[Artemisia] Sage covers

Fri Nov 11 11:55:42 CST 2005

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>I need to add one more thing to this. To all the good Peers, Royals, and 
>gentles out there who have sought me out at events and said " I really 
>love your cover art, keep doing it ". I thank you with all my heart. This 
>thanks also goes out to all those whom have requested me to depict them on 
>a Sage cover as well.
>Lord Aaron di Paladin
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron Leach" <badger at rmci.net>
>To: <artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
>Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 8:32 AM
>Subject: [Artemisia] Sage covers
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>I left this list years ago, because of this sort of thing. People talking 
>ill about another member, or that members contributions. I find it very 
>distasteful, and very unpeer like. I have read the previous posts, and I 
>feel that I must defend myself and my Lady Freydis against this.
>On the subject of rejected covers. What ones would this be? No covers have 
>been rejected. There was one instance where I did talk to someone over the 
>phone about this topic, and this person wanted to change the logo's on the 
>Sage cover. I told this person that we would love to receive their art 
>work, but changing the logo wasn't allowed. This is due to the fact that 
>Society likes the logo to remain consistent, and changing that is a real 
>pain. I did tell this person to please send in their work, but to please 
>not mess with the logo's. If they took this as a rejection, I'm sorry that 
>they misunderstood the conversation.
>Now on the topic of my cover art. For two years I have been doing Sage 
>covers with no complaint. I do enjoy doing them and serving my kingdom. As 
>of this date there have been two pieces of artwork submitted, and two 
>photo covers. That's it folks.
>The women I draw are offensive and portrayed in a demeaning manner, I 
>read. What cover would this be exactly? Novembers cover? Why, because she 
>is showing a little shoulder and cleavage? OH MY!!! Lets get real here. I 
>see that much skin, and more at SCA events. Are you going to run around 
>covering all these ladies showing a little skin up? You see way more skin 
>than I show in a Victoria's Secret commercial shown in prime time hours on 
>local broadcast stations. If the small amount of skin that I show offends 
>you, I would have to say, grow up.
>My work looks comic booky/ fantasy I read. Well this one is a no brainer. 
>I work as a comic book artist in the mundane world. This means I work 
>between 12 and up to 20 hours a day doing comic book art when I'm on 
>deadline. You will get pretty good at anything if you put that much time 
>into it on a daily basis like I do. I would also like to point out that 
>any drawing rendered in the " pen and ink " method looks like comic book 
>art. That's because it's the same method. If you go and study what the SCA 
>calls late period art, you will find a lot of artist drawing figures much 
>the same way that I do. This time period for artist is referred to as The 
>Universal Man, The Figure of Passion 1400 -1600. Examples can be found in 
>Vesalius' De Fabrica 1538, and in the Sistine Ceiling, Michaelangelo 1475 
>- 1564. The SCA does count these dates as being period. The funny thing 
>here is, at no time have I claimed my cover art to be period. Also, on the 
>subject of period work, photographs are not period. I find it odd that the 
>compliant is my work needing to be period, but yet you will allow photo 
>covers which are not period in any way. There are also no restrictions for 
>the art work on a Kingdom newsletter to be period. It just needs to have 
>the figures dressed in period looking garb and/ or armor. I think I've 
>kept to that pretty well. Also I make sure that my cover art for the Sage 
>meets the standards for the Comics Code Authority in 1960. This means that 
>the art is suitable for publication in an all ages comic book published 
>between 1960 and 1970. This means a six year old could buy this comic book 
>in a store, because it met the Federal Guide Lines. The Code is much more 
>loose today. Oh and if you think comic books weren't drawn in as much 
>detail in the 60's as I draw, go look at the work that was done by Neal 
>Adams in the 60's. That mans work back then still blows anything I have 
>ever done right out of the water.
>The subject matter is inappropriate for the SAC, I read. Why, because I've 
>used a mythical being from time to time? Are we not recreating a society 
>that did indeed believe in Vampires, Werewolves, Witches, and other 
>mythical beings? Most people back then believed with out a doubt that 
>Saint George actually killed a Dragon. There is a lot of art work out 
>there, from period times, depicting this. They also believed in Arthur and 
>all the magical things that went along with that story as being true.
>I find it odd that two years ago when I issued a challenge to the populace 
>to send in cover art, no one did anything. Now that someone has jumped up 
>to rid the kingdom of the vile and evil Lord Aaron di Paladins cover art, 
>you all join that fight with such vigor. Or is it more than that? Is it 
>lets just get rid of that stinking Roman once and for all kind of witch 
>hunt? That's what this looks like to me, a witch hunt. Well I guess 
>someone will pipe off with " witch hunts are period " but that still 
>doesn't make it right.
>Have I been insulted and offended by these complaints? You bet I have. 
>This complaint was taken to the King and Queen, and the Kingdom Seneschal 
>before Freydis or I ever heard about it. I find it most unpeer like to sit 
>and talk ill behind someone's back for a long period of time, while 
>lacking the integrity to go talk to the person face to face. To late now, 
>so why bother. Is this what being a peer means? To sit and backstab 
>another person with other people? That's not what I thought being a peer 
>was all about. It is also not what I thought wearing a Crown of any type 
>was all about. I guess I could be wrong in what I thought it really meant 
>to be a peer and to wear a crown. I would like to close by thanking Her 
>Grace Caryn, Lord Godwin, and Lady Auriela ( sp* sorry ) for defending me 
>on this subject. I would also like to add that it was a great day of joy 
>and honor when their Graces Sean and Caryn awarded me with the Griffin's 
>Heart for my cover art. I am still humbled by that act to this day.
>Aaron di Paladin
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