Monday, December 22, 2008
Dante's chart of hell
please note that the image in book is not straight on the right side
this is entire image availble
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Unrelated to Voir
Hey Carlos! one of the benefits of this blog is that you can share videos
here is one i don't think you've seen of your family while you were away...
here is one i don't think you've seen of your family while you were away...
Jerboa
ok, so i will create a jerboa image
i am going to make a jerboa doll ok? (like my peruvian mummy inspired animal dolls)
i know this seems like a lot of work, but it will give a better result and with drawing it could take me just as long to get it right
Freeport pictures
Hi Carlos, these pictures are aweseomely at 300 dpi! i have cropped out signature
this is the freeport mine
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Bling
Rappelle toi des noirs américains qui sortent du ghetto. Des grosses tresses d’or, des énormes bagues, tout en or brillant, très m'as-tu-vu. pg 16
Pictures are above
I can get better dpi from scanned books if these sorts of images suit you
i have included the silver money sign as it may have come from the silver mine legacy in ancient bolivia. I read this in the walrus magazine article," the mountain that eats men" http://walrusmagazine.com/articles/2009.01-travel-bolivia-mining-andrew-westoll-jason-rothe/3/
"Legend has it that the Inca knew about the riches lying beneath the Cerro. According to Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano, an Inca named Huayna Capaj led a team of treasure seekers to its summit long before the Spanish arrived. As they began to dig, though, a fearsome voice thundered from the heavens. “This is not for you,” it warned. “God is keeping these riches for those who come from afar.” The Incas fled, terrified, but not before dubbing the mountain Potojsi, Quechua for “to thunder, burst, explode.”
In 1545, during the early days of the conquest, the prophecy of the mountain came true. An unlucky Indian named Huallpa spent a shivering night on the Cerro, after passing the day in pursuit of an escaped llama. By the light of his campfire, he glimpsed a huge vein of pure silver glittering on the mountain’s surface. Word spread quickly, and, as Galeano puts it, “the Spanish avalanche was unleashed.”
The Spaniards opened the mine that same year. Within three decades, Potosí had grown more affluent than Paris or London, making it the New World’s first genuine boom town. The Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V, named Potosí an Imperial City, and upon its shield were inscribed the lines “I am rich Potosí, treasure of the world, king of the mountains, envy of kings.” Popular theory holds that the old mark of the Potosí mint (the letters ptsi superimposed on one another) was the precursor of the modern dollar sign.
Pictures are above
I can get better dpi from scanned books if these sorts of images suit you
i have included the silver money sign as it may have come from the silver mine legacy in ancient bolivia. I read this in the walrus magazine article," the mountain that eats men" http://walrusmagazine.com/articles/2009.01-travel-bolivia-mining-andrew-westoll-jason-rothe/3/
"Legend has it that the Inca knew about the riches lying beneath the Cerro. According to Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano, an Inca named Huayna Capaj led a team of treasure seekers to its summit long before the Spanish arrived. As they began to dig, though, a fearsome voice thundered from the heavens. “This is not for you,” it warned. “God is keeping these riches for those who come from afar.” The Incas fled, terrified, but not before dubbing the mountain Potojsi, Quechua for “to thunder, burst, explode.”
In 1545, during the early days of the conquest, the prophecy of the mountain came true. An unlucky Indian named Huallpa spent a shivering night on the Cerro, after passing the day in pursuit of an escaped llama. By the light of his campfire, he glimpsed a huge vein of pure silver glittering on the mountain’s surface. Word spread quickly, and, as Galeano puts it, “the Spanish avalanche was unleashed.”
The Spaniards opened the mine that same year. Within three decades, Potosí had grown more affluent than Paris or London, making it the New World’s first genuine boom town. The Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V, named Potosí an Imperial City, and upon its shield were inscribed the lines “I am rich Potosí, treasure of the world, king of the mountains, envy of kings.” Popular theory holds that the old mark of the Potosí mint (the letters ptsi superimposed on one another) was the precursor of the modern dollar sign.
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