Cut-Me-Own-Snowflake

[ldhenson]

Paper snowflake no. 6.

Ankh-Morpork! Ankh-Morpork! So good they named it Ankh-Morpork!





Closer to real size:



As a longtime Discworld fan I really enjoyed doing this one. Because it's packed pretty full of specific shapes, this was the first snowflake where I had to sketch out everything before cutting, just to make sure all the pieces fit in (usually I improvise the non-shaped cuts). It was a tight squeeze, but it worked. As with the others, this was a folded scissors cut.

In honor of the fair River Ankh, it's on a sludgy brown background.


Ankh:



A morepork:

Do you see the letters "AM" under the owl?


There's also a nod to Pterry's hats atop the ankh.

Flake measures 8 5/8" wide.

X-posted to discworld (here), discworldart (here), terrypratchettbooks.com forums



Other snowflakes

Comments

[erinlin.livejournal.com]

OMG that's amazing! I love the owl.

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It's the first time I've ever used owls in artwork; I'm happy how they turned out.

[srin.livejournal.com]

(Here from the discworld community) That's utterly fantastic! Thanks for sharing. :D

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

You're welcome, and thanks, glad you like!

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

Hardcore! