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Prompt: A photo of a 22 year old Greek woman, she is standing by the water at the beach, she is wearing a golden bikini, she is wearing a black choker around her neck, she has short black hair, she has (((small breasts))),
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For the 30 day assignment ive chosen 30 lyricless songs to illustrate some sort of landscape or scene for based on its vibes. i mostly do figures so this will be a challenge. if i need a break i'll also do some prompts from the other list i made as well. yeehaw
Prompt: in the style of Norman Rockwell classic, a group of Westies cheering and celebrating Thanksgiving --ar 10:8 --v 5.1
Midjourney and Photoshop
So, for this layout I looked through all my photos from the last few weeks and picked out the "things" that best characterized our lives right now. Truthfully, we're in a season of our lives right now where everything is about our kids and family life: Girl Scouts, science projects, Valentine's Day boxes, dinner, blankies, etc.
This was a fun prompt. It would be fun to do monthly.
Credits:
Kaye Winiecki's Ordinarily Special kit (in the Feb, 2013 Digi Files)
Another typewriter font
Random staple and flair
Prompt for Day 22 for Picture Winter: "Centrepiece"
The assignment was to picture what's at the centre of our table and to "picture it in a way that says something about you and your beloved table".
What you always find on my table are my beloved black+blum Loop candle holders. I first saw them at the shop in the Desing Museum in London a few years ago and simply couldn't resist. I bought just the one simply because there wasn't room for more than one in my suitcase (that was when hand lugagge restrictions were still extremely strict). But I managed to mail order two more from an online shop soon after. So I've got three of them, two satin and and one chrome finish, holding 6 candles altogether and I love how you can combine and interlace them or use them individually.
Some time later I found the matching fruit bowl (at the moment filled with tasty oranges). The third thing you'll always find on my table, as everywhere else in my home, is a pile of books. Some photography books at the moment.
So what does this say about me? That beside all the old stuff I that I love so much, I also have a passion for (affordable) modern design. In fact, my secret dream career has always been that of a (furniture) designer, but I've never even considered pursuing that. And that I have to have books around me at all times, everywhere.
The black+blum objects are also quite fitting in another way, as the designers are an "Anglo-Swiss partnership". Well and here's me - an anglophile Swiss. So there you go. My life on my table :-).
Textures by Kim Klassen.
Highlight your name many times in the midst of your design.
I chose to use a lot of line design because I love it so much lately.
I also chose to draw some of the things that I like as well in there!!
Have fun, be creative, don't stress, just jump right in!!
The point, for me, was to cover every possible white space with pen.
Journal Prompt: Today I want you to come up with 3-5 simple, accomplishable goals for your journal. These goals are a great way to keep you motivated throughout this little adventure.
My goals are..
To journal every day
Make new friends
Try new ideas
Make Fall memories
Create something special
Use photographs
Blogged here... kittypinkstars-kitty-kittypinkstars.blogspot.com/2010/09/...
Prompt:
The image presents a stylized, patriotic design featuring two bald eagles and the American flag. Two eagle heads, one slightly larger than the other, are positioned centrally, their bodies merging into wings that spread out to form a heart shape. These wings are not feathered in the traditional sense but are depicted as being made of the American flag.
The stars and stripes of the flag are clearly visible, draped and folded to create the wing/heart shape. Two hands, seemingly of a darker complexion, emerge from the bottom, cradling the eagles and the flag-wings. The hands are positioned with palms facing upwards and fingers slightly curled inwards, suggesting a gesture of protection and care.
The image is set against a plain light gray or off-white background, which accentuates the colors and details of the central motif. The lighting is bright and highlights the textures of the eagles' heads and the fabric of the flag. The overall effect is a symbolic representation of American patriotism and the safeguarding of national values.
Prompt: explorer woman on the adventure motorbike with a White Westie Terrier in the sidecar --v 6.1
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3 TOP Fat Burning Breakfast Foods (add to your diet)
Three of my favorite foods to eat in the morning are…
Fat Burning Breakfast Food #3: Whole Eggs
Eggs contain lean protein, friendly fats, B vitamins like choline for your heart and brain—and naturally occurring antioxidants that benefit your eyes.
One study even found that, compared to those who eat bagels, people who eat two eggs for breakfast lose 65 percent more weight and have higher
energy levels.
