu
alew → aleu
aliw → aliu
aper → abë
atalow → adlou
awir → awï
bacaw → bacau
bacey → bacei
bataw → bädu
bathefiw → badhviu
befaw → bevau
begiw → begiu
bekifir → begvï
beraw → berau
bishew → bizheu
bocabow → bocabou
bolakir → bolgï
boror → borö
bosir → bozï
bukay → bägi
buraw → bäru
cabaw → cäbu
coluy → colai
dafor → davö
dagaw → dägu
dekaw → degau
dekew → dëgu
dekir → degï
dekuraw → degrau
deraw → derau
dericew → dericeu
desir → dezï
desoy → dezoi
dhirur → dhirä
dhovay → dhovai
dokuy → dogai
doluy → dolai
dosoy → dözi
dothow → dödhu
duraw → däru
ecaw → ecau
ecey → ecei
eciw → eciu
efiw → eviu
ekaxew → egxeu
eketew → egdeu
ekey → ëgi
elefiw → elviu
elejey → eljei
erefay → elvai
erefiw → elviu
erefur → elvä
erisiw → elziu
eshiw → ezhiu
esiw → eziu
ethey → ëdhi
faduy → fädi
ferur → ferä
fethaw → fedhau
finaw → finau
finuy → finai
fiw → fiu
fiwiy → fiwï
fiy → fï
for → fö
fotay → fodai
fothur → fodhä
gaker → gagë
gakur → gagä
gakuraw → gagrau
gaxey → gaxei
gefilaw → gevlau
gegor → gegö
gelakur → gelgä
gerew → gëru
zafur → zavä
zedoy → zedoi
zhofir → zhovï
zhutew → zhadeu
zinofaw → zinvau

edit: reduced list size.

[Jipí]

pastebin.com

[ol bofosh]

Yeah, I like the spoiler option on the other board.

[Torco]

@Lyra: NAIS

[Lyra]

@Lyra: NAIS

Thanks!

Hopefully I'll get more content out soon

~Lyra

[Torco]

what's her tunic made of, btw?

oh, and, jussaying, if you live in a forest you really need clothing that's more protective of the elements than a loose-fitting tunic. she really seems dressed for winter in the grasslands or something. check out traditional quechua clothing: chals and hats, ponchos and all, and they live in a desert! its vaguely reminiscent of indoors tibetan clothing, i think, but she seems to be outdoors: bow and staff and all, so maybe a cloak or a poncho or something?

poor girl, look at her face, she's saying 'i'm cold, lyra! dress me! '

[Lyra]

what's her tunic made of, btw?

oh, and, jussaying, if you live in a forest you really need clothing that's more protective of the elements than a loose-fitting tunic. she really seems dressed for winter in the grasslands or something. check out traditional quechua clothing: chals and hats, ponchos and all, and they live in a desert! its vaguely reminiscent of indoors tibetan clothing, i think, but she seems to be outdoors: bow and staff and all, so maybe a cloak or a poncho or something?

poor girl, look at her face, she's saying 'i'm cold, lyra! dress me! '

The tunic is made out of a vegetable fiber, and, yes, very loose. I do have to look into clothing materials more. She does have a cloak and a hat, though, but they aren't in this picture because I forget and sometime it's too late dammit I'm gonna draw that right now!). But, yes, I see what you mean with the mountain clothing, but, you have mega mountains over there, these people live in a mountainous region with peaks that don't exceed 3000m, and her valley in particular is very sheltered from any cold winds. (what are those cold Antarctic winds called? do they have a name?)

And it's spring, btw (flowers!), and she's sad because of her predicament.

I'm going to make an ask tumblr of her adventure, so no spoilers yet.

~Lyra

[Torco]

oooh, I see... well, you should have said her people lived around moderately large HILLS from the beggining, then