[ANSTHRLD] {TH}orkell {o,}lf_ss - another device attempt

[Joshua Brandl]

Ok... enlarged the charge... 



and thank you for the blazon syntax fix

Blazon:
Gyronny arrondi sable and argent, a mullet of eight points pierced counterchanged



Emblazon:

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll227/aednial/Gyronnyarrondi.gif


> Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:49:12 -0500
> From: tmcd at panix.com
> To: heralds at lists.ansteorra.org
> Subject: Re: [ANSTHRLD] {TH}orkell {o,}lf_ss - another device attempt
> 
> (My mailer was garbling some characters in the Subject line; I had to
> replace them.)
> 
> On Wed, 25 Aug 2010, Joshua Brandl <norfildur at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > ok.. i think I've got one that will pass...
> 
> That phrase can be as damning as "Hold my beer and watch this"
> or "I'd like to register my tattoo".
> 
> > Blazon Attempt:
> > Sable and Argent  gyronny arrondi, a mullet of 8 points pierced counterchanged ?
> >
> > Link to the emblazon :
> > http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll227/aednial/final.gif
> 
> For a division of the field, the division is listed first, and then
> the tinctures in its pieces.  The SCA does not capitalize words in the
> blazon except
> - the tinture Or
> - The first word
> - "Fieldless" and "Tinctureless"
> - proper names, like "Bowen knot"
> We rarely use digits.
> 
> "Gyronny arrondi sable and argent, a mullet of eight points pierced
> counterchanged".
> 
> Charges generally should be drawn Big, Bold, and Butch to fill the
> space available.  A mullet alone on the field would stretch much
> nearer the edges -- perhaps double the diameter and therefore 4 times
> the area.
> 
> As you get more into heraldry, you might want to read the Rules for
> Submission.  <http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/rfs.html> Not exactly an
> exciting read, and they may not all sink in at once -- I know they
> didn't when I read them.  But some things will sink in, and it gives
> an idea of where to find rules.
> 
> RfS VIII has the armorial style and composition rules.
> 
>      3.  Armorial Identifiability - Elements must be used in a design
>      so as to preserve their individual identifiability.
> 
>      Identifiable elements may be rendered unidentifiable by
>      significant reduction in size, marginal contrast, excessive
>      counterchanging, voiding, or fimbriation, or by being obscured by
>      other elements of the design. ...
> 
>      4.   Obtrusive Modernity  - Armory may not use obtrusively modern
>      designs.
> 
>      "Modern" is defined as anything outside the period of the
>      Society. ...
> 
>      d.  Modern Style - Generally modern style in the depiction of
>      individual elements or the total design may not be registered.
> 
>      Artistic techniques and styles developed after 1600 should not be
>      used in Society armory.  Charges may not be used to create
>      abstract or op-art designs, or be patterned after comic book art,
>      fantasy art, pointillism etc.
> 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op_Art>
> "Op art, also known as optical art, is a style[1] of visual art that
> makes use of optical illusions.
> 
> "'Optical art is a method of painting concerning the interaction
> between illusion and picture plane, between understanding and
> seeing.'[2] Op art works are abstract, with many of the better known
> pieces made in only black and white. ..."
> 
> I would say that this proposal is op art as it is.  If the mullet were
> drawn the correct size, it would be more so.
> 
> One would have to check whether there have been any registrations of
> something as simple as a mullet counterchanged on a plain gyronny
> field.  A priori, I'd tend to expect it to be excessive
> counterchanging and op art too, but I've certainly been wrong often
> enough.
> 
> Danihel Lincolinum
> -- 
> Tim McDaniel, tmcd at panix.com
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