TIP: I recommend 2-3 whole eggs over-easy cooked in real olive oil or with fat burning breakfast food #2…
Fat Burning Breakfast Food #2: Coconut Oil
The Journal of Nutrition published a study where they had researchers investigate all studies relative to medium chain fatty acids (MCFAs) that are abundant in coconut fat.
All the studies showed that diets rich in fats, such as those found in coconut oil, prompted a plethora of benefits including:
- Boost in metabolism - Increase in energy
- Decrease in food consumption - Reduced body weight and lower body fat mass
TIP: I add a tablespoon to my coffee at least 5 or 6 days of the week.
Fat Burning Breakfast Food #1: Kefir
Kefir is getting a ton of attention in the nutrition world these days because it’s like a MUCH healthier version of yogurt from the high amounts of probiotics.
A six ounce serving of milk kefir contains 6 grams of protein, along with a healthy dose of calcium, B12, B2 (Riboflavin), phosphorus, magnesium, and even a little bit of vitamin D.
Kefir has also been shown to improve digestion, aid in weight management and mental health, which makes it one of the healthiest breakfast foods you can consume (even though it’s technically a liquid).
TIP: I like using it in my protein shakes as a replacement for milk.
As you’ll notice, I didn’t recommend any higher carb foods for breakfast because, in most cases, they can make you tired and “turn on” your fat storing hormones.
In fact, I would argue that’s it’s not your food choices that are holding you back… it’s WHEN you’re eating certain diet foods that makes all the difference.
This brand new concept of eating at the link below explains how you can avoid this to create enjoyable, consistent fat loss:
New concept of eating anything you have EVER tried before.
Prompt #21 from Janel of "Run with Scissors" Journal prompts
Journal Prompt 21: What is your most favorite quote? A quote that inspires you, or your mantra. I literally have 4 journals from college filled with quotes that inspire me and make me smile. Today is the day to share your inspiring words with your friends :)
I absolutely LOVE Winnie-The-Pooh quotes!! It was hard picking a favorite but I really love this one. And I really love that in the movie instead of saying "You're smarter than you think" Pooh says "You're smarter when your PINK." That is SOO true!! lol
Prompt #19 - Give More Hugs. - Drawn on 8.5 x 11 white card stock, using Micron .01 & .005 pens; colored with various colored ink pens. Thanks for viewing. If you choose to comment, it will be appreciated.
Vordergrund: Schlepper Prompt, Bugsier 21 und ZP Boxer; Hintergrund: Containerschiffe Rio Bravo und CMA CGM Strauss
Foreground: tugboats Prompt, Bugsier 21 and ZP Boxer; Background: Container vessels Rio Bravo and CMA CGM Strauss
3. A panoramic view of your closet.
For this prompt I chose to depict multiple panoramic views of what I feel to be my closet. To preface this I'll just explain that when I was about 8 years old my parents decided to move our family from our nice Connecticut town, to the middle of nowhere, Pennsylvania. Needless to say I've resented this move for the last 9 or so years, and it has taken me a while to come to terms with it. This is partially because I've just been really stubborn about it, and also because I feel so much more attached to Connecticut. It was kind of like the home that I'd spent my entire life up until that point accepting, was torn from me. Pennsylvania just isn't me, and for a multitude of other reasons I've hated it here. So for me I feel that Pennsylvania, and where I live, is a closed and defined space, making it my closet. I've specifically made this fold out closet to reference a moving box, which is also why I chose to draw the closet doors in black marker. One door is colored, which is to represent my depiction of reality initially during this move, compared to my reality of it now. Specifically, the right door is colored, because the realtor of our house gave my brother and I gifts for our trip to Pennsylvania, and she gave me a sketch pad that I drew in all the way on the drive from Connecticut to Pennsylvania. I remember that I used to draw on the moving boxes to kind of idealize our move in my own way. However now when I look at these same boxes all I see are the same sharpied-on instructions of which room they belong to, and no longer a blank canvas. This is to give an alternate panoramic view, as in how the events are visualized mentally. The picture inside is of my back yard, and I specifically made it to show the view of my back yard that I see from my bedroom window. It is also cropped to a cinematic aspect ratio, to depict how I view life cinematically, and also to present a truly unbroken view of my closet. I have excluded and fabricated nothing; this is a raw vision of my yard, and me. I'm specifically not even wearing contact lenses, because I want to make this as true and unbroken as possible. A closet is typically a place where our impediments are hidden, and because of this I felt that nothing of this view should be fabricated or left out, which made this view feel very cinematic to me. So as a whole this represents an accurate panoramic view of my closet on multiple levels.
