#kanza

[revive-turtle-island-now]

Online Free Resources to study native languages during the COVID19 pandemic

https://www.omniglot.com/index.htm - a website for many languages and their basic info, and here’s their page about the Cherokee Syllabary: https://www.omniglot.com/writing/cherokee.htm

A tasty recipe for Cherokee Bean Bread from PBS: https://www.pbs.org/food/native-america/discover-traditional-cherokee-bean-bread/

http://www.endangeredlanguages.com - has an interactive map of endangered, dormant and awakening languages around the globe.

BONUS FREE ONLINE PDFs:

https://rmc.library.cornell.edu/pdf/MoheganDictionary.pdf - a dictionary about the Mohegan Language, an awakening (mostly dormant) language in New York and New England.

https://ia801504.us.archive.org/0/items/kawdictionary/KawDictionary.pdf - A dictionary of the Kaw/Kanza language, a dormant (but awakening) language in Kansas.

https://ia801402.us.archive.org/12/items/seminolevocabulary/Seminole-Vocabulary.pdf - a dictionary of he Seminole/Miccosukee/Hitchiti language, spoken in Florida and southern Georgia.

If you want me to suggest more languages, chat to me what languages I should add more links to.

[sagathebeastman]

A forest. Peaceful as most are, almost reminds him of the Shrouds back at his home. But this was not the Shrouds and this was not his home. A world, what world? Who knows. However the Crystal sent him him for a reason, and he would be sure to fulfill that reason before returning home. It was his job to do so. As such, he traveled through the woods, enjoying the sights but perceptive of anything that would pop up

@wanderingknightofwinds

[milkeyhoney]

visual diary

[anonysquirrel]

So I’m trying to figure out Tumblr and also AO3 gifting? Standard disclaimer: I’m a costume designer, not an artist, but @deadcatwithaflamethrower‘s descriptions of Nizar and the embroidery on the Slytherin brothers’ vests were pretty inspiring. (So were the array of Hrithik Roshan face reference pics I dug up. :D) So in order to make an AO3 gift I need a hosted image, so, er, hi Tumblr? Think this might be my first actual post...

The main Hrithik Roshan reference pic I was using  for face bones and angling looked kind of haunted and enduring, which seemed appropriate for his backstory, but then I couldn’t just leave Nizar with traumaface, because omg no.  So I tried to shift the focus just enough... Endurance but unbowed, head high regardless, looking at something bright in the distance that the viewer can’t see... my art work isn’t good enough to actually get across what I was aiming for, but that was the goal anyway. ^_^;;

And then, being both a costume designer and a lit major, I had to work symbolism into the embroidery patterns. The four lobed pattern is what I got when I started working on interlaced circles that could, if I made the connections a liitle cleaner, all come from a single line. Or if connected a different way it could be chain mail, or leaf lobes, or eyes.

And then there was room for gemstone and/or pearl eyes that look a bit snakelike in the open lobes, and then I realized I could fill void space with lapping scales or leaves, and I’m riding the edge of doing a vector render of the pattern so I could shove it into a programmable embroidery machine... 

I’d like to try a closer shot of Nizar and Kanza’s conversation too, but hands are hard and that was mostly a body pose for costume rendering... but Kanza is so awesome she needs art too. :D 

(gulp) here goes?

[stormbrush]

Work! Work! work! :D #3dprint #helmet #kanza

[justthelittlescribbles]

Puppers~

[sagathebeastman]

Now where in the world had the Crystal sent him now? Kanza knew he was not on Hydaelyn any more, regardless of where he went, he still felt a connection. Wherever this place was, he did not feel the connection. He did feel a connection of sorts to the land, mainly due to his arcane skills. It was clear that in this land, this world, it had suffered many scars and calamities upon it. As he walked, he eventually stopped dead in his tracks.

“I suggest that if you are going to follow someone, you get better at it.” He rested a hand on his waist though kept looking ahead.

@ask-a-high-summoner

[sagathebeastman]

“Ah...more sandy areas, as if I have not tired of those. Well, let us see what you have in stored Hydaelyn.” Sparkles of glitter floated around Kanza’s body as he arrived in this world before coming to rest and fading on him. Numerous ideas ran through his mind before resting on one, sighing, and walking in a random direction. He was not sure to expect, figuring it’d be unwise to prepare for something, only for him to be worse position because of that.

@infinite-xerath