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The lyrics to "Louie Louie" in elvish.Related content
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Looks pretty cool, but either I'm reading this wrong or the rhyme is in the format of baby-talk?
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They're the official lyrics to the song... fractured English at best!
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Oh man @_@ I haven't seen Elvish script since high school, when I was obsessed XD I used to write out little scrolls, but just on regular printer paper 
Looks very cool. Again, wonders with the even spacing and no cross-outs or mistakes @_@ Did that simply come with much, much practice?
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Yep. Lots and lots of practice.
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How long have you been doing calligraphy?
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E-gad! Many, many years... over 30, I think.
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Oh, wow, that's incredible! I got a calligraphy set with ink cartridges and exchangeable nibs when I was twelve, and have bought replacement kits since then, but I haven't practiced steadily in the eight years since then. This book project is helping me, though! I still need a guiding paper to get the lines straight, but within the lines, each character is becoming more and more even, and each page is becoming consistent "font-size"-wise, too.
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Ahahah, that is so cool! I just got a great visual of a bunch of elves at a toga party or something.
The calligraphy and the design are gorgeous as well.
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this is waaaay too awesome!!! I might have to think of doing something like that for my portfolio
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Wow... it`s just fantastic! How did you make the ornaments ? I mean, what paint did you use.
Great work.
btw. It is translated into elvish (quenya? sindarin? ) or it`s transcription?
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It's a transliteration of the English into the Elvish script. I wish I COULD translate the lyrics into Sindarin!
The paint is gouche, and the leaves and letters are gold leaf.
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Okay, I got to know your gallery! Again, this is just fantastic! Did you use real gold on the illumination?
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Yes, it's real gold. It's not all that expensive, really, because the sheets are something like two molecules thick!
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It's not the price, but, as I know, it's not so easy to use it...did you do it as a relief on gesso-ground?
Btw: Thank you so much for the watch, relly appreciated! And merry Christmas to you!
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Merry Chistmass to you, too!
Yep, I did it over gesso that was painted with layers of tuscan red and size. A room with no drafts is absolutely essential!
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...essential and difficult to get, I guess. I never worked with real gold, but that's something I want to try...if I dare...and get the material!!!
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::Laughs:: Okay, so illuminated manuscripts are cool by default... but honestly. Loue loue in Elvish? Do they use it as a way rto ward off orcs?
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I think so... but with elves it's hard to tell.
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Well, Mythcon is in Berkeley again in 2007.
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Awesomeness! Someone else who writes elvish calligraphy! ^_^
The illumination and border are especially impressive.
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This is cool stuff. Reminds me of the old illuminations people used to do. I don't really know much about calligraphy and the like, so all I know for sure is that it looks really cool to me. But, its really hard for me to picture elves even singing that song, lol.
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