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dduane · 1 year
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I’ve got crabs on the brain at the moment -- because Tumblr -- but also for other reasons.
Over the last month or so I’ve started working with an AI-assisted image processing platform called Topaz Studio. It has some interesting tools that allow you to do things like sample images up -- making them bigger without losing image quality, and in some cases improving it -- or otherwise improve them by interpolating new pixel patterns to replace ones obscured by the moire patterning that often appears in scans of old printed material. Topaz can apparently also improve the quality of old video, though I haven’t really started getting to grips with that as yet. One thing at a time...
There’s some fertile ground for experimenting with image improvement in the tipped-in color images by H. J. Ford that come in the various Dover paperback editions of Andrew Lang’s [Color] Fairy Books*. Above is one that I’m kind of fond of. It comes from a story in the Orange Fairy Book called “The White Doe,” which is a translation of a story from Comtesse d’Aulnoy’s collection Les Contes des Fees. I took a preliminary run at it with Topaz, and sharpened and improved it significantly, even though I wasn’t terribly sure about what I was doing.
The unnervingly large crab** is actually a fairy called “the Fairy of the Fountain”, whose human shape is that of a dapper little old lady dressed in crimson and white, “with green ribbons in her hair”. However, the Fairy of the Fountain has a temper, and exhibits it quite openly when (in yet another manifestation of a familiar trope) she turns up in a snit at the royal christening to which she hasn’t been invited.
...The illo below suggests that fucking around with the Fairy of the Fountain can expose one to a seriously nontrivial quantity of Finding Out.
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...Anyway, if you start seeing a lot of H. J. Ford illos here in the days to come, don’t be surprised. (Unfortunately, though, they won’t have crabs in them...)
*BTW, as far as I can tell, all the [Color] Fairy Books are available for free download (or online reading) at Project Gutenberg. Check Andrew Lang’s author listing here.
**Some translations have her appearing as a lobster. Bearing in mind that this is a forest area, maybe what was meant was a crayfish. A question for another day...
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lepetitdragonvert · 2 years
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The Blue Poetry Book
edited by Andrew Lang
1912
Artist : H. J. Ford
« To Evening »
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weirdlookindog · 11 months
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Lancelot Speed - The Demon Lover
(The Blue Poetry Book, 1912)
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folklorique · 1 year
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Illustrations by Henry Justice Ford for Andrew Lang’s Violet Fairy Book (1906)
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enchantedbook · 2 years
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Illustration from 'The Blue Fairy Book' by H. J. Ford
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boardgametoday · 11 months
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Games Workshop Pre-Order Preview: Kill Team: Ashes of Faith, Horus Heresy, Made to Order Space Marines and more!
Games Workshop Pre-Order Preview: Kill Team: Ashes of Faith, Horus Heresy, Made to Order Space Marines and more! #KillTeam #HorusHeresy #Necromunda #WarhammerCommunity
While we wait for the release of Warhammer 40K 10th edition in June, Games Workshop has some releases to get you ready with Kill Team, some made to order Space Marines, and releases for Horus Heresy and Necromunda. Check out everything coming to pre-order next week. Kill Team: Ashes of Faith bridges the gap between the previous season of releases and the next. It falls to the clandestine…
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pricklenettle · 2 years
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What would you say is your biggest art influence?
H. J. Ford’s illustrations in Andrew Lang’s colored fairy books. I grew up darting for Andrew Lang’s shelf in our local library every time we visited. A lot of the time I’d flip through the books just to look at his gorgeous illustrations. The weird stories combined with Ford’s lovely art would hold my attention for hours and hours. Looking back you can see where I got my love of line art 😆 I really love all the details he put into his work. And of course, the crazy looking monsters.
Howls Moving Castle and Earthsea by Studio Ghibli also should be mentioned. Sophie was my hero, and I wanted to be a dragon so, so bad.
Those are probably my biggest foundations, but really I’m always finding new inspiration, and I’ constantly blown away by how other people art
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inkmimicry · 2 years
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intomusings · 4 months
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ೀ ﹒﹒  favorite   names   compilation    !
ur   fav   musings   girly   again   here   with   the   first   of   my   christmas   goodies   .   my   favorite   thing   to   do   is   these   name   compilations   so   i   decided   to   create   another   masterlist   of   my   absolute   favorite   ones   (   some   old   ,   mostly   new   )   anyways   all   i   ask   is   that   if   u   found   this   useful   ,   u   like   or   reblog   to   show   ur   support   .   i   hope   everyone   is   enjoying   the   holiday   season   ♡
- a : abella, ardella, ares, aire, arden, ayla, arie, alder, august, aymes, atlas, alina, alora, aryn.