Let me introduce to you, my custom #69 who happens to be the winner of the Custom Service Gift Certificate I donated to BlytheCon Los Angeles 2018! The giveaway included the basic service with 2 pairs of eye chips, the lucky winner was Romina Delosantos and the best part is, when I first announced my donation Romina was the first to comment how excited she was, well, her positive attitude attracted the prize! Romina was prompt to send me her Simply Mango plus 2 pairs of Puppelina eye chips, she also requested a cute haircut and here is the result. I hope you love her, she is made with lots of love and good vibes and she now lives in Virginia! <3
The other side of my two-page spread of gratitude entries for September.
Made for Dawn Sokol's Art Journal Stimulus Project. (www.dblogala.com/)
Writing Prompt.
Someone, having given in to the temptations of the pretty lady with the VW bus, wakes to find himself in DEEP trouble.
Taken at Everwinter: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Elven%20Mist/242/122/26
Nails and smeared lipstick by Veechi
Jewelry by Hextraordinary
Top by Voluptas Virtualis
Hair by Tableau Vivant
Apparent Bald Eagle passing in front of the full moon, western Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. This image was made near midnight overnight 25-26 September 2010. on a night of heavy nocturnal migration over western Pennsylvania.
A recent discussion on the Pennsylvania birding listserv prompted me to post this image I made five years ago again here. Ever since I got into digital photography (about 10 years ago now, which was right around the same time I also first picked up on the marvel of nocturnal migration, after being more or less oblivious to that most amazing aspect of birding for the first 20 years of my birding life), I have spent too many hours trying to photograph migrating birds passing across the face of the lunar disk. It's mostly a frustrating endeavor. I've made a number of videos over the years which are a lot easier to capture, and some of these are pretty interesting. (Perhaps I'll dig out a few and post them here.) But I've also long been trying to make good high-resolution still images of this phenomenon. On that front I've made only one image that I think is truly successful, above.
This is a composite image comprised of 10 stitched frames of a single bird passing in front of the moon. There was a slight haze across the moon which served both to soften the overall image of the moon and darken the image to the point that even at ISO 1000, I needed to "push" the exposure +2.5 stops in post processing. But the bird was basically sharp, which is what counts. The images was made with a Canon 1D Mark IV camera, which takes 10 frames per second in high speed mode, so the total time shown in the composite is approximately one second (probably just a bit over one second, actually). One side benefit of the haze was that it allowed me to see the bird coming from farther off the disk than normal, since I could see its silhouette in the haze as it approached the moon and not just when it was directly in front of the moon. This was the only reason why I had time to react and finally capture the still images I've tried so many times to make -- a bird passing from one edge of the moon to the another.
But what species is it? The previous image in my photostream is a collage of four of the source images for this composite, upsampled 300% and further adjusted for brightness and contrast. Those images appear to show a large broad-winged bird with a head and tail that are not overly long or attenuated, and -- unless it's just a trick of whatever limited light was actually falling on the bird -- it has what looks like a lighter-colored head. To me it looks like an adult Bald Eagle (especially) by its profile and by the apparently lighter-colored head.
Of course, Bald Eagles (and most raptors for that matter) are not known to migrate at night. So what was this bird doing aloft at midnight? Perhaps it really was migrating, but that does not necessarily have to be the case. I made some rough calculations on exactly where this bird actually was when I made the photo. Taking the known position of the moon in the sky (altitude and azimuth) and its apparent angular diameter as seen from earth at the time of the photo (also known), my own position in my driveway, and the size of the bird in the frame (assuming a Bald Eagle) compared to the size of the moon, my rough calculations (with some pretty wide error bars) showed that the bird was at least 2.0 km above the ground (possibly as high as 3.5 km) and in the vicinity of the Ohio River at Coraopolis. So, maybe it was just out for a midnight joyride along the Ohio.
When I originally posted this to the Pennsylvania birding listserv in 2010, most agreed that it was indeed a Bald Eagle but some made a case for Great Blue Heron. Personally, I still believe that the bird was an eagle. What do you think? Leave a comment and let me know. Thanks!
