Research in the Name of Om
Mar. 12th, 2007 01:22 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tealinWe sang 'Be Not Afraid' this morning at church, which served to remind me that I meant to do some visual development on Small Gods after finishing work. After a couple of amusing hours on Google Image Search I've decided to go with a mix of Moroccan and ancient Persian architecture for the Citadel of Om with decorative elements from Babylonia and Assyria.
Visual Aides!
The Citadel of Bam (and a dome)
Persia and Morocco
Assyria and Babylonia
Turkey and stuff
I also found the Oriental Institute's website which is extremely cool if not particularly useful. Apart from the cool Indiana Jones-era photos, check out that image on the front page: is that not Johnny Depp? My sister pointed out the obvious but unbelievable truth: Mr Depp (or should we call him Ivanni Diepuvic?) is a VAMPIRE. It all makes sense. His mysterious and nearly universal allure to women. His almost imperceptible aging. His stature – people were shorter in the middle ages. His habitual inaccessibility. Perhaps his 'tan' is just a sort of sunblock. This dark secret must not remain buried!
Oh yeah, and here's technically Yesterday's Sketchbook even though I drew most of it today. Heh. more examples of Bad Habits Resurrected: Angua has Running Into Bottom of Page Syndrome (RIBoPS). Seriously, this is a first-year-of-college problem. How quickly we regress. I was kind of proud of this design (aside from her lower half) but now I'm not too sure; she looks too young or something. Oh, and there's a Viking mascot for my dad ... it needs improving but I'm waiting for feedback before I do anything. Page Two: I watched The Tower of London today and found some interesting faces, including a man with the most amazingly sculpted beard, another man with an unusually pointy nose, a man with unusual lips, and some girls who were pretty in a 1960s kind of way.
Visual Aides!
The Citadel of Bam (and a dome)
Persia and Morocco
Assyria and Babylonia
Turkey and stuff
I also found the Oriental Institute's website which is extremely cool if not particularly useful. Apart from the cool Indiana Jones-era photos, check out that image on the front page: is that not Johnny Depp? My sister pointed out the obvious but unbelievable truth: Mr Depp (or should we call him Ivanni Diepuvic?) is a VAMPIRE. It all makes sense. His mysterious and nearly universal allure to women. His almost imperceptible aging. His stature – people were shorter in the middle ages. His habitual inaccessibility. Perhaps his 'tan' is just a sort of sunblock. This dark secret must not remain buried!
Oh yeah, and here's technically Yesterday's Sketchbook even though I drew most of it today. Heh. more examples of Bad Habits Resurrected: Angua has Running Into Bottom of Page Syndrome (RIBoPS). Seriously, this is a first-year-of-college problem. How quickly we regress. I was kind of proud of this design (aside from her lower half) but now I'm not too sure; she looks too young or something. Oh, and there's a Viking mascot for my dad ... it needs improving but I'm waiting for feedback before I do anything. Page Two: I watched The Tower of London today and found some interesting faces, including a man with the most amazingly sculpted beard, another man with an unusually pointy nose, a man with unusual lips, and some girls who were pretty in a 1960s kind of way.
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Date: 2007-03-16 02:49 pm (UTC)