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THE MOMENT YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR: AN EMBROIDERY UPDATE POST THAT I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE MADE AGES AGO! (THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I GET PUT IN CHARGE OF THINGS, PEOPLE.)
JUDGING FROM THE RESPONSES TO THE FIRST POST, IT SEEMS WE HAVE A FAIR BIT OF TENTATIVE PARTICIPATORS, WHICH IS EXCELLENT TO SAY THE LEAST. AS TO THE PLOTLINE COMPOSITION OF OUR GRAND TAPESTRY, THE IDEA THAT SEEMS TO WORK THE BEST IS STARBUCK'S SUGGESTION THAT WE EACH MAKE A PANEL THAT SUMS UP AN EPISODE, SO THE FINISHED PANELS CAN THEN BE PUT TOGETHER TO RECREATE THE FULL SHOW NARRATIVE.
SO, QUICK! CLAIM AN EPISODE! CLAIM MORE THAN ONE IF YOU FEEL UP TO MAKING MULTIPLE PANELS, BUT PLEASE DON'T HOG AN EPISODE UNLESS YOU ACTUALLY INTEND TO EMBROIDER IT. ALSO I ANTICIPATE THAT SOME PEOPLE MIGHT WANT TO DO THE SAME EPISODE, IN WHICH CASE... SETTLE IT LIKE TRUE CAPSLOCKERS.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND START THINGS OFF BY SAYING THAT I'D LIKE TO DO 2.09, AND AM PREPARED TO DUKE IT OUT WITH ANY CHALLENGERS.
AS YOU START MULLING OVER WHICH EPISODE YOU'D LIKE TO DO AND HOW TO LAY OUT YOUR SCENE, THEN, HERE ARE SOME THINGS TO PONDER:
- SOMEONE ASKED ABOUT WHAT SIZE EACH PANEL SHOULD BE. THIS IS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION BECAUSE, I WILL BE HONEST, I'M NOT REALLY SURE MYSELF -- RIGHT NOW I'M THINKING THAT THEY SHOULD BE SHEET-OF-PAPER SIZED? 8.5" X 11"? BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY COMPELLING ARGUMENTS FOR WHY THEY SHOULD BE BIGGER/SMALLER PLEASE DO SHARE.
- ONCE YOU'VE PICKED AN EPISODE, YOU CAN DECIDE TO DEVOTE YOUR ENTIRE PANEL TO ONE SINGLE SCENE FROM THAT EPISODE, OR YOU CAN MAKE IT MORE OF A MASH-UP TABLEAUX INCORPORATING SEVERAL SCENES/PLOT LINES/SETTINGS/ETC. THAT IS TO SAY -- YOUR PANEL SHOULD AT LEAST BE SOMETHING RECOGNIZABLE FROM THE EPISODE, BUT DON'T FRET ABOUT TRYING TO INCLUDE EVERY SINGLE LAST DETAIL FROM THE EP SO THAT SOMEBODY COULD CONCEIVABLY JUST LOOK AT YOUR EMBROIDERY AND GAIN THE SAME AMOUNT OF STORYTELLING AS IF THEY WERE WATCHING A 44 MINUTES TELEVISION PROGRAM. IT'S OKAY TO CULL THE BITS YOU LIKE AND FLING THE REST TO THE GUTTER.
- ALSO KEEP IN MIND THAT PRETTY MUCH ALL PLOT POINTS/SHIPS/ETC. ARE RATHER FUNGIBLE AND OPEN TO REINTERPRETATION. AGAIN, IT WOULD BE NICE IF YOU KEPT IT SOMEWHAT RECOGNIZABLE TO THE EPISODE AT HAND, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO STICK WHOLESALE TO THE BBC PRESS RELEASE VERSION OF SHOW HISTORY. EXAMPLE: I FOR ONE AM PLANNING ON BASING MINE ON THIS AWESOME ROBIN HOOD WIKI SUMMARY OF LARDNER'S RING, BECAUSE CLEARLY WHOEVER WROTE THAT IS AN EPIC GENIUS WHO HAS AN UNPARALLELED GRASP ON THE TRUE STRENGTHS OF THE SHOW. BASICALLY: SHOW AS MUCH RESPECT FOR CANON AS THE WRITERS THEMSELVES DO (KEEP WHAT IS CONVENIENT AND CRAP ON THE REST).
