This thread is for works which are derived from or incorporate the Chao Te Ching (http://www.scribd.com/doc/34652650/Chao-te-Ching)
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(http://i.imgur.com/UJanN.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/sB9ns.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/jt6v3.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/k6v7I.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/FOyHb.jpg)
handy link: http://imgur.com/a/4RVUr
That is 100% WIN
Awesomeness incarnate.
:mittens:
For some reason, I never payed much attention to the Chao Te Chin project.
I see now that this was an error on my part.
Quote from: Golden Applesauce on February 10, 2011, 04:46:06 AM
For some reason, I never payed much attention to the Chao Te Chin project.
I see now that this was an error on my part.
Indeed, me as well.
Love these.
Wow! These are great!
:mittens:
If anyone wants to send my a recording of a favourite bit, I'll fiddle it into a track.
It occurs to me to wonder what printing these up on nice parchment paper suitable for hanging on my walls would run.
Super awesome!! Where did you get the graphics?
from here http://mesosyn.com/myth2-15.html
Eighteen Arhats by Kawamura Jakushi, Inscription by Yinyuan,color on silk, 18 hanging scrolls, Shomyo ji Temple, Japan
going out from there, I found tons of great public domain scroll imagery at wikimedia commons: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Scrolls_of_Japan
it's really great to find such high res scans. Goddess bless the Public Domain.
This is extremely cool. I kind of want prints of these.
So very coolio
To shift this a bit differently:
I'm putting together a hard copy of the CTC. I'm using some Lulu templates, with pre-fab backgrounds.
Question: Does this look too fucking pretentious, or is it cool?
Be very honest, because I didn't design the damn thing, so I don't care if it sucks. The alternative is plain white paper in standard book format, like the Party at Limbo Peak book.
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_wg-QCtC9bQE/Td0b7oUu2qI/AAAAAAAAACI/H_eVwyBlR70/s512/CTC%20Sample%202.jpg)
I like it! Pretentious, maybe, but it makes it funny because of the content, so I say go for it! I'm excited that you're doing this because I want a hardcopy. I was thinking about printing it out but that's not as satisfying as a bound copy.
The halftone dots and the vague bits of floral pattern here and there are style elements coming from very recent (0-5 years) trends in mainstream graphics design.
IMO, that kinda clashes with the purpose of the template, which is to look old and ancient :)
But then, I can be a nitpick like that.
Also, if the other option is plain white paper, then you should probably go for this funky template.
Upon reflection, the end product looked repetitive and sloppy, and turned out to be prohibitively expensive.
I may eventually spend the time to something like this completely handmade and from scratch, but until then, I'll probably be going with standard book format.
(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a95/discordman/ChaoTeChing/ctcch5.png)