What exactly is it called when you add a subtle color variant scrollwork or leaves or what nots to the solid color when doing the emblazon?
Also, why is it added? I always in the past let the brush strokes make it interesting.
Cleave;103724 wrote:
What exactly is it called when you add a subtle color variant scrollwork or leaves or what nots to the solid color when doing the emblazon?
Also, why is it added? I always in the past let the brush strokes make it interesting.
Are you thinking of diapering? Here’s an example:
http://www.modaruniversity.org/images/diapering-2006d.gif
Quote:
Diapering: Heraldic term referring to the field
or a charge being decorated with damask or
arabesque or knotwork in a lighter or darker
shade of the tincture it is on. Thus it gives
ornamentation without being a part of device.
Note: In the above example, the field is diapered
with light gold on dark gold and the chief is
diapered with light green on dark green.
—Guy
Thank you for the term. So it is just to break up the spaces to give it a more interesting look? It is something that I always wondered about but never tried to do.
Cleave;103727 wrote:
Thank you for the term. So it is just to break up the spaces to give it a more interesting look? It is something that I always wondered about but never tried to do.
Rather, think of the background being damask silk or other cloth that has a floral design, or is sprinkled with small thingies. Diapering is an artist’s technique and will not be mentioned in the blazon. You just tell your painter, "Hey! .... how about peppering the background with tiny skulls-and-crossbones" (or florals, or whatever your fancy may be). Generally, it’s better to tell the artist you’d like the shield diapered and then give the artist a free hand (if he is willing to do it).
—Guy
Pretty much like a single color brocaded cloth