- ETA: WHOOPS, I COMPLETELY FORGOT TO MENTION THIS, BUT -- SINCE WE'RE BASICALLY JUST DOING ONE GIANT RIP-OFF OF THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY, YOU MIGHT CONSIDER WORKING A TOP AND BOTTOM BORDER INTO YOUR LAYOUT AS WELL. IT'S A GREAT WAY TO INCORPORATE EXTRA DETAILS AND STORYTELLING THAT MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE FIT INTO YOUR PANEL (FOR EXAMPLE, I THINK I AM PLANNING ON DOING ONE BORDER AS THE EXPLOITS OF THE ONE LEGGED MAN AND THE OTHER BORDER AS A PATTERN OF LLAMAS AND WOODCOCKS).
- ACTUAL EMBROIDERING TECHNIQUES AND TOOLS AND SUCH... HM. I THINK I MIGHT SAVE THIS FOR THE NEXT POST. BUT AS A PREVIEW, IF YOU NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT WHAT SORTS OF THINGS YOU WILL NEED: EMBROIDERY THREAD, OBVS, AND SOME BASE FABRIC. FOR MATTERS OF AUTHENTICITY I GUESS WE'D PROBABLY BE LOOKING AT WOOL THREADS ON LINEN. I'LL PROBABLY BE CHEAP AND JUST USE STUFF I ALREADY HAVE AROUND THE HOUSE (SOME LINEN AND GOBS OF EMBROIDERY FLOSS), SO I GUESS IT IS UP TO YOU HOW COMMITTED YOU ARE TO TRUE HISTORICITY (IN OTHER WORDS, YOU WILL NOT BE SHUNNED IF YOU DECIDE TO USE COTTON). THEN YOU'LL ALSO NEED SOME EMBROIDERY NEEDLES, A HOOP, UMMM... POSSIBLY A THIMBLE, I GUESS... OKAY, CRAP, AS YOU CAN SEE I REALLY DO NOT HAVE MY RESEARCH READY ON THIS FRONT WHICH IS WHY I WAS JUST GOING TO POST ABOUT IT LATER WHEN MAYBE I CAN BE ACTUALLY INFORMATIVE. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT MATERIALS RIGHT NOW, THOUGH, GO AHEAD AND ASK AND THEN I'LL TRY TO WORK THOSE CONCERNS INTO A MORE COMPREHENSIVE POST.
SO. IN SUMMARY (SORRY THESE EMBROIDERY POSTS GET SO LONG, ARGH): AT THE MOMENT, PRETTY MUCH ALL YOU NEED TO BE DOING IS CLAIMING AN EPISODE AND THEN PLANNING OUT HOW YOU WANT TO ADAPT SAID EPISODE TO YOUR PANEL. FEEL FREE TO USE THE COMMENTS TO ASK QUESTIONS/BOUNCE IDEAS OFF OTHERS/SHARE SKETCHES/ASK FOR OR OFFER RESOURCES (HAECVIR WAS KIND ENOUGH TO SHARE SOME SUPREMELY USEFUL RESOURCES ALREADY)/ETC. ETC.
TO KEEP THINGS SEMI-ORGANIZED, HERE'S AN EPISODE CLAIMS LIST:
1.01: PHADRIA
1.02: LAKEGIRL
1.03: OPEN
1.04: OPEN
1.05: LACK_OF_SPOON
1.06: OPEN
1.07: HAECVIR
1.08: AN_LAGAT_GLAS
1.09: OPEN
1.10: OPEN
1.11: OPEN
1.12: HULAMOTH
1.13: RAILISE
2.01: THYMELADY
2.02: OPEN
2.03: BRON_V
2.04: OPEN
2.05: ACEOFHADEON
2.06: SNOWYSTINGRAY
2.07: OPEN
2.08: OPEN
2.09: SNOWYSTINGRAY
2.10: UNSENTIMENTALF
2.11: OPEN
2.12: OPEN
2.13: HULAMOTH
3.01: SPAMJOE
3.02: HAZULAR
3.03: OPEN
3.04: LACK_OF_SPOON
3.05: LADYLOVELACE
3.06: LADYLOVELACE
3.07: OPEN
3.08: APPLEBEING
3.09: EYRIAL
3.10: VIORICA8957
3.11: STARBUCK_A_DALE
3.12: STARBUCK_A_DALE
3.13: mattyroh07
ALSO, IF THOSE OF YOU WHO AREN'T PARTICIPATING ARE ALREADY GETTING SICK OF SEEING MASSIVE EMBROIDERY POSTS EVERY SO OFTEN, I WOULD BE UP FOR STARTING A NEW COMM FOR THE PROJECT IF PEOPLE WOULD RATHER DO THAT.