I uploaded the original photo at full size, so you can see the full detail by clicking the "show all sizes" icon at right.
Prompted by this week's MACRO MONDAY theme, "Back In the Day", I thought I'd share some more photos of the superb Paillard Bolex cine cameras that I took a few years ago.
They were the proud possessions of my ex-partner's father who was quite a keen and prolific home movie maker throughout the 60s 70s and 80s, and she inherited them when he sadly died in 2012. All had been treated with tender loving care, and despite being well used to shoot umpteen wonderful and delightful dramas and animations over those three decades - as well as the usual "Family Day Out"/"Baby On the Lawn" etc home movies - were in quite pristine condition and perfect working order, as can be seen in these images...
It was quite a privilege and honour - and a sheer joy - to actually get my hands on them, lace them up with film, lift them up to my eye (despite being VERY hefty beauties) and experience the wonderful feel and gorgeous sound of them running in my hands...
Mouth-watering top-quality and built-to-last "work of art" vintage cine gear indeed...!!! :-)))
Prompt:
Enhance the image of a historical book titled "Old Lübeck Hansestadt". The book is now open with elaborate 3D images dramatically leaping out of its pages, depicting vivid scenes from Old Lübeck, a notable Hanseatic city, with rich details and textures. The denser mist surrounding the emerging images adds to the mysterious and enchanting atmosphere. The background should be dark and moody, creating a sharp contrast with the illuminated pages and lifelike 3D images. Aim for an ultra-realistic composition, filled with finer details that offer an immersive historical experience, as if the city's rich past is coming to life before the viewer's eyes.
Prompt: A heartwarming masterpiece capturing two female police officers, They kneel beside their patrol car to pet an adorable white west highland terrier. The westie wears a tiny custom-made police badge collar, purring as it rubs against their polished boots. Their pristine dark blue uniforms. shallow depth of field. Cinematic lighting creates a soft atmosphere while maintaining photorealistic detail. Ultra high resolution, professional photography, golden ratio composition. --v 6.1
Prompt 3D render of a giraffe and baby giraffe, anthropomorphic, exaggerated features, big smile with human-like teeth, large eyes, savanna background, acacia trees, sunny day BREAK humorous, whimsical, family-friendly, vibrant colors BREAK detailed rendering, high quality, professional artwork BREAK 8k uhd, sharp focus, highly detailed fisheye lens effect, close-up
3D render of a giraffe and its calf, anthropomorphic smile, exaggerated features, savannah background, acacia trees, daytime, sunny BREAK cartoon style, humorous, whimsical, vibrant colors BREAK 8k uhd, sharp focus, high quality, highly detailed, professional artwork
Prompt: collage of a beautiful woman with an Indian head dress on the top of the imagine and a bald eagle on the bottom of the imagine in a black an grey pencil sketch realistic tattoo style design, white background, airbrush like shading, --ar 4:5 --v 6.1
I revisited this wonderful building Sunday 19th May 2019, I pass it every day, it always looks resplendent and dominating, it's history intrigues me, unfortunately vandals have also visited and created some damage, their behaviour boils my blood .
Relocated a short distance from Old Aberdeen and Aberdeen University, due to retailers Marks And Spencer's building a new store at its original location, happily the company funded the relocation and it was re-built brick by brick.
History - Benholm's Lodge
Benholm's Lodge, which is also known as Wallace Tower, was built between 1610 and 1616 by Sir Robert Keith. He was a younger brother of George Keith, Earl Marischal and pressured his elder sibling to grant him land and property. Robert seized Ackergill Castle and this seemingly prompted the Earl to relent and grant him the Barony of Benholm.
To mark his new found status, Robert changed his surname to Benholm and built a new lodge to serve as his family seat. Despite its current position, the tower was originally located just outside of Aberdeen Town Walls adjacent to Netherkirkgate (near the intersection between Union Street and Market Street).
The castle took the form of a three storey (plus attic) Z-plan Tower House. It was constructed from rubble with some ashlar dressing and the whole structure was originally harled.
The main block was a rectangular structure with storage at ground level, a hall on the first floor and accommodation above. A circular stair tower provided access to all floors.
