Update on Kingdom map

Okay, so I made it into the lab for a little bit today and got an updated .jpg image of the final project.  Then I figured out how to upload it somewhere that it could be seen a bit larger, though it still doesn't show as much detail as I would like.  Anyway, here is the link to that one  http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3237/2479081988_167af0e078_b.jpg  I uploaded another one here on my xanga as well.  They are mostly the same thing, the only difference (other than size) is that one has neat lines around the smaller maps on the right and the other doesn't, but that's cause I'm still trying to decide which I think looks better.  Feel free to give me some more feedback on it.

Also, in response to the comments I've received, I will send copies to the Kindgom Seneschal, Historian, and possibly the Virtual Scribe if they do decide they want to use it, I just haven't gotten around to it yet.  I'm still trying to decide if I want to post the above link to the Kingdom mailing list and show everybody or not.  Anyone have any thoughts they'd like to share with me on that?

Anyway, back to other stuff I should've been doing all along.  I've been in the process of moving all week and I still have a lot of work to do if I want to be ready to move the remaining stuff tomorrow.

I made a map of Ansteorra.

So I didn't talk about it here, even though I meant to, but now that it's over and I have it back in my possession, I thought I'd talk about the final project I did for my Cartography class. 

Anyway, so for this project I considered several different options, most all of which involved the SCA.  Finally, I decided to just make a current map of Ansteorra, one that showed the groups that are currently active and included the new regional boundaries.  Here's what the digital file looks like, if you ask me in person I'll show you the full size 2'x3' poster I made, even though I think it looks like crap.



Okay, so apparently I didn't create a jpg of the final copy, so this is not exactly what I turned in, but there's not many differences... Well, actually, maybe there are.  Shit.  At first I just thought it was my name and the sources in the bottom corner and some neat lines around the two maps on the right that were still missing, but I added some text about the SCA on the top right side as well, after moving that whole section around a bit.  So this is not the final map at all, but the main features are the same and you can get a rough idea of what I did.  I'll try and make it into the lab this week and get a better jpg.  I have the final cdr file with me on my thumb drive, but I don't have Corel so I can't do anything with it from here.  I should also mention that if the text and stuff isn't really clear, it's because this is compressed down pretty far.  Like I said, the final map printed on a large poster, and the file I was working with was all set to that scale, so when I exported it as a jpg it was way huge and I had to scale it down a bit.  Anyway, the point is ask me to see my poster, cause it's awesome.  It's so awesome, it can look like crap and still be awesome.  I wish I had thought about all this before the Populace meeting tonight because I would have brought it and showed it off, but I just picked it up today, and didn't think to unroll it and look at it again until I got home from Mazzio's.

Sorry this is way past due

Okay so what's happened in the last several months since my last post?  Well I'll tell you.  A lot.  In August we hosted the Ansteorran Heraldic and Scribal Symposium.  Not that this means a lot to me.  I wove, napped and baby-sat through it in that order, so I wasn't really there for the event, but still we did it, and for those that were interested in that sort of thing I have heard it was pretty cool.

Next was the campus demo.  This was a great success if I do say so myself.  We had a lot of people turn out to help.  They helped set stuff up the night before, camp out with it on library lawn that night, run the demo the next day, then take everything down and unload it back into the shed.  A Very Big Thank You to all those that helped - you are all awesome and that's why I love you and like to call you my friends.  Anyway, that was not all that made the demo a success.  We've seen lots of new faces, especially out at fighter practices.  It has been very, very cool.

Following almost immediately after that was Mooneschadowe's Triumphe II.  Another great event and always a lot of fun.  This kept me pretty busy with a lot, but I enjoyed it, and hey, they even gave me a comet so I suppose I've done good.  And guess what - I wore shoes into court this time!  Anyway, so yeah, I was in charge of gate (Head Troll) and while it was a lot of work and I lost a lot of sleep (next time I'm in charge of troll I think I'll listen when people tell me I don't really need to go back to gate every two hours for the shift changes and check for a drop) it was a great experience.  Finding people to sit gate was not a problem at all - A Very Big Thank You to all those that helped here as well, and it was another great sucess.  I also did a children's class that maybe wasn't as great a success, but that's my fault for not being as prepared as in the past.  Oh well the kids didn't seem to notice and I think they had a good time, so it's all good.  A Thank You here to Marlo, who assisted (read warped the loom for me) even though she didn't have too, but you know what - she's awesome too.  Beyond that I really can't remember everything else off the top of my head.  Stuff happened, I think we all had a good time, Mooneschadowe is the awesomest!

I don't think there's been much else in the way of eventing for me recently, and I don't really know what will be coming up soon.  I think Chemin Noir is a definite go, but beyond that we'll see.  I do have some more weaving projects coming up, though some are still in the vague stage of I know I will weave something, but not sure what yet, though I have committed to weaving a white belt first and that will be the next project warped up on my loom, hopefully sometime really soon.  I also want to post pictures of the pieces I wove for Triumphe this year (2 for the archery raffle, 3 for gift baskets?) but my camera phone hasn't been cooperating so I'm not sure when that will happen. 

Anyway, that's about it for now.  I need to be headed to class shortly.  I'll post more later whenever I have something that goes here.

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