JUDGING FROM THE RESPONSES TO THE FIRST POST, IT SEEMS WE HAVE A FAIR BIT OF TENTATIVE PARTICIPATORS, WHICH IS EXCELLENT TO SAY THE LEAST. AS TO THE PLOTLINE COMPOSITION OF OUR GRAND TAPESTRY, THE IDEA THAT SEEMS TO WORK THE BEST IS STARBUCK'S SUGGESTION THAT WE EACH MAKE A PANEL THAT SUMS UP AN EPISODE, SO THE FINISHED PANELS CAN THEN BE PUT TOGETHER TO RECREATE THE FULL SHOW NARRATIVE.
SO, QUICK! CLAIM AN EPISODE! CLAIM MORE THAN ONE IF YOU FEEL UP TO MAKING MULTIPLE PANELS, BUT PLEASE DON'T HOG AN EPISODE UNLESS YOU ACTUALLY INTEND TO EMBROIDER IT. ALSO I ANTICIPATE THAT SOME PEOPLE MIGHT WANT TO DO THE SAME EPISODE, IN WHICH CASE... SETTLE IT LIKE TRUE CAPSLOCKERS.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND START THINGS OFF BY SAYING THAT I'D LIKE TO DO 2.09, AND AM PREPARED TO DUKE IT OUT WITH ANY CHALLENGERS.
AS YOU START MULLING OVER WHICH EPISODE YOU'D LIKE TO DO AND HOW TO LAY OUT YOUR SCENE, THEN, HERE ARE SOME THINGS TO PONDER:
- SOMEONE ASKED ABOUT WHAT SIZE EACH PANEL SHOULD BE. THIS IS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION BECAUSE, I WILL BE HONEST, I'M NOT REALLY SURE MYSELF -- RIGHT NOW I'M THINKING THAT THEY SHOULD BE SHEET-OF-PAPER SIZED? 8.5" X 11"? BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY COMPELLING ARGUMENTS FOR WHY THEY SHOULD BE BIGGER/SMALLER PLEASE DO SHARE.
- ONCE YOU'VE PICKED AN EPISODE, YOU CAN DECIDE TO DEVOTE YOUR ENTIRE PANEL TO ONE SINGLE SCENE FROM THAT EPISODE, OR YOU CAN MAKE IT MORE OF A MASH-UP TABLEAUX INCORPORATING SEVERAL SCENES/PLOT LINES/SETTINGS/ETC. THAT IS TO SAY -- YOUR PANEL SHOULD AT LEAST BE SOMETHING RECOGNIZABLE FROM THE EPISODE, BUT DON'T FRET ABOUT TRYING TO INCLUDE EVERY SINGLE LAST DETAIL FROM THE EP SO THAT SOMEBODY COULD CONCEIVABLY JUST LOOK AT YOUR EMBROIDERY AND GAIN THE SAME AMOUNT OF STORYTELLING AS IF THEY WERE WATCHING A 44 MINUTES TELEVISION PROGRAM. IT'S OKAY TO CULL THE BITS YOU LIKE AND FLING THE REST TO THE GUTTER.
- ALSO KEEP IN MIND THAT PRETTY MUCH ALL PLOT POINTS/SHIPS/ETC. ARE RATHER FUNGIBLE AND OPEN TO REINTERPRETATION. AGAIN, IT WOULD BE NICE IF YOU KEPT IT SOMEWHAT RECOGNIZABLE TO THE EPISODE AT HAND, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO STICK WHOLESALE TO THE BBC PRESS RELEASE VERSION OF SHOW HISTORY. EXAMPLE: I FOR ONE AM PLANNING ON BASING MINE ON THIS AWESOME ROBIN HOOD WIKI SUMMARY OF LARDNER'S RING, BECAUSE CLEARLY WHOEVER WROTE THAT IS AN EPIC GENIUS WHO HAS AN UNPARALLELED GRASP ON THE TRUE STRENGTHS OF THE SHOW. BASICALLY: SHOW AS MUCH RESPECT FOR CANON AS THE WRITERS THEMSELVES DO (KEEP WHAT IS CONVENIENT AND CRAP ON THE REST).
