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21 July 2008 20:35
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21 July 2008 20:36
 

Alexander,

Thank you for posting these again.  I saw them briefly last night but didn’t get to study them.  Excellent work!

 
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21 July 2008 22:35
 

I viewed these at 5:00 this morning and commented then. I echoed George Lucky’s comment that, particularly, the rendition of Aurelio’s arms, done in the Victorian style, really captures the essence of the heraldry of that period. The other arms are very nice (really very nice - don’t get me wrong), but you invite comparison with the master Duhrer, in so closely mimicking his work.

Magnificent stuff.

 

You even got an atta-boy from Joe, who usually refrains from posting in these types of threads. He then sabotaged the Internet, taking the whole site with it, so there would be no proof of it. smile

 
 
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21 July 2008 22:57
 

haha was my post the only one missing? strange…

be careful, you remember, he might come for you next tongue laugh

 

 

 

was going for the durer look, the man that wanted it liked durers arms a lot.  im just happy that it mimics it enough that you can tell.  mimicking someone like him isnt too bad of an accusation.

 
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22 July 2008 00:49
 

Very beautiful work sir!  Thank you for posting the detail shots.  Didn’t get the time to look at them closely in the first post.  The hatching is wonderful.

 
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22 July 2008 13:54
 

Alexander,

I saw the original post (before the glitch) and you had mentioned something about etchings?  I know you wrote that these are drawings, but do you have experience with etchings?

 

I took a printmaking course in college, but afterward, without a press, my interest waned.  But as my interest in heraldry has deepened I’ve been looking into giving it another shot.

 
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22 July 2008 21:35
 

ive done about 5 etchings, but same problem, given that i did not own the press made it difficult to continue them. was nice to have so many copies of a drawing without as much effort tongue laugh

 
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02 August 2008 12:43
 

And the blazon and explanation behind the arms?

 
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02 August 2008 13:19
 

xanderliptak;61667 wrote:

and my grandfathers arms

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c17/xanderliptak/ArmsofWilliamLiptak3.jpg


Now this is something! It certainly reminds me of de Bruin’s work, but I wouldn’t even necessarily say it is his style. This is fantastic original heraldic art. I would like to see the helmet sitting on the top of the shield instead of floating in the air above it, but that’s my only criticism.

 

What is the medium? What is the original size?

 

Very nice work, Xander.

 
 
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02 August 2008 13:24
 

Doug Welsh;61676 wrote:

And the blazon and explanation behind the arms?


Don’t know if there was ever an explanation, but the blazon is on this thread.

 
 
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02 August 2008 13:30
 

Kenneth Mansfield;61679 wrote:

Now this is something! It certainly reminds me of de Bruin’s work, but I wouldn’t even necessarily say it is his style. This is fantastic original heraldic art. I would like to see the helmet sitting on the top of the shield instead of floating in the air above it, but that’s my only criticism.

What is the medium? What is the original size?

 

Very nice work, Xander.


I was about to submit a post but saw that Kenneth posted exactly the same thing I was going to say smile

 
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02 August 2008 19:32
 

it is about 3 inches by 5 inches. pretty small. it is ink and paint.

and the very tip of the helm is on the shield, was going for the precariously placed helm.

 

and with the blazon linked, the explanation of the arms is that i was given two meanings to my name Liptak.  one is it means strong oak tree, the other is small lime tree.  i refer the former over the latter.  so an oak tree sprouts from an ox, a strong animal, a play on the name.

 

thank you for the kind words as well grin

 
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02 August 2008 19:42
 

xanderliptak;61687 wrote:

it is about 3 inches by 5 inches. pretty small. it is ink and paint.


Keep developing your style and double the size of the "canvas", and I for one would gladly pay you for an emblazonment of my arms.

 
 
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02 August 2008 19:46
 

that ground hog would look nice, wouldnt he tongue laugh

 
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03 August 2008 02:36
 

Nice Alexander.

Your work (etchings especially) don’t remind me of de Bruin as much as it does of some most excellent Germanic work found here: http://www.zum-kleeblatt.de/pageID_1143204.html

And here (especially check out Carl Albrecht – a great artist to be linked to in my opinion and sort of Otto Hupp – another Master it is nice to be linked to IMO):

http://www.herold-heraldiker.de/liste.htm

– just my opinion only.

 

Again this is nice work. smile