#castellar

[historyfiles]

Deciates: the Deciates were focussed on a oppidum which was known as Castellar, a location which was pinned down only due to the work of the French historian, Guy Barruol, who specialised in the ancient history of south-eastern Gaul and the Alps.

Kingdoms of the Ligures - Dexiates (Celto-Ligurians)

Coverage of the various historical cultures, rulers, and states of Europe

[silyabeeodess]

Hey, all! So, it's been about a year since I dropped the prologue/beta to my visual novel, "Something Familiar," on GameJolt. Unfortunately, I don't have much in the way of an update; however, I'm happy to host this raffle in celebration of its release.

The winner of the raffle will receive a one-character illustration from me. To enter, all you have to do is play the game and share this post either on Tumblr or DA with a screenshot of your favorite moment from your playthrough. Only one entry will be allowed per person. The raffle will end on June 10th, 2023 and I will announce the winner within the following day.

Below are the details to the prize:

Full-body, flat-color.

A plain or patterned background.

It can be an official character or an OC.

The request for the illustration must not contain offensive material and must be SFW.

References must be provided; however, written details are acceptable.

If the winner does not claim their prize within a week of the raffle's end, a new winner will be drawn from the entries.

If you haven't played the game yet, you can download it here. Best of luck to everyone!! :)

[uwmspeccoll]

Typography Tuesday

Mark Arman was an English type and printing enthusiast who late in life turned to collecting type, prints, and printing equipment, establishing his own Workshop Press at Thaxted, Essex. Before this, he had made a career in Customs and Excise. After his move to Thaxted in 1958, he was active in the restoration of several historic buildings in the town, for which he was awarded an MBE. In his retirement he took up pottery and fine printing, amassing an eclectic collection of historic typefaces. His Workshop Press produced many broadsides and several now-scarce books on type, type design, letterpress printing, and relief prints.

In 1990, Arman designed and printed this 29 x 45 cm specimen sheet of some of his historic typefaces for inclusion in his article “A Collection of Types” published in Matrix 10, Winter 1990, pp. 143-145. Of his collection, Arman writes:

Many nineteenth-century founders’ types, often in odd sizes, are included in my collection and had they not been rescued and stored they would have been melted down long ago. . . .

Mural . . . a particularly spindly face produced by the Caslon Foundry in the 1880s, was difficult to use attractively. It has so many peculiarities . . . .

Black Letter always has interesting possibilities, and Light English Text, still easily obtainable in Monotype, is no exception. . . .  and as the name implies, when setting is close with minimal spacing between lines, a pleasing effect is achieved. . . .

Then there are the ‘specials,’ Gill Floriated, Old Face Open, Imprint Shadow, Chisel, Fry’s Ornamented and an assorted collection of nineteenth-century initials. Quite charming specimen pages can be created with such material, particularly if they are embellished with suitable borders and type decorations. . . .

Union Pearl, has a fascinating history and is still produced from the original matrices. . . . I traced the ownership of the matrices from the time they were made for the Grover Foundry in 1690 to the present day.

Mark Arman died in 2007 at the age of 93.

Matrix was printed by John and Rosalind Randle at the Whittington Press in England, and is a donation from our friend Jerry Buff.

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[confounded-star]

Finishing old doodles~

[0ddevens]

New OC- Castellar the skeleton!

Here's one with jelly hair:

[undercrawl]

Another doodle of the boy

Castellar

[almostarts]

Eileen Gray, A Unique and Important Stool, 

From her home, Tempe à Pailla, Castellar, Designed circa 1932-1934,

Painted Mahogany, Painted Steel, Skaï with concentric stitched detail underside with later plaque monogrammed with artist's initials EG,

26 in. (66 cm.) high

Christie’s .

[under-nc]

[ Speedpaint ] Same day - UnderNc

Spoilers to the UNC comic. We’ll see this in... chapter 3 i think??