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July BasilCockWatch
a year ago
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If I ever want to put together a coloring book, I could start at Book of Traceable Heraldic Art which has connections with the SCA. It has separate entries for basilisk and cockatrice even though there's a lot of heraldic overlap.
More heraldric info this month from Crests and Arms, an info site that wants you to buy reports on how your family may be related to royalty. Yeah right! My "real family crest" probably consists of a toad and a rubbish heap* behind a barn.
I keep thinking about swinging up to Portland because of Basilisk Fried Chicken--but to enjoy the food, or to act for the honor of many felled ancestors and cousins? That's the question. It's been named the best place in the state, so that must count for something. But KGW8's reporters could use a little more book-learning: "The restaurant, named after the chicken monster in Dungeons and Dragons..." I should send them some more background reading material.
Video of a painting done (on request) of a cockatrice:
The artist, RileoftheNile, has a few other nice short pieces in their gallery.
And a painting found on Etsy by AdriansAnomalies. The prices are listed in Indian rupees even though the seller is in South Dakota; I'm sure there's a good reason for that somewhere.
Manga with a (possibly mistranslated) title of Cockatrice Cartoon Cockatrice, just Cockatrice, or การ์ตูน Cockatrice ค็อกคาทริส in Thai. It might not technically be "manga" if it isn't from Japan? I don't know. It's by Masaya Nomoto, who I can't find references to aside from info about their short comic (it's only four books). It might not have much about cockatrices in the story but it has at least some artistic references (found here).
I think this is a Cockatrice model for Warhammer III on Steam but I don't know enough about the game to read through the translated page to find what it really is. Neat artwork, though: looks like he's hovering with a big banner attached to his back.
A collaborative single has dropped from Tokyo based duo Bearwear and "2.5 dimensional artist" Yuka Nagase. (What's a 2.5 dimensional artist? I've heard it used in video game context but this might be more like she's...like the Gorillaz?) You can read more about it here.
According to Spincoaster, the video seems to have been uploaded on YouTube right at the end of July:
You may have seen this if you were in Jacksonville, Florida, but it's too late otherwise: Enchantment Con was a one day event. If the site makes you register to read the article, don't worry about it (especially if you missed the con). The online ad is here and the reason it showed up in my searches is it featured this familiar basilisk from Chamber of Secrets.
That wraps it up for this month!
*or a dung heap
More heraldric info this month from Crests and Arms, an info site that wants you to buy reports on how your family may be related to royalty. Yeah right! My "real family crest" probably consists of a toad and a rubbish heap* behind a barn.
I keep thinking about swinging up to Portland because of Basilisk Fried Chicken--but to enjoy the food, or to act for the honor of many felled ancestors and cousins? That's the question. It's been named the best place in the state, so that must count for something. But KGW8's reporters could use a little more book-learning: "The restaurant, named after the chicken monster in Dungeons and Dragons..." I should send them some more background reading material.
Video of a painting done (on request) of a cockatrice:
The artist, RileoftheNile, has a few other nice short pieces in their gallery.
And a painting found on Etsy by AdriansAnomalies. The prices are listed in Indian rupees even though the seller is in South Dakota; I'm sure there's a good reason for that somewhere.
Manga with a (possibly mistranslated) title of Cockatrice Cartoon Cockatrice, just Cockatrice, or การ์ตูน Cockatrice ค็อกคาทริส in Thai. It might not technically be "manga" if it isn't from Japan? I don't know. It's by Masaya Nomoto, who I can't find references to aside from info about their short comic (it's only four books). It might not have much about cockatrices in the story but it has at least some artistic references (found here).
I think this is a Cockatrice model for Warhammer III on Steam but I don't know enough about the game to read through the translated page to find what it really is. Neat artwork, though: looks like he's hovering with a big banner attached to his back.
A collaborative single has dropped from Tokyo based duo Bearwear and "2.5 dimensional artist" Yuka Nagase. (What's a 2.5 dimensional artist? I've heard it used in video game context but this might be more like she's...like the Gorillaz?) You can read more about it here.
According to Spincoaster, the video seems to have been uploaded on YouTube right at the end of July:
You may have seen this if you were in Jacksonville, Florida, but it's too late otherwise: Enchantment Con was a one day event. If the site makes you register to read the article, don't worry about it (especially if you missed the con). The online ad is here and the reason it showed up in my searches is it featured this familiar basilisk from Chamber of Secrets.
That wraps it up for this month!
*or a dung heap
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~duroc
That fried chicken sandwich from that place in Portland looks pretty damn good.
