Baronial Awards

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This was a Rock (I describe it to newer scribes who are scared to mess up as a step above a thank you card since we throw Rocks at people we like as often as we like) for a local artisan who does both metal and leatherwork.  The items on the table are based off his actual works.
This was for designing and engraving brass site tokens for an event I ran this past spring, Daffodil Feast and Tournament.  The banner design is copied from the engraving on the tokens and I did my best to make him look like the recipient.
At some point in this past year I've stopped wincing at my calligraphy.  Either I've gotten better or I've seen enough "bad" extant calligraphy I no longer fuss.  Probably both.

I mean I'm still not entirely happy with my bastard secretary, but I'm pretty happy with this piece.  The artist/illuminator was new and needed a calligrapher so I obliged.  It only just went out at Yule since university kinda ate the recipient’s life.

Not terribly happy with the execution of this gaming champion warrant (note how the left bowler's face is blank, and the other faces are misshapen potatoes... people are hard) and I had to scribble in the recipient’s name at a feast table covered with a tablecloth because I was never given the champion's name.  Luckily their mom caught me and asked me to in the end of event chaos.

Note to self: don't be lazy and try to freehand Lombardic capitals without a ductus.  Go downstairs and get your calligraphy binder.
Otherwise I'm rather proud of this simple design based on an exemplar of David and Goliath, even if I forgot to add some blood splatter from Goliath.
Note: any whitework pens are crap, don't bother as they'll work for about 4 inches after opening and then will never work properly again.

Pretty proud of this one.  The seal went at the top between the dancers.  The music is from a naked butt in Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights.
Realized I forgot to leave a spot for the bardic champion's name, which is fortuitous since it went out at the same event as the gaming one above so I wasn't given the name at any point to add their name. 😅

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