Sir Robert Benholm died in 1616 and the tower reverted to the Earl Marischal. He had little use for it so converted it into the residence for the Principal of new Marischal College. It later passed into the hands of William Hay and thereafter was owned by various city merchants. The structure was expanded circa-1789 when a new wing was added.
It remained a residence into the nineteenth century although the ground floor was converted into a Public House. In 1918 it was taken-over by the city council and thereafter was neglected. Between 1963 and 1971, the tower was dismantled brick-by-brick and relocated to Tillydrone, some 1.5 miles north of its original site.
Site Name Aberdeen, Benholm's Lodge
Classification Public House (20th Century), Tower House (17th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Old Aberdeen; Wallace Tower; Benholm's Lodging; Netherkirkgate; Wallace Neuk; Wallace Nook; Putachieside
BENHOLM’S TOWER, in the Nether Kirkgate of Aberdeen, was a unique building in the evolution of Scots medieval architecture for the reason that, despite unfortunate 19th-century alterations and subsequent neglect, it is the only example of a ‘toun ludging’ planned on the 3-stepped or Z-plan shape so much favoured by the fortress home and castle-builders of NE. Scotland from about 1560 on.
Generations of Aberdonians have named the house as the ‘Wallace Tower’ – evidently not a reference to the Scottish Patriot, but perhaps a corruption of the name Well-house (local pronunciation would be ‘Wall-hoose’) – from the pyramid Cistern ‘Wallie’ which formerly stood at the head of Carnegie’s Brae. The house was built by Sir Robert Keith of Benholm, probably after 1610 and certainly prior to 1616 when Sir Robert’s death is recorded. He was the brother of George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal – founder of Marischal College in 1593 – and the nephew of Robert Keith, Commendator of Deer, who in 1587 was designated Lord Altrie being that same year confirmed by charter in the lands and Barony of Benholm, a property in the Mearns he had acquired by marriage to Elizabeth Lundie, heiress of the ancient family of Lundie of Benholm.
During the last half of the 16th century the Keith family as Catholics had gained immense possessions up and down Scotland from what had been church property, and the Marischal’s brother Robert obviously intended to share in the family spoils. Benholm was knighted before 1612, and by 1613, in addition to his Mearns estate, he was in possession of several tenements and lands in and around Aberdeen, including Seaton (the Bishop’s Ward in pre-Reformation times) and properties in the Upper and Nether Kirkgates. Sir Robert had Benholm’s Tower built in what had been virtually open country in the early 17th century. The Z-plan Fortress house he erected for his Toun Ludging was a building capable of defence, for it is actually sited just outside the medieval burgh boundary, some 20 yds. West of the old Nether Kirkgate Port. Of the 2 round towers, one commanded the street leading to the Mither Kirk and the steep inclined city entrance (Carnegie’s Brae is now the only medieval cobbled street in Aberdeen) leading to the Green and the harbour quay, and the other tower overlooked the courtyard and gardens sloping to the bed of the old Loch outflow the Putachie Burn. The Knight of Benholm‘s town house, befitting his early violent life, had in the 17th century appeared a veritable Laird’s Castle.
The earliest record of Benholm’s Tower occurs in 1616, the year of Sir Robert’s death, when the property is described as a new house with its garden in the Nether Kirkgate outside the Port.
The original tower-house, with its central oblong block and diagonally-opposite round towers at NE. and SW. corners, has been subjected to inevitable alterations externally and internally over its long history of almost 350 years. But the basic plan remains: the central block is about 34 ft. long by 20 ft. 6 in. wide over walls generally 2 ft. 6 in. thick. The Court round tower is about 13 ft. 6 in. in diameter over a wall thickness of 27 in. The Street Tower is smaller – about 11 ft. in diameter, the wall varying from 15-18 in. thick. The lowest storey of the house, now the basement forming the cellar of the licensed premises, was in the 17th century the ground floor. The walled courtyard or court (now partly built over by the south wing added about 1785 was entered by a gateway – of which the chamfered jamb stones remain. From Carnegie’s Brae, and westwards, where the flagstoned Tower Court is now enclosed by high buildings on 3 sides, lay the Laird of Benholm’s garden. Where the court round tower forms an angle with the main block is the main entrance door, long locked up, but the fine roll-moulded jambs and lintel are still almost complete. Within the door on the left, the toothings of the original stone steps in the wall indicate the position of the original circular stair. In the south wall of the central block are the cheeks of the original cellar door flanked by 2 windows, now built up – the chamfered jambs of the east-most window have been re-used in the later slapping at the corner of the cellar.
