From #Woodensday into #Feathersday…
Taus (mayuri), India, c.1885
wood, parchment, metal, feathers
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
“The name of this bowed instrument means peacock, the bird associated with Saraswati, the goddess of music. Popular at 19th century courts, it derives its form from the dilruba, an instrument combining features of other Indian stringed instruments like the sarangi and the sitar.”
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Daily Instrument — Taus
The taus or mayuri vina (literally called “peacock”) is an Indian bowed string instrument. The taus has a long neck with movable frets (similar to a sitar) and a body the shape of a peacock. It has 4 main strings and a varying amount of sympathetic strings. The instrument is decorated with peacock feathers to form the shape of a tail.
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what's one more? (bad decision)
Pairing: Macau/Tay (Kinnporsche the Series)
Chapters: 12 (completed)
Tags: Explicit, M/M, AU, FWB, Pining, Age Gap
Summary: Macau comes back from college abroad and nearly gives Tay a heart attack. He’s hot now, unfortunately for Tay. But Tay can resist the magnetic pull he feels to Macau… right?
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WELCOME TO TAUS' PAGE
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Hey everybody, back again with my art! I thought I'd come out with my designs for if some A.I.s had a robotic, more mobile form. I kinda wanna go through my thoughts about their designs, so here we go!
HAL 9000: I wanted him to be very human-like with a lot of his details resembling human muscles. No colors, and all monochrome except for his bright red accents. I imagine he was built to be more so function over form, so he's kind of simple compared to the other A.I.s. His outfit is very professional - suit, tie, and all. His cape being a reference to his memory banks, since I love that scene despite how sad it is.
AM: Now I also wanted him to be human but in a more spooky, skeletal way. Very hunched over, broken down, and needing repairs. He has a little monitor where his heart would be that says HATE. Also, I took away AM's leg privileges, so underneath his HATE cloak is just more confusing wiring. I also want to reference the HATE monolith, so his entire cloak is covered in the word, hate. If that doesn't scream AM, I'm not sure what does.
Edgar: Edgar basically has 2 different designs - The design of the movie, and the design of the poster. To combine them I made most of his body based on the one in the movie, like taking his monitor from the movie and putting some limbs on it. He also gets a devil headband and clip-on belt to reference his more common, movie poster design. Edgar also gets the comfiest wardrobe with a heart tee-shirt and jeans.
TAU: Now TAU gets a very odd body shape, mostly because I wanted him to match Aries, (The robot in the movie) but in a less threatening way? Also floating limbs, because I said so. TAU actually has quite a few colors, despite advertising just using red, so he gets a gradient of red to green in his accents. I tried for the life of me to give him a wardrobe, and the closest I could get was a little, see through cloak. :(
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Inktober day 3: a Hunter on his path (and the goodest of boys)
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