Creativity of the day

[Astraios]

So how was your trip?

[vampireshark]

So how was your trip? :D

Awesome; thanks for asking.

[Astraios]

It's so realistic. How long does it take to make a piece?

[vampireshark]

It's so realistic. How long does it take to make a piece?

Thanks. To answer your question... it depends, actually.

The thing is that a lot of things are already pre-made. This means that, when I want to make an actual used page, I only need to do the visa(s) up, change the numbers and locations on the stamps, arrange things aesthetically, and, voilà, completion. And even with making some of the different stamp pages, I have much of the template pre-done, so I just fill-in the appropriate colors, add the correct text and coat of arms, and the product is ready for stamping.

As an example, the most recent stamp redo, as shown below, took about 45 minutes to an hour to do:

Pearl Islands Passport Stamp

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A visa normally takes 2 to 5 hours for the blank and 10-30 minutes to make it out; a single stamp which normally suffices for both entry and exit needs 15 minutes to 2 hours, depending on the detail needed for it, and 10 min. tops to change around the details; from start to finish, I'd say about 4 to 7 hours for a stamp page (counting the coat-of-arms designs). Arrangement takes about an hour at most. So, with that, I'd say about 12 hours of work, tops. (Certainly doesn't feel like that, but that's also partly because I spread most of the work out over several sessions of varying lengths.)

Ultimately, though, it's an excellent stress reliever. And that's why I do it.

[Jerian]

Today, I added a word to my conlang, Zarian:

Andrihlenra: To commit genocide
and since verbs and nouns coincide in Zarian, the following word was automatically added:
Andrihlenar: genocide (noun)

[vampireshark]

Me bored. Creative block not fun. Reworking an old project (changing the size, lightening some things up, and updating the hologram).

As a random question, how would you cancel a visa like this? (i.e. Draw lines through it? Stamp it with a big red "cancelled"? Deface it in some other way?)

[Christopher Schröder]

I think I might perforate it with the Word "CANCELLED" in a noticeable Way, but not so noticeable that it can't be kept as a nice Souvenir of the Trip.

[makvas]

Made this:

http://xvedejas.deviantart.com/#/d59cnsa

[Torco]

Me bored. Creative block not fun. Reworking an old project (changing the size, lightening some things up, and updating the hologram).

As a random question, how would you cancel a visa like this? (i.e. Draw lines through it? Stamp it with a big red "cancelled"? Deface it in some other way?)

I'd rip it, but I'm violent like that.

[vampireshark]

I think I might perforate it with the Word "CANCELLED" in a noticeable Way, but not so noticeable that it can't be kept as a nice Souvenir of the Trip.

I'd rip it, but I'm violent like that.

Issue is, though, that tearing or hole-punching things in a passport is reserved for cancelling the entire passport rather than just something in it (for example, when I got my passport renewed, my old one was returned to me with holes punched through the first few pages). Now, granted, while I'm normally not opposed to such violence, things like that seem to be better suited for what one'd do to a physical card than a booklet. Also, there are several types of cancellation that would be warranted, whether it be a cancellation due to fraud, ineligibility, or the issue of a new visa (Telemor law prohibits having more than one valid visa at a time), but merely using the visa doesn't require it to be stamped as cancelled, so... dunno.

On another note, I'm still making that money. Literally. And I'm still trying to find appropriate photos...

Ilian Dénar notes. (USD 1 ≈ YJD 23.90)
The plan with these is to have a single photograph/motif for all the fronts, but with some differences between them... like the Brazilian real banknotes, if you know what I'm talking about.


Telemor 20 Franc (≈USD 33.60)


Telemor 100 Franc (≈USD 167.90)


Telemor 500 Franc (≈USD 839.30)

[finlay]

What kind of photo do you want?

[vampireshark]

What kind of photo do you want?

A three-quarters to full-face head shot is preferred, similar to what I've used on other notes (seen here and here). Against a solid, light-colored backdrop works best because it's a lot easier to cut unnecessary bits out and manipulate the result.

As for appearance, I do prefer there being collared shirt or jacket of some kind (for men, at the very least), but I'm not horribly picky.

If I remember, Finlay, I think you've contributed one before (of you at your graduation, I think?), and, if you still have said picture, that'd work nicely.

[finlay]

Ah, um, no... I had longer hair and a stupid beard. I don't really like photos of me from then.

[finlay]

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/drog200kztntflv/lZmC3hVzfp
If you'd like me to reshoot after shaving, with a different expression, wearing a waistcoat or a bow tie, wearing anything else in particular, looking less scruffy, etc etc let me know.

Sorry that my lighting is a bit uneven.

[vampireshark]

Hvala! Actually, I think one of these looks excellent. I'll fiddle around with them and see how it comes out. Do you have any preference for denomination?

[finlay]

Not really, just go with whichever colour fits the best.

[vampireshark]

The National Bank of the Telèmor Federation (Bancaro Națiunalor de Fedèrațio Telèmor) is pleased to announce the introduction of the new one hundred-franc note. (Not shown at its actual size, due to size constraints.)

(Very big thanks to finlay for his help.)

[Lyra]

Ideas for a blog...


~Lyra

[Click]

Lyra, does this mean we'll see a conworld made by you?

[Lyra]

Yes!
But it's still very incomplete, I shall post stuff here when I have some solid histories and languages done.

~Lyra

[Jipí]

Pretty scriptie looks like Tamil.

[Lyra]

Pretty scriptie looks like Tamil.

Thanks! Brahmic scripts as a whole were inspiration for it.
It will serve the same role in my conworld, being the base of many a script.

~Lyra

[hwhatting]

The National Bank of the Telèmor Federation (Bancaro Națiunalor de Fedèrațio Telèmor) is pleased to announce the introduction of the new one hundred-franc note. (Not shown at its actual size, due to size constraints.)

What kind of era is used in Telemor? If ours (CE), did they really already have business suits in the 10/11th century?

[Torco]

picture)

he looks quite dignified and angsty, rather like a politician struggling to keep his integrity... I don't think that bill is at all realistic.

also, pretty scriptie Lyra

[vampireshark]

The National Bank of the Telèmor Federation (Bancaro Națiunalor de Fedèrațio Telèmor) is pleased to announce the introduction of the new one hundred-franc note. (Not shown at its actual size, due to size constraints.)

What kind of era is used in Telemor? If ours (CE), did they really already have business suits in the 10/11th century?

My conworld uses something called the "Unified International Calendar" (UIC), which counts years from the formation of the first predecessor to the Telemor state. (Ilia uses the calendar as a way to reject the previous era-dating system; the Pearl Islands and the Epemale Republic adopted it out of convenience; Oshaharu and the Glaagh Empire do not use it, however, though the Oshaharu calendar is very similar to the UIC.) The current year is 1068 according to that calendar's reckoning.

he looks quite dignified and angsty, rather like a politician struggling to keep his integrity... I don't think that bill is at all realistic.

Good point (and he does look very politician-like), though the intention was that this person is not a politician. More a playwright of sorts.
And angsty expressions aren't that rare on banknotes (see: Austrian Schilling, lower-valued Belgian franc notes, Swiss franc notes (especially the 20), and a smattering of others), but they don't appear often, so...


Lyra: The picture is pretty... nice and off-the-wall, which I like. Looks a lot like a pencil sketch.