Augustine - Illumined Manuscript

Augustine for August. For some reason the makers of this Gospel of Luke decided Augustine would be a suitable image although he was a theologian not an Apostle.

It shows Agustine holding a codex not a scroll but he clearly has Roman costume and classical columns form the frame for the images of the Saint. 

Oddly Classical in its details despite being Post Classical. 

Dragon on a Signboard - Layout example

Dragon on a signboard

I am sharing this as an example of layout problems. This is no Kano masterpiece just a simple signboard at a Japanese temple. Note however the artist has fitted the composition to the shape of the board with the writing forming a frame.

Another Medley of Dragons.

Another Medley of Dragons in various media . 

Islamic Manuscript on Astrology / Astronomy 

Chinese Lacquer 

A Korean Vase Note how the dragon curves around the vase.

Finally a Studio Ghibli showing a fusion of western and eastern styles in this illustration of 2 characters from an anime film Spirited Away.

More Dragons

#dragons#illuminedmanuscripts

MORE DRAGONS

Lets start with the famous Hartley Dragon  which is also an example of text boxs frames and breaking the frame !

A Dragon Slayer showing a generous usage of ultramarine blue 

from a few centuries later the story of Vortigern and the Dragons!

 and finally back to the carolingian era 

enjoy both the crisp clear lettering and the image of the dragon standard and note how over the centuries as styles changed the ratio and layout of text to image also changes ? 

Dragons A Medley.

 #dragons #medley
Dragons A Medley

Dragons appear in and on a wide variety of media and in art from across Eurasia West to East.
The first image is a notice board at a Japanese temple. The Second one is a sculpture from Galicia in Northern Spain.

   

and also in Persian manuscripts

More next time! 

this months theme

AuGUST 2020

This months theme is dragons but Im still finishing off my search for images 

Be patient 

GIBBERISH

Is it wearable art or word play?

What do you think ?


You can view this design with different background colors and styles at

Https://www.redbubble.com/people/scholara

McDonaldtown Graffiti Two

More Graffiti from McDonaldtown.

An Color Edit Example

Color Editing Mosaics.

I'll like you to help with a comparision.

The first image just had one simple crop and tidy up of edges.

The Second I did color and tone edits on to try to be back to how I suspect the original mosaic looked before weathering and erosion etc .


Is there a difference or not?

Here's the first version.

and now the second with more edits!

What do you think?

Next time I'll be discussing the use of mosaic filters in Gimp and how I edited letter shapes to get forms that would work the best with that filter.

Oh and yes I did tweak both the reds and blues for this using the Color Tool to deepen shadows and strengthen highlights and mid tones I HOPE ???