The north wall has 2 narrow window slits: these are interesting as indicating that the street level of the Nether Kirkgate is now much higher than in the 17th century: the re-levelling took place following the formation of St Nicholas Street (1805) when the hollow of the Putachie Burn was filled up.
Of the 3 openings on the east wall, the central one is a door of later date, the other 2 being originally window positions.
The lowering of the level of the ground floor joists in more recent times and the consequent dropping of the earth floor of the cellar explains the exposure of the ‘foonds’ or stone footings on north and south walls, and the original window soffit heights.
From basement level there is no access to the street tower.
Above ground floor level in the Court stair tower, the late 19th century wooden stair now gives access from the Nether Kirkgate to the upper floors of the house. Of the windows lighting the original stone stair, the lowest remains, with indications of the chamfered sandstone jambs of the 2 upper windows underneath the present openings. Projecting from one side of the old middle window was the square bracket for the gas lamp which, from the mid-19th century had given light to the Tower Court and to the pend leading from Carnegie’s Brae. When the ground floor was drastically altered some 60 years ago, the ceiling was heightened, the upper south wall of the main block was carried on a beam and the whole floor (including the lobby access to the stair) was laid out on one level to form the public house.
These alterations removed visible traces of what had been the hall (and possibly kitchen) of the tower house, and of the wide arched fireplace which probably occupied the west wall. In the main house the upper floors show alterations of the late 18th century, contemporary with the south wing added during John Niven‘s ownership (c.1789),
The central stair had led up from a door from Netherkirkgate, but the lower flight was removed during the ground floor alterations.
The 2 chambers at 1st floor – on either side of this central stair – have wall panelling to dado height, the doors have characteristic 18th-century details, and the ceilings have heavy plasterwork.
The house was occupied by Dr Patrick Dun, (1581-1652) appointed Principal of Marischal College in 1621; Dun was head of the medical faculty. Following Dun’s death about 1652,
Benholm’s Tower was acquired by William Hay of Balbithan and thereafter it belonged successively to Andrew Logic, William Wemyss and to James Abernethie, merchant. After the latter’s death in 1768, the tenement of land called ‘Wallace Neuk‘ and close was disposed to John Niven, a snuff and tobacco merchant.
By 1789, Niven had ‘lately erected’ the wing fronting Carnegie’s Brae, thus building over the old courtyard, and in that year the property passed to James Coutts.
Subsequent owners were John Donald Taylor from 1851-78, thence to his heirs until 1895, when James Pirie, Spirit Dealer of 59 Nether Kirkgate, h. 6 Forbesfield Rd acquired the property – at this time the basement and ground floor were converted into licensed premises.
Standing 27 ft. high from street to eaves, the tower has the subtle batter which is a characteristic of Scots military architecture, while the roof has a definite bell-cast lip round the eaves.
The original lead gutters were still in position at the wallhead of both circular towers.
The small turret projects out on 4 corbel courses resting on a carved spurstone terminating the roll-moulded stringcourse which encircles the tower at first floor level: linked to this by a similar surrounding moulding, smaller in scale, is the recess with the statue on the NE. face of the tower .
The recess is 5 ft. 7 in. high by 2 ft. 11 in. wide by 15 in. deep at the top. The stones forming cheeks and lintels are tied in to the tower walls and have every appearance of being original work.
The statement, attributed to Andrew Jervise, that the figure itself was taken from a tomb in St Nicholas kirkyard and set up in the recess by John Niven, may explain this extremely interesting piece of sculpture.
However, despite the accumulation of paint and patching on the statue, close inspection reveals that the dress and armour are contemporary with that of the first decade of the 17th century: the theory cannot be dismissed that here we have a portrait in sculpture of the founder of the building, Sir Robert Keith of Benholm. Also at 1st floor level, and facing west along Nether Kirkgate, is an armorial panel displaying two coats-of-arms.
The upper shield (there are no supporters or crest) is now indecipherable but there is the possibility that it bore the cross of St John below the simple motto ‘Pro Fide’: the Knights of St John, although disbanded at the Reformation, retained the superiority of several properties in Aberdeen.
