Popular Post Argent he/him Posted October 6, 2017 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 As anyone who is anyone knows, I am more than a tiny bit obsessed with The Stormlight Archive. Everything and anything Brandon writes has a place in my heart, but Stormlight is especially dear to me. And while I will forever maintain that the series is revolutionizing the genre, I adore the small things, the in-world artifacts that add just a little bit of extra uniqueness. Shallan's drawings. The maps. The women's script. The Vorin glyphs. Especially the last. Something about the Vorin glyphs, the Alethi highprices' glyphpairs, captivated me the moment I laid my eyes on them, which is why I've been a huge fan of @Harakeke's translation guide. Skipping over all of the details, and 100% of the context, Isaac Stewart, Brandon's art director and creator of many of the wonderful artistic things I so enjoy in these books, designed some glyphs for me, to spell out my name. Now, I've looked at them, and I don't think they quite follow the conventions established in the books (because my names are not symmetrical, and I didn't want to try to adjust them to something unrecognizable just so that my glyphpair can feel closer to canon), but they are not entirely made up either. At his request, don't go swarming his inbox with requests - in doing these for me, he found out that he doesn't have as much time as he thought he does. To quote his email: "I can't take requests like that anymore. (I realized after making this one that I just have too much on my plate for projects outside of work.)." So, I am a little sorry about this, but also a little smug But allow me to present these glyphs to you (After another paragraph) If you want to appreciate the glyphs for their artistic value alone, you can do that, but if you are interested in cracking the code behind Isaac's brilliance, you'll need the spelling of my names (as the glyphs are design to reflect them). It's a little weird (not uncomfortable, just weird) to share this after so many of you have known me as Argent (which, if we are being honest, I kind of prefer...), but my name - and what Isaac used here - is Evgeni Kirilov. Whew, that was weird. Let's get to the glyphs now! The book spells "Evgeni", the flame spells "Kirilov". One image per glyph/name. And here are the two, separately: In addition to these, Isaac also created something more resembling a glyphpair for me: where the left glyph stands for "Evgeni", and the right - for "Kirilov. Stylized, these look like this: So there you have them. You should expect to see a lot of my online presence to shift towards using these, as I am OH SO HYPED YOU CANNOT BELIEVE! 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jofwu he/him Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 *whispers* It's beautiful... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pagerunner he/him Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 A very well-considered request, and an absolutely cool piece of Stormlight that's all your own! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oversleep Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 (edited) It's very, very cool! Also, is the book & flame Isaac's artistic choice or has he consulted you on the stylization? Edited October 7, 2017 by Overstorm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argent he/him Posted October 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 22 minutes ago, Overstorm said: It's very, very cool! Also, is the book & flame Isaac's artistic choice or has he consulted you on the stylization? I got to choose everything - from the version of the name(s) (I could've gone with Eugene, or Argent, had I so chosen; I could've even done something like Kirilovolirik, which hurts my brain to even look at) to the shape(s) I wanted them in. I came up with the book pretty much instantly (for obvious reasons), which is why you see the first iteration of the glyphs forming just a single image. A somewhat recent conversation with @Zmann966 supplied me the flame (for illumination and passion, I guess), and Isaac was kind of enough to do another design, this time with one name per image. Until then I had been struggling to find a good enough fit (I play paladins in many games, so I had been tinkering with some of the traditional paladin imagery, but nothing felt right). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harakeke Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, Argent said: But allow me to present these glyphs to you 1 hour ago, Argent said: I got to choose everything - from the version of the name(s) (I could've gone with Eugene, or Argent, had I so chosen; I could've even done something like Kirilovolirik, which hurts my brain to even look at) Too bad you name isn't "Tithzh Pamfeychij" -- you'd have singlehandedly cracked the entire key! ;-) Edited October 7, 2017 by Harakeke 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zmann966 he/him Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 (edited) That's Lit fam Get it? Cause it's a flame? Edited October 7, 2017 by Zmann966 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Extesian he/him Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 Just changed my name by deed poll to Evgeni Kirilov. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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