Updated Verdurian street scene

Post by **zompist** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 10:00 pm

Old picture:

New picture:

dunomapuka · Post by **dunomapuka** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 2:56 am

Happy New Year!

This is lovely. I especially like the redo of the shop window on the left and the fortress in the back. (=Arcaln?)

What part of the city did you picture this being in?

Twpsyn Pentref · Post by **Twpsyn Pentref** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 4:14 am

I love the realistic reflections in the spilt water on the road.

Dewrad · Post by **Dewrad** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 8:41 am

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.

Iridium · Post by **Iridium** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 12:09 pm

Very neat representation. I wonder if the street is made from some sort of stucco or brick. The people look quite realistic. Overall very nice.

Post by **zompist** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 1:59 pm

boy #12 wrote:What part of the city did you picture this being in?

The castle in the back is indeed Arcaln, so this would be in the Nezi neighborhood which it overshadows.

GreenBowTie · Post by **GreenBowTie** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 2:00 pm

You should take a photo!

Jipí · Post by **Jipí** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 2:12 pm

What he said

It's a great difference to the original picture. Very nice.

/me wishes he could draw

Shm Jay · Post by **Shm Jay** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 4:20 pm

I notice no s?pas are worn. Is it not fashionable headgear in that part of the city?

Xeon · Post by **Xeon** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 4:27 pm

Very, very nice! Is there a chance we could see more pictures like this in the future?

alice · Post by **alice** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 9:39 am

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

Pthagnar · Post by **Pthagnar** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 2:53 pm

I never noticed that castle before...

Legros · Post by **Legros** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 3:23 pm

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!

Cro Magnon · Post by **Cro Magnon** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 8:33 pm

Looks great!

Mornche Geddick · Post by **Mornche Geddick** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 1:43 pm

The fellow in the blue shirt is better posed in the new picture - in the original he looked as though he was going to fall over backwards!

Post by **zompist** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 2:29 pm

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!

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...

Circeus · Post by **Circeus** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 3:46 pm

zompist wrote:
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!
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...

Well, the original picture is reminiscent of Herg?'s ligne claire, I think, but the new one definitely isn't.

doctrellor · Post by **doctrellor** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 9:33 pm

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?

hwhatting · Post by **hwhatting** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 8:39 am

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

Neek · Post by **Neek** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 2:51 pm

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.

Post by **zompist** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 3:46 pm

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.

Ancenande · Post by **Ancenande** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 9:52 pm

It's much better than the old one. I wish I could draw so nicely...

Vrugore · Post by **Vrugore** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 7:32 pm

yes, i think so...

Leo · Post by **Leo** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 9:28 pm

I like the stairs to the fountain, it breaks the geometry that so many peoples are endeared by. Is it tiles, or stones, that cover the streets?

Rory · Post by **Rory** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 7:36 am

Kinetiq wrote:Is it tiles, or stones, that cover the streets?

There's a difference?