The larger part of the heraldic panel has the shield of the Keiths – argent, on a chief paly of 6, or and gules with crest and supporting stags, all under the motto ‘Veritas Vincit’ (Truth Conquers).
The whole panel is completely overpainted and requires expert cleaning. Of the weapon-holes which must originally have defended the tower-house, only one is now visible – a fine example of a gunport of the quatrefoil type.
Thanks to the magnificent Wikipedia and Doric Columns for the history facts on this great building .
Day 26 - Together // This is about as together as me and Master are going to be for a while. LO wasn't in the mood to have a picture taken today, so I just did one of Master's original ring that he wore when I met him and the promise ring her gave me. I don't consider our wedding bands to mean anything anymore, so I didn't take a picture of them.
1. A composition of an object seen and defined from the point of view of another object.
For this prompt I have seen and defined my camera, from the medium of drawing, while my camera has alternatively seen and defined the medium of drawing. To add to this, both of these objects (one material, and one more of and more a phenomenon) have seen and defined the concept and meaning of composition. The reason that I have also included a photo on top of this prompt is because this prompt, when interpreted the way I have interpreted it, must be a continual loop of two pieces. Each piece must be seeing and defining the other piece, in order for it to make sense. To explain this in a somewhat base way, since it took me days to even fully understand it myself, the object seen and defined (in this example my camera) is also being seen and defined by the medium of choice, and the artist creating the work. So since my camera is being seen and defined by both myself, and my art supplies, the camera must also be seeing and defining what it is being defined as. This is why I have included a picture of what my camera is seeing and defining, because this is necessary to fulfill the concept of an object seen and defined from the point of view of another object accurately. My choice in medium and style is also very purposeful, since my inspiration for this was actually the camera obscura. My medium format camera is the closest thing I have to a camera obscura, so that is honestly why I chose to create this work in this way. I wanted to draw this prompt, and when I thought of drawing it made me think of the "Masters" from the Renaissance, most of whom actually traced their initial drawings using a modified form of the camera obscura. There's a quote from Chuck Palahniuk's Diary that says, “Maybe the only thing each of us can see is our own shadow. Carl Jung called this his shadow work. He said we never see others. Instead we see only aspects of ourselves that fall over them. Shadows. Projections. Our associations. The same way old painters would sit in a tiny dark room and trace the image of what stood outside a tiny window, in the bright sunlight. The camera obscura. Not the exact image, but everything reversed or upside down.”, and there's another part of this book when the main character finds a book with notes from her past self saying something like "You can do this with your mind". This quote specifically is something I always think of when drawing, because in some way I feel as though it connects me to my drawing work, because I always feel as though I am in a way tracing with my mind. I really feel that when the term composition is thrown around the majority of people will think it just means the rule of thirds, or simple placement. However I feel that composition is more than this, composition is the visual definition we create when we define our subjects, as visual communicators. So for this composition specifically I chose to do a line drawing of my camera to allude to the use of the camera obscura in drawing, and also to show the concept of how a camera would see and define drawing, while also being seen and defined by the medium. This line drawing is then overlaid with a contrasting image meant to depict what the camera obscura would actually see, which I have used to create a full composition that sees the camera obscura and defines it though the drawing underneath. The image of the drawing can also be flipped up to reveal the full line drawing, which is done purposely to show the interactions between the view of the object seen and the object defined.
Prompt: Sailing ship in the ocean, seen through a round nautical window with a worn frame, in the style of digital art, high resolution, old rustic wood background, soft colors, detailed texture, in the style of a watercolor painting, --ar 1:1 --sref s.mj.run/PiezXgU-gxo --sw 25
digital fine art was created using Midjourney AI v 6.1 and Photoshop
The crew of ex-GWR 2884 class, 3850 had arrived at Williton complaining that the timetable was already 25 minutes adrift..... and promptly had to hang around for another quarter of an hour to wait for 4160 hauling the service they were to cross at Williton to arrive. This is one of the first shots taken with my nice shiny new Samyang 14mm f/2.8 IF ED UMC. I had really bought it for landscape shots, but it works quite well in a relatively cramped space on steam engines too. At less than £300 quid compared to the in excess of £1600 price tag of the Canon 14mm F2.8, it is remarkably good value for money, even if it is manual focus.