More Micrography

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As usual, I forgot to get a picture of the championship warrants after they were finished.  The name of the equestrian champion (left) was filled in over the tail and haunches of the horse.  I cleaned up the weird ink bleeds and sketched in ridges like carved wood or twine wrapped around the spear.

The name of the thrown weapons champion (right) was filled in along the penciled line here and the seal was glued to the three legs on the right, forming the target.  The champion did end up winning with an axe!

I also convinced another scribe, who prefers to paint due to a disability that affects her hands, to try micrography since it hides mistakes quite well!  I sent her an image from the Bayeux tapestry and gave her some tips on how to modify it depending on the level of complexity she felt like attempting.

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The name of the archery champion was filled in on the inside of the bow, meeting up with the lines that end in midair here.  Unfortunately my pen did a bit of a splorch on the name and I didn't catch the slight smearing until it was handed out in court.  Nothing quite like being the court scribe and herald and wanting to go no, you don't get to receive this until later once I've fixed it for you.

This same scribe also did another piece, but I can't spoil it since it hasn't gone out yet. 

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