Art

As a child, I wanted to do only 2 things: read and draw. As an adult, I find that this desire to create permeates my life and my choices. Everything is potentially art, and I am extremely interested in transforming my life into a work of art. Perhaps I shall die unnoticed by the world at large, but those who know me will say about me that I was forever looking for and creating beauty.

Poetry

• My poetry is currently offsite at http://merouda.diary-x.com. This will be one of the last sites to be moved here.

• Subcategory: poetry slams, poetry theory a la Leesie.

Illuminated manuscripts

• This is one of my primary artistic interests. I am moving the original illuminated manuscripts site here; however, editing each article is a slow process. The original site is at http://www.geocities.com/merouda, and will remain intact until the site is completely moved.

• Subcategory: Calligraphy

• Subcategory: Illumination

• Subcategory: Artists' books

• Subcategory: Bookbinding

• The Crossed Quills double issue, "Closer to the Model: An Award Presented as a Book" is now at this site: http://www.merouda.com/oim/cq.htm

• The Heraldic Documents site will eventually be moved here and fleshed out; it may still be specifically found at http://betbunch.tripod.com/docs.htm.

Miniature Painting

• The fine art of portable portraiture, as practiced in the era of Hans Holbein the Younger, although he was by no means the first to make such stand-alone gems.

Modern Pieces

• Portfolio and articles of art in the styles made popular after 1601.

Other skills

• Other art forms I enjoy, but do not pursue doggedly: printmaking, oil painting, collage, photography, et cetera.

Fiction

• Not just NaNoWriMo, but short stories and other fictional writing

• Subcategory: Interactive Fiction

• Subcategory: Gaming Products

Professional Portfolio

• Pieces sold to gaming companies or privately commissioned.

• Links that surprise me: My entry in RPG United and Pen & Paper. If I'd kept decent records of all that I did, I could give them more information.

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