- b : beau, babette, belle, blake, briar, bronte, banks, boston, bishop.
- c : cassiel, clara, celeste, camden, chandler, collins, clay, cartier, chanel, cosima.
- d : dove, dream, danica, delaney, drue, denver, dacey, delcy, darcy, dahlia.
- e : elodie, emory, emrys, elio, elowynne, emerson, evie, edie, estoria, esme, effy, evans.
- f : flora, faye, fallon, ford, forbes, finnick.
- g : gaia, geles, greer, gensen.
- h : hera, hudson, hampton, heath, harlowe.
- i : isla, inara, ilia.
- j : juniper, josefine, jane, jovie, joey.
- k : kiersten, kairo, kaia, kian, kouvr, keanu.
- l : lysander, lanie, lorena, lawson, lux, ludo, lourdes.
- m : marla, marigold, maren, maeve, marlowe, miller, monet.
- n : neah, north, nola, nell, noel, nariah, niamh, nami.
- o : ozzy, orion.
- p : presley, posy, pearl, porter, pacey, paxon.
- r : reed, ruelle, raya, romey, ryker, rhode, reign, rafe, rohan, raiden, remi, rion, rhiannon, reece, river, raine, rumer, reem, rhys.
- s : selah, soraya, sarifya, savion, sloane, sol, soren, scout, saint, striker, serafina, sabina, sutter.
- t : teal, twila, tristan, tobie, tripp, teague, tate.
- v : vienna, vega, vera, vincenzo.
- w : wren, winter, winona, winnie, wilder, weston.
- x : xaverie, xylah, xiomara, xander.
- y : yves, yara.
- z : zephyr.
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bonny-kookoo · 5 months
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Finish Line request!
I find the first meetings fascinating, so I'm sorry if I always ask for them... But if possible, first time nerdyJK and MC met, please!
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"I think this one looks angry." You speak up, making Jungkook snap his head up towards you.
He's- a little taken aback. You.. do not look like the type of girl to really go to a motor show on your own accord. And, considering how utterly pretty you are, you're probably here with your boyfriend- who must be a total idiot to leave you alone like that, if one was to ask Jungkook.
"Don't you think?" You look at him now, curious smile on your shimmering lips. "It's frowning." You giggle, and he can't find words for a second, before he moves a little to stand next to you, looking at the front of the currently displayed race car.
It's a Ford Fusion- one of the cars with some of the most wins in Nascar history up until now. And now that he looks at it..
"It uh.. it does." He mumbles, making you laugh. At him? Or with him?
"See! Told you." You beam, swaying back and forth on your high heeled shoes. Your skirt is short, nails a pale pink. There's a hello kitty charm on your bracelet. Your entire outfit seems to be matched by the theme of that little cat, in fact.
"I guess.." He says, scolding himself. This is why he's fucking single. He just can't talk to girls at all, not at his school, not now. He's about to graduate for fucks sake, and he's still a virgin.
"Do you know a lot about cars?" You wonder, and he shrugs.
"A little." He admits. He actually knows a lot. But he doesn't want to seem nerdy.
"Heh, I don't buy that." You grin at him with a suspicious gaze. "I don't know shit about them. I'm scared to drive, actually." You admit.
"H-how so?" He asks. Keep the conversation going Jungkook, you're doing great!
"My dad and I went camping like, five years ago I think?" You say, tilting your head a bit in thought, before you lift your skirt a little- not enough to show off anything scandalous, but enough to show a clear scar, faded, but very visible on your thigh. "He crashed that car 'cause he was drunk. One of the metal pipes went right-" You turn your body and leg- another scar on the other side of your thigh, "-through my leg." You explain.
"Oh.." Jungkook doesn't know what else to say.
"I'm terrified of it now. My friends and I went here by train because I still can't stand driving in a car." You laugh.
"M-maybe.. you could start with slow steps?" He wonders. "Like- just sit in one for a bit. No driving, just.. I don't know, read a book. To.. make yourself feel comfortable little by little." He explains, muscles trembling a little as he forces his voice to stay strong.
"Huh. That.. sounds actually really smart." You pout to yourself. "I think I'll do that." You chirp, and he smiles in return, making you open your mouth to say something, when a friend calls your name, catching up to you, and taking your attention away as you wave at him as you walk away.
And Jungkook brushes it off in disappointment, unaware that just a year later he'd meet you again, at a coffee shop he'd visit with his friends.
"Oh." His eyes widen as he recognizes your pretty face, hair a bit different now, but still fitting you well.
You seem to think for a second, and then you smile that million-dollar-smile at him again, ceramic braces almost invisible to him if he wasn't so focused on details all the time.
"Oh, it's you!" You beam at him happily.
"It's me." He chuckles, friends behind him both confused and a little impressed that he seems to know you. "I uh.."
"Do you wanna go on a date?" You ask him boldly, and his eyes are as wide as they go. "I mean- this is the second time I meet you. Gotta be a sign from upstairs- or downstairs, I don't really care." You joke, leaning forwards a bit.
"I mean- yeah? Yeah! Yeah let's uh.. I don't know?" He stutters a bit helplessly.
"Cool!" You giggle. "That's.." You mumble, writing something down on his receipt. "..my number. Just text me whatever- just no dick pics please, those are kinda cringe." You say, making him frown a bit to himself before he laughs.
"Don't worry, I won't." He promises, before he pays for his drinks, and leaves with his friends-
His first date with you not even a week later, marking the beginning of a love that will last forever.
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the-evil-clergyman · 1 year
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Calypso Takes Pity on Ulysses, from Andrew Lang's Tales of Troy and Greece by H. J. Ford (1910)
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tylerposey · 1 year
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IT’S FOLLOW FOREVER TIME
Well... it finally happened. I actually hit 100k followers. The cynical side of me presumes that at least two thirds of the people following me are bots but let’s just pretend that at least 100,000 of you think my blog is actually worth following shall we? Seriously though, I didn’t think I would ever reach 5k followers on this hellsite let alone this number. For that, I just wanted to thank each and every one of you for putting up with me all these years. You truly don’t understand how much I appreciate it. If I’ve forgotten anyone on my list I apologise, been here so long that I follow too many people lol.
You guys make my dashboard the best. I love you! — Dan 😇
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zephrunsimperium · 10 months
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Okay, I’ve been studying Ford’s handwriting for a bit now and I have some tips for anyone who might want to do the same.
His lowercases are really small
Everything he writes is very round. Look at his lowercase “b” in particular; I can only describe it as bubble-like
His lower flourishes in letters like q, y, p, g, and j are very reserved
All his punctuation is round and deliberate
The slant you normally see cursive is very very slight; don’t go crazy
Look for similar strokes and learn them well. Some examples are in uppercase C, E, G, L, O, and Q
In B and D, the line to the left crosses the right curves. In P and R, it does not
Don’t make the curls too small
Ford DEFINITELY uses a fountain pen; the pretty differences in stroke width are a hallmark of that. Looks like he uses brown ink in the journal and I happen to have a bottle of that, so that’ll be fun to experiment with. My favorite letters are L, G, and H, which are each one graceful stroke.
Go crazy, y’all!
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gogandmagog · 4 months
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The Allahakbarries was an amateur cricket team founded by author J. M. Barrie, and was active from 1890 to 1913. The team's name was a portmanteau of Barrie's name and the mistaken belief that 'Allah akbar' meant 'Heaven help us' in Arabic (rather than its true meaning: 'God is great'). Notable figures to have featured for the side included Rudyard Kipling, H. G. Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle, A. A. Milne, E. W. Hornung, Henry Justice Ford, A. E. W. Mason, Walter Raleigh, E. V. Lucas, Maurice Hewlett, Owen Seaman, George Cecil Ives, and George Llewelyn Davies, as well as the son of Alfred Tennyson.
Barrie's enthusiasm for the game eclipsed his talent for it; asked to describe his bowling, he replied that after delivering the ball he would go and sit on the turf at mid-off and wait for it to reach the other end which "it sometimes did". The team played for the love of the game, rather than the results it achieved, and Barrie was generous in his praise for his teammates and opposition alike. He praised one teammate's performance by observing that "You scored a good single in the first innings but were not so successful in the second" while he lauded the opposition's effort by pointing out how "You ran up a fine total of 14, and very nearly won". He instructed Bernard Partridge, an illustrator from Punch magazine who was afflicted with a lazy eye, to "Keep your eye on square leg" while bowling, and told square leg, "when Partridge is bowling, keep your eye on him." He forbade his team to practise on an opponent's ground before a match because "this can only give them confidence".
— Wikipedia
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nocnitsa · 11 months
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The Brown Fairy Book
Author: Andrew Lang
Illustrator: H. J. Ford
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