I am so going to pay for this tomorrow but I DON'T CARE :D This is more productivity than I've managed (in one day) in months!


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Got tired of working on the border, so! This is one of the (several) main spacers that will separate bits of text in the Picture of Doom:

I think this part will be about an inch high on the final printed piece. (ETA: reloaded it smaller to give a better sense of that)


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Have not been talky, of late ( Read more... )

Because this amuses me.
(Also I'm still hoping bidding will go magically up and tithenai will have to write us a pome)

Footnotes to Stanza 11. The Padishah Begum's “warring brothers” here could technically be any of the four, since each one called himself emperor when their father fell ill; and each one, at some point, fought all the others. However, she ( Read more... )

Or as elsmi says, the Mario Brothers fireball-shooting stage.


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Haven't finalized the layer opacity and such here but this is basically how I decided to handle the water and reflections. Lots of staring at real Mughal art preceded this, of course ( Read more... )

Of a couple different sorts, in this place :)


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As we have seen already in the paintings of Jahangir and Shah Jahan's time, colours are applied in many thin coatings so as to impart the painting depth and an enamelling effect. The fake paintings sadly lack these qualities. To amend the defects of colour the painters have taken recourse to stippling...

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I have actually been drawing for the last few days, which is a bit of yay. And! I actually have something to show for it now, though it's Not Done Yet -- only the main building is done, here, and the bits o' foreground you see.

Image below is a thumbnail that links to a bigger pic :)


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(I'd consider any anecdotes to be part of the birthday present, so extra-invite them this time!)

The stones shown here are of unquestionable high birth, of course.  verified by astrologers and gemstone geneaologists both, and proven by the continued strength of the Padishah Begum and her lands.

However, I have heard of disturbing events of late -- ( Read more... )