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briar, 1 month ago to history

"A Roman cavalry helmet unearthed as part of the most important Iron Age discoveries ever made in the UK has been replicated to show how it might have looked some 2,000 years ago."

https://www.dmu.ac.uk/about-dmu/news/2024/march/dmu-artisan-re-creates-roman-cavalry-helmet-for-iron-age-exhibition.aspx
#history #ancienthistory #romanhistory #ironage #ancientromans

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briar, 1 month ago to lotr

These styles of games are not an interest of mine, but I thought it would be nice to share this for the cozy game lovers out there. Enjoy relaxing the The Shire, folks!

https://youtu.be/hMuwzdLJ7Rg?feature=shared
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#lotr #lordoftherings #thehobbit #cozy #cozygame #fantasy

briar, 2 months ago to art

I decided to retry drawing an old commission I did for R.T. Cole (author of the Realm of Areon series) and I think I am improving!
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The commission was from years ago, so I am certainly not improving fast, but some is better than none.

The old drawing is on the left, and the new one is on the right.

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#art #artist #fantasy #fantasyart #fantasyartist

briar, 4 months ago to history

"Scottish Peasant Women" by James Ward(1769–1859)

This might sound strange, but this sort of art is a favorite of mine. Sure it might not be polished, but you get a rare chance at seeing the little details of how people lived in the past.

Look at how the one woman has a baby wrapped in her skirts, or how in the other, the skirts are arranged to keep them out of the water. Its little details like this that are often forgotten in media.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_Ward_-_Scottish_Peasant_Women_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
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#history #Scotland #Scottish

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briar, 9 months ago to writing

Free #WritingResource Wednesday!

Obsidian: A personal wiki downloaded program that is private. It also connects all your note relationships into an interactive graph, and has several plugins you can add (such as a fantasy calendar).

https://obsidian.md/
#writing #writers #writingtip