Carpe Draconem

When an ancient historian loves fantasy novels and draws dragons

[yvettehunt]

This story comes from Hyginus' Fabulae. You can read it in its entirety here: http://www.theoi.com/Text/HyginusFabulae5.html#274 A great discussion regarding the historiography of this tale, and its reception, can be found as I state in Helen King's blog: https://mistakinghistories.wordpress.com/2017/10/18/agnodice-reading-the-story/

[yvettehunt]

After failing to successful spiral bind a photocopied book, I repurposed the backing card into Christmas gift cards (I will have to chop this up) by attacking it with some stamps, pens (gel, runny ink, sharpies), nail polish, and star confetti. The first photo is flat. The second is at an angle. It doesn't photograph particularly well.

[just-shower-thoughts]

Icarus’ wings should not have melted as the air actually gets cooler the higher you get, but the Greeks wouldn’t not have had any way of knowing that.

[yvettehunt]

I hadn't actually thought about this.

[yvettehunt]

I was rereading Jim Butcher's "Cold Days" and got the idea of drawing this sign stuck in my head.

[mediumaevum]

The Aberdeen Bestiary, One of the Great Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts, Now Digitized in High Resolution & Made Available Online

For thousands of years, ordinary people all over the world not only worked side-by-side with domestic animals on a daily basis, they also observed the wild fauna around them to learn how to navigate and survive nature.

Yay! Great news! I’ll spend hours going through this one

And look at the quality

[thesetupwizard]

Welcome to the world of tomorrow!

JD-

Me: So basically this is just like the gradebook you used to do by hand, but it’s all on a computer and you can change it anywhere at any time as long as you are connected to the internet.

Professor: I think I get it. And where do I put the overall marks once I’ve added them up?

Me: Oh you don’t have to add them up.

Professor: Yes yes I know of your calculators, I have one now-

Me: No you don’t even need a calculator. It just does it for you.

Professor: It… it does what for me?

Me: Basically, everything.

Professor: …………. I like you muggles.

[yvettehunt]

It's all good in theory.

[yvettehunt]

This was a drawn picture, digitally coloured, with the text of the London Pharmacopeia placed over the book.

[just-shower-thoughts]

Human beings are an invasive species native to Africa. They are responsible for the extinction of some native animals of other continents

[yvettehunt]

This is so true!

[yvettehunt]

Combining a drawing of a cat-like dragon with the stained glass rondel I created in an app.

[yvettehunt]

[solarpunk-aesthetic]

Just imagine a world full of beautiful stained glass windows which also generate electricity…

[Oxford Photovoltaics]

[yvettehunt]

I love stained glass and this is awesome.

[yvettehunt]

Turn your brightness up. Generated from a sketch manipulated digitally. I have a quite a number of variations

[bibliophilly]

Diane Biunno on Twitter

“#alchemical apparatus. 18th c Italian manuscript. Soon will be uploaded to OPenn. UPenn Ms. Codex 504 21r. #rarebo… https://t.co/O07k28xqYa”

[yvettehunt]

Most of my art is sketch based, but this is a purely digital design I created using the procreate app.

[yvettehunt]

Accidental evocation of a fire drake. Drawn sketch coloured digitally.

[yvettehunt]

[fiat-iustitia-et-pereat-mundus]

you (ugly lab coat, hurting feet, shit smelling lab, no wig): science

me (beautiful tailcoat, knighted, member of thousands of lodges and societies, perfumed, sexy shoes, wig): natural philosophy

[terpsikeraunos]

me (tunica and toga, observing volcanic activity, sunbathing, sailing on a rescue mission to my eventual doom, eheu): natural history

[yvettehunt]

Too funny not to reblog.