{"id":25223,"date":"2024-04-26T09:20:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T13:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/?p=25223"},"modified":"2024-03-03T21:49:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T02:49:12","slug":"pallasite-veins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/2024\/04\/26\/pallasite-veins\/","title":{"rendered":"Pallasite Veins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Fae-Dragons_20240303210644.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Fae-Dragons_20240303210644.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Fae-Dragons_20240303210644-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Fae-Dragons_20240303210644-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1839.heic\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25225\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is Lias, formally known as Yim before I changed their name because &#8216;Hima&#8217; and &#8216;Yim&#8217; sounded too similar. Lias is a fae-dragon with a third eye and facial markings that resemble sliced Pallasite meteorites (look them up, they&#8217;re beautiful). Originally, they were just going to be a flat pallasite-inspired pattern slapped onto Lias&#8217;s skin. Then, I was struck by inspiration. What if Lias instead had a series of translucent nictating membranes layered over each other that resembled pallasite patterns? That&#8217;s infinitely more eldritch, body-horror-esque, and interesting to think of!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are my test patterns. I settled for a base layer of yellow that looks like it&#8217;s glowing from within. Then, I worked backward and started with the outer layer of dark brown. Then an inner layer of silver, then orange. I wanted to get that intricate veiny feel, and I went from careful layering of lines and crisscrosses to just scribbles. I think all experiments look good at a distance, but up close you can see the sloppiness of the scribbles versions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall, I think the middle test on the top image looks the best. It&#8217;s the one where I drew all the lines carefully. It&#8217;s also the most time-consuming to draw. Going forwards, I think I only need to make the outer layer carefully drawn, and go looser with the inner layers. I&#8217;ll need to keep in mind to not make the lines too thick or numerous, to really get that base layer glow across.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is Lias, formally known as Yim before I changed their name because &#8216;Hima&#8217; and &#8216;Yim&#8217; sounded too similar. Lias is a fae-dragon with a third eye and facial markings that resemble sliced Pallasite meteorites (look them up, they&#8217;re beautiful). Originally, they were just going to be a flat pallasite-inspired pattern slapped onto Lias&#8217;s skin. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2248,"featured_media":25226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1754],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25223"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2248"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25223"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25227,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25223\/revisions\/25227"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}