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The Road Goes Ever On embroidered by seejor.
“After 100ish hours of work, I’m so happy to say this beast is done!!
For the most part, I had an idea that I thought would be cool, drew it up, and transferred it to fabric (here’s the hoop pre-stitching). Prior to this piece, I’d only done florals – some from patterns I bought online (Namaste Embroidery) and some of my own design – so really I just wanted to see if I could embroider a dragon. I hadn’t been embroidering long but was feeling ballsy.
So that’s the pattern… as for color choices: the mountain, clouds, fog, and trees were entirely a product of I’d bought a bunch of floss I thought was pretty and kind of went together and figured why not give it a try. I love how the mountain came out. The gold for the text was my favorite gold I’d worked with in a sunflower piece (I have an entire floss organizer of just shades of yellow because of that piece, so the gold pieces pretty much just followed). Smaug’s colors and pose in general were inspired by an illustration of Smaug Tolkien did that I’ve always loved.
Process in general: I kind of made most of it up as I went along. I knew what effect I wanted in various sections and if I couldn’t figure out a way to make it look the way I wanted with stitches I knew, I’d go googling. The pile of gold Smaug is on is all seed stitch (I don’t know if it’s technically seed stitch, but that’s what I’m calling it) and literally caused me to set this piece down for two years.
- the implement I used to transfer the design was a Sakura Gelly Roll white pen. In a pinch, the gel ink can be removed (like when I edited out the two other mountains)
- I wore a reasonably high powered, rechargeable headlamp for a lot of this project in an attempt to have my stitches be as precise as possible. It ain’t pretty, but it worked pretty well!”
Este es oficialmente el anuncio más raro que me ha salido nunca en tumblr. Ojalar poderlo rebloguear para reírnos todas, pero se actualizó la timeline cuando estaba investigando si se podía denunciar por inapropiado.
La disonancia cognitiva de que apareciera justo después de un post de Buenos Presagios y antes de otro de Canción de Hielo y Fuego es real, amigas.
i love john brosio paintings bc theyll be an absolute gut punch that forces you to consider your own morality like two earthlings and they will also be Big Crab
Fanbinding: The Grinch Who Sold Christmas by @forineffablereasons
Anthony J. Crowley, a big-time attorney from London, is sent to small-town Tadfield to close a deal before Christmas that would sell out half of high street to a fancy developer and put him up for partner at his firm. The deal will run the local businesses out and change the landscape of the town forever, but that’s none of Crowley’s business; he’s just doing a job.
But as the town invites him to share in their lives, their hopes, and their holiday celebrations, and as the enigmatic Aziraphale invites him to share in something more, Crowley starts to wonder: if everything has its price, is he still willing to pay what this deal will cost?
Finally posting my other bind from the @renegadepublishing 2022 Exchange! This is "The Grinch Who Sold Christmas" a Good Omens Hallmark Christmas movie AU by darcylindbergh (@forineffablereasons). It was a gift for Lofe (@misanthropiczombie), and I had such a lovely time with it.
I had a lot of fun making this book! This is a three-piece bradel bind, with a spine done in arrestox and boards in ivory Italian cloth from Hollanders. I gave painting a full pattern onto the cloth to create the design (nervewracking on white cloth...), which is inspired by Aziraphale's Heaven's Gate tartan pattern from the show. Fore-edge is a gold alcohol ink sponged on. I had this chunky red and gold lace thread I wanted for the endbands for that touch of Crowley's colors. Since I was already painting in the drop caps for Royal Flush, I decided to paint these ones in as well!
I was very happy to be able to gift copies of this both to my giftee and the author! And I got to do my first Good Omens bind <3.
(via Inside the Globus INK: a mechanical navigation computer for Soviet spaceflight)
[Image description The scene from Parks and Recreation with Ron trying to slaughter a pig in a park with Ron replaced by Admiral Janeway and the park ranger replaced by the Romulan Captain. He says "You can't cross the neutral zone" and she says "Not to worry. I have a permit" second panel is the Romulan holding a piece of paper reading "I can do what I want. Janeway"]
Map of the world drawn by Europeans in 1515:
That european? Exactly, Albrecht Dürer.
Distaffs from Lithuania
Tape measure, late 1700s-early 1800s.
what happens when two dramatic bitches like Geralt and Aragorn visit the same tavern on the same night and there’s only one corner table for them to brood at in a solitary fashion, would they take turns or share a booth while simply refusing to acknowledge each other’s existence
https://www.livescience.com/ceramic-jar-hand-grenade-crusades
Mysterious ceramic jars may actually be 900-year-old Crusader hand grenades
In the new study, researchers analyzed chemical remains found within four sphero-conical containers that were uncovered at a site called Armenian Gardens in Jerusalem and date to between the 11th and 12th centuries. The team found that one container was likely used to hold oil, another two stored scented materials, such as perfume or medicine, while the final container was laced with traces of explosive materials — hinting that it was used as a handheld explosive device.
Mushroom Pins / Stick-On Wall Mushrooms
Mooody Arts on Etsy
I have never laughed so frigging hard at a bumpersticker
the sheer amount of artistic talent put into these panels to portray the right feeling on clark’s face is amazing
Tumblr Litmus Test
A test if you recognize this image based if you were on tumblr at the time