- ETA: WHOOPS, I COMPLETELY FORGOT TO MENTION THIS, BUT -- SINCE WE'RE BASICALLY JUST DOING ONE GIANT RIP-OFF OF THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY, YOU MIGHT CONSIDER WORKING A TOP AND BOTTOM BORDER INTO YOUR LAYOUT AS WELL. IT'S A GREAT WAY TO INCORPORATE EXTRA DETAILS AND STORYTELLING THAT MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE FIT INTO YOUR PANEL (FOR EXAMPLE, I THINK I AM PLANNING ON DOING ONE BORDER AS THE EXPLOITS OF THE ONE LEGGED MAN AND THE OTHER BORDER AS A PATTERN OF LLAMAS AND WOODCOCKS).
- ACTUAL EMBROIDERING TECHNIQUES AND TOOLS AND SUCH... HM. I THINK I MIGHT SAVE THIS FOR THE NEXT POST. BUT AS A PREVIEW, IF YOU NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT WHAT SORTS OF THINGS YOU WILL NEED: EMBROIDERY THREAD, OBVS, AND SOME BASE FABRIC. FOR MATTERS OF AUTHENTICITY I GUESS WE'D PROBABLY BE LOOKING AT WOOL THREADS ON LINEN. I'LL PROBABLY BE CHEAP AND JUST USE STUFF I ALREADY HAVE AROUND THE HOUSE (SOME LINEN AND GOBS OF EMBROIDERY FLOSS), SO I GUESS IT IS UP TO YOU HOW COMMITTED YOU ARE TO TRUE HISTORICITY (IN OTHER WORDS, YOU WILL NOT BE SHUNNED IF YOU DECIDE TO USE COTTON). THEN YOU'LL ALSO NEED SOME EMBROIDERY NEEDLES, A HOOP, UMMM... POSSIBLY A THIMBLE, I GUESS... OKAY, CRAP, AS YOU CAN SEE I REALLY DO NOT HAVE MY RESEARCH READY ON THIS FRONT WHICH IS WHY I WAS JUST GOING TO POST ABOUT IT LATER WHEN MAYBE I CAN BE ACTUALLY INFORMATIVE. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT MATERIALS RIGHT NOW, THOUGH, GO AHEAD AND ASK AND THEN I'LL TRY TO WORK THOSE CONCERNS INTO A MORE COMPREHENSIVE POST.
SO. IN SUMMARY (SORRY THESE EMBROIDERY POSTS GET SO LONG, ARGH): AT THE MOMENT, PRETTY MUCH ALL YOU NEED TO BE DOING IS CLAIMING AN EPISODE AND THEN PLANNING OUT HOW YOU WANT TO ADAPT SAID EPISODE TO YOUR PANEL. FEEL FREE TO USE THE COMMENTS TO ASK QUESTIONS/BOUNCE IDEAS OFF OTHERS/SHARE SKETCHES/ASK FOR OR OFFER RESOURCES (HAECVIR WAS KIND ENOUGH TO SHARE SOME SUPREMELY USEFUL RESOURCES ALREADY)/ETC. ETC.
TO KEEP THINGS SEMI-ORGANIZED, HERE'S AN EPISODE CLAIMS LIST:
1.01: PHADRIA
1.02: LAKEGIRL
1.03: OPEN
1.04: OPEN
1.05: LACK_OF_SPOON
1.06: OPEN
1.07: HAECVIR
1.08: AN_LAGAT_GLAS
1.09: OPEN
1.10: OPEN
1.11: OPEN
1.12: HULAMOTH
1.13: RAILISE
2.01: THYMELADY
2.02: OPEN
2.03: BRON_V
2.04: OPEN
2.05: ACEOFHADEON
2.06: SNOWYSTINGRAY
2.07: OPEN
2.08: OPEN
2.09: SNOWYSTINGRAY
2.10: UNSENTIMENTALF
2.11: OPEN
2.12: OPEN
2.13: HULAMOTH
3.01: SPAMJOE
3.02: HAZULAR
3.03: OPEN
3.04: LACK_OF_SPOON
3.05: LADYLOVELACE
3.06: LADYLOVELACE
3.07: OPEN
3.08: APPLEBEING
3.09: EYRIAL
3.10: VIORICA8957
3.11: STARBUCK_A_DALE
3.12: STARBUCK_A_DALE
3.13: mattyroh07
ALSO, IF THOSE OF YOU WHO AREN'T PARTICIPATING ARE ALREADY GETTING SICK OF SEEING MASSIVE EMBROIDERY POSTS EVERY SO OFTEN, I WOULD BE UP FOR STARTING A NEW COMM FOR THE PROJECT IF PEOPLE WOULD RATHER DO THAT.