Celestial bodies and other pins
Added 2021-04-16 19:50:38 +0000 UTCIt’s been difficult to scrape out time for art last week, but I finally finished designing the next batch of pins. Celestial bodies plus nerdiness plus fandom moment. ^__^ Eärendil, as always, is inspired by the 1919 illustrations of the Edda edition I inherited from my grandmother. Too Germanic? Some of the stuff in that book seems like some rather uncomfortable foreshadowing of Nazi aesthetics, but I suppose that was how they rolled in 1919...
Arien, Tilion and Eärendil will be the larger size of around 38 mm; the other two will be smaller, maybe around 30 mm. Eärendil miiiight get some iridescent glitter, as pearly as possible. The other two celestials probably won’t.
The courage and Túrin ideas will take some more mulling over; I’ve come to realise that forcing a design doesn't work just to get it out there.
Some other cool stuff is happening in my shop; I spent several hours at the local printer's to go over the new prints and I’m really happy with them! We've made twenty regular-sized ones and seven large ones, so the Eorlingas can now be enjoyed at a proper size. The Valar stickers are back too; I'll upload them as soon as I get some pictures taken. And the dormice are on their way! I’m so excited to see them!
Comments
I think it's a very German kind of unease, yes!
Jenny Dolfen
2021-04-25 20:19:37 +0000 UTCYou know, I am Czech, we got occupied by the Nazis, but I don't see anything wrong. True, I am not familiar with the "Germanic" style you mention, but I wouldn't give a damn anyway. I am a Richard Wagner fan. Art and culture is not responsible for crimes, the people who did them are.
Jana Daneckova
2021-04-21 15:34:02 +0000 UTCArgh, it's a little late for that now - the design is already vectorised (I spent all day yesterday with the rep from Pinsource to get these ready to roll). So I'll leave him like this. I do hope that only Germans will have negative-ish associations with this... Also, nobody caught the quote! It has to be "Well, I'm back" of course, that's changed ;)
Jenny Dolfen
2021-04-21 09:46:23 +0000 UTCEärendil does give off slightly uncomfortable Germanic vibes to me (I don't think the 1919 Edda style "foreshadows" Nazi aesthetics, but rather that the Nazis happily took over those aesthetics - but from today, they nonetheless feel like a reminder). Perhaps the Odin-like posture contributes to it. He's beautiful, but perhaps a little more softness would help to remove the unfortunate association.
Lyra
2021-04-21 09:03:26 +0000 UTC
