Redajin

My art blog. My regular tumblr where I just post random shit will be here: http://cosmiccuttlebone.tumblr.com/ My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/redajin/

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I’m not use to the whole self promotion thing, but here’s some more designs from my shop: https://www.redbubble.com/people/redajin/shop

not that many people follow me. I need to get more active.

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I’m not use to the whole self promotion thing, but here’s some more designs from my shop: https://www.redbubble.com/people/redajin/shop

not that many people follow me. I need to get more active.

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Y'all like zombies? Feel like this pandemic doesn’t have enough of them? I just dusted off my Redbubble account and released my Dead Head collection:

https://bit.ly/DeadHeadCollection

With 7 different colors like Gory Red, Bloody White, and Sickly Green, you’re sure to find something that strikes your morbid fancy Please note that the masks are not suitable for medical use, and should only be worn for general public outings. If zombies are not your thing, I have a few other designs you might like so you might as well check them out.

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Y'all like zombies? Feel like this pandemic doesn’t have enough of them? I just dusted off my Redbubble account and released my Dead Head collection:

https://bit.ly/DeadHeadCollection

With 7 different colors like Gory Red, Bloody White, and Sickly Green, you’re sure to find something that strikes your morbid fancy Please note that the masks are not suitable for medical use, and should only be worn for general public outings. If zombies are not your thing, I have a few other designs you might like so you might as well check them out.

[redajin]

I’m not use to the whole self promotion thing, but here’s some more designs from my shop: https://www.redbubble.com/people/redajin/shop

not that many people follow me. I need to get more active.

[redajin]

Y'all like zombies? Feel like this pandemic doesn't have enough of them? I just dusted off my Redbubble account and released my Dead Head collection:

https://bit.ly/DeadHeadCollection

With 7 different colors like Gory Red, Bloody White, and Sickly Green, you're sure to find something that strikes your morbid fancy Please note that the masks are not suitable for medical use, and should only be worn for general public outings. If zombies are not your thing, I have a few other designs you might like so you might as well check them out.

[awesomlyautistic]

Anyone have any tips for writing fictional languages?

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Check out professional conlanger David Peterson. He has a YouTube channel where he talks all about the process of designing a language: https://youtube.com/channel/UCgJSf-fmdfUsSlcr7A92-aA

He also has a book called The Art of Language Invention: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TY3ZMVG

Jan Misali has a YouTube channel called Conlang Critic which is also quite useful: https://youtube.com/channel/UCJOh5FKisc0hUlEeWFBlD-w

He also has a Tumblr: @janmisali

Reddit has a couple conlanging communities you can lurk and interact in:

r/conlangs

r/conscripts

r/neography

If you want your language to sound natural, I suggest taking a look at different languages around the world. You don't have to learn them but reading up on their structure and history would be a big help. Know that no natural language is static. They evolve and grow just like living breathing creatures.

Also, study the IPA or "International Phonetic Alphabet." I can not stress this enough. Trust me, it will help you out a lot in the long run. It's a chart that shows the different sounds the human mouth can make and applies specific symbols to them. You don't have to memorize it but definitely learn how to navigate it.

For writing, think about the tools that would be used (pens, quills, brushes, paper, leaves, wood, etc.). That will have a huge impact on how the orthography will look. Mandarin looks the way it does because it's glyphs were pretty much painted with brushes. Many South Indian languages like Tamil looks the way they do because they were written on palm leaves and special care had to be taken to not tear the leaf. Even the serifs on English letters (the little finishing strokes) are there for a reason.

This will help your written script look natural and unified.

But ultimately and most importantly: design the language you want and can be happy with.

I hope this helps. I may come back later for additions and revision.

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In which an insomniac Seer of Void finally lies down to sleep and face his mortality, confront the terrors that haunt his dreams, and enable his ascension.

I, in fact, have know idea what I am doing. I just bang notes together until I find something that sounds sorta nice. Eventually I get tired of bashing notes and then I upload them to assault someone else's ears for awhile. That said, the first 4 phrases of this piece were gathering dust, so I decided to put them to use. Make them work for their stay, damn freeloaders! Honestly, if unfinished work could pay rent, I'd be a fucking millionaire.

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In which a Seer of Void must overcome his crippling fears and brave a risky spiritual voyage through the furthest ring in order to make contact and treat with lovecraftian cosmic horrors...

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Had the first two phrases sitting in my computer for a couple years. Because I am a piece of Homestuck trash, I decided to make it a fan song. 

Made completely in guitar pro 7 because I have no recording equipment, and I've only actually had a few months of guitar lessons years ago.

https://mega.nz/#!UUsn0ThL!fnxYpkKsBe0h6JFZRyZqQNyG6kWCKOb3K5e8fb-8ASw

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I made this instead of writing

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How dare you...

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The entity. It’s not evil, but it is completely alien to our own sense of morality. #entity #art #blackandwhite #illustrator #vector #geometric #geometry #eye

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So I had an interesting dream a couple of days ago.

It started out similar to Jean Grey's story from the X-men. A girl turns out to have phenomenal psychic powers. Eventually, it grows to a point where she could manipulate cosmic objects on a small scale.

Unfortunately, she starts to loose control of her powers, or rather it began to control her. A new personality began to overwrite hers. One that views itself as something of an angel. She began to call herself Seraph. Her appearance changed to something that of a golden burning fire in the shape of a fierce angel. Similar to this: https://img00.deviantart.net/f330/i/2004/12/5/d/burning_angel_of_death.jpg but brighter and more brilliently golden and without the skulls and face. Quite beautiful, actually. She really sold herself on the angel idea. She made it her mission to "unify humanity."

Now this is where it gets dark. Her idea of unifying humanity is to literally assimilate them together, body and mind. Like literally, literally. Think this: http://castlevania.wikia.com/wiki/Legion but engulfed in golden flames and the bodies more partially melded and fused. In fact, I actually ended up calling it Legion (actually I said that she was more like Legion then a seraph, never actually naming the burning ball of bodies, but for simplicity's sake I'll just refer to it as Legion and her as Seraph). When you are "unified," your mind is scattered throughout Legion with no hope for recovery. You, as an individual, are completely destroyed, lost forever. Only Legion exists.

So near the end of the dream I and one other surviving comrade were being chased by Seraph and her Legion. Eventually it was just me. I ended up defeating her by luring her into this giant machine that, when switched on, shattered her Legion into lifeless corpses and somehow separated her from her power turning her back into the girl she once was. No idea how it worked. It just did. Dream magic

Quite an interesting experience. If I had to describe it succinctly, it be "beautifully abhorrent."

Here's an interesting fact: The term Seraph or ( שָׂרָף pl. שְׂרָפִים ) means "burning one," from what I understand. Well, it's little more complicated then that but close enough.

Sweet dreams, yall!

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An eldritch angel. Update on a picture I uploaded a while ago. #art #drawing #sketch #pencil #notes #concept #character #writing #eldritch #angel #eldritchangel #wierd #lovecraftian #eldritchabomination

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A couple sketches of a couple eldritch abominations #art #drawing #sketch #sketchbook #pen #penandink #eldritch #eldritchabomination #lovecraftian #monsters #eyes

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#art #drawing #sketch #sketchbook #pencil #skull #ram #ramskull #tech #technology #nature #natural #biotech #nativeamerican #horns

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Old drawing #art #drawing #pen #penandink #blackandwhite #angel