Frank's Roman book came out today and - and he used one of my paintings for the back cover and 8 others inside. *bounces* We're going to talk about doing one about the Normans!
Thanks. The publisher is a tiny local one so I doubt that it will be very available. One of the pictures from it is here (http://i629.photobucket.com/albums/uu17/Straight_Grain/26barrackssmall.jpg) though.
Thanks bunches. Here's (http://i629.photobucket.com/albums/uu17/Straight_Grain/26barrackssmall.jpg) one of the pictures. The book is only available locally due to limited interest.
you, you illustrate real books? wheeee! history books? congrats! now keep lookignatthat book whenevery outhin kyour drawigns come out blah. because if that was true they woudln't end up inhardback books, right? right? ok. to give you soem more boost i keep returnign to m ysnipety scattered ideas for a kid's book (hello, if you had a nephew and niecel iek mine you'd getthat too. plus yo usuddenl ywant to buy wool and knit sweaters forthem...) adn and then i make up stoires aboutthis plushy nothing-shaped thing (sort of inthe style of the velveteen rabbit.) and then if ithin kof someoen who hsoudl draw the pictures i thin kof you. whci his utterly confusign because i never have seen oen of yoru pics let aloen will see one of your drawings ever. It's probably fro mgetting tot know you? from jsut knowign some bits of yoru character that make me think yo ucould do the type of cute kids drawings? ahem.
Thanks. I don't think it'll be on general release - just locally because it's just about the Roman presence in Abergavenny. I'm hoping I'll get to do a better job on the next one.
Thanks for commenting. If you're talking about the picture linked above, they are Roman auxiliary cavalrymen towards the end of the first century AD. The standards of clean shavenness in auxiliary units was lower than for the legions, and especially for frontliners as they would have been here at that time. The picture isn't original though - it's 'after' Angus MacBride and if anyone gets the details right he does! I love his work - his death is a huge loss to the historical illustration pool.
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Date: 2009-08-19 11:38 pm (UTC)WOW !!!
That's not a "limited squee", that's a HUGE ATTABOY!!!
Can we see it? Is the book available to general people?
Can I have your autograph!?!
*squeeing for the far-too-modest Essayel*
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Date: 2009-08-20 12:37 am (UTC)"Congratulations!"
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Date: 2009-08-26 03:02 am (UTC)You're very talented.
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Date: 2009-08-20 12:02 pm (UTC)ok. to give you soem more boost i keep returnign to m ysnipety scattered ideas for a kid's book (hello, if you had a nephew and niecel iek mine you'd getthat too. plus yo usuddenl ywant to buy wool and knit sweaters forthem...) adn and then i make up stoires aboutthis plushy nothing-shaped thing (sort of inthe style of the velveteen rabbit.) and then if ithin kof someoen who hsoudl draw the pictures i thin kof you. whci his utterly confusign because i never have seen oen of yoru pics let aloen will see one of your drawings ever. It's probably fro mgetting tot know you? from jsut knowign some bits of yoru character that make me think yo ucould do the type of cute kids drawings? ahem.
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Date: 2009-08-20 08:56 pm (UTC)I loved the Velveteen Rabbit - wept buckets!!
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