Research in the Name of Om

We 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.

Re-Employment

I start work again tomorrow.

I hadn't planned to resume so quickly but this is really the perfect opportunity: I'll be doing rotations and similar design grudge work, which I can do really fast, won't burn me out, and will give me enough spare time to do stuff that would take me a whole day in an unstructured, unemployed environment. I might even learn a few things about drawing big muscley men, robots, and monsters. On top of that, it's only for a few weeks, so if ~something~ comes up in the meantime, I'll be flexible enough to deal with it.

Further proof of things turning out for the best in the best of all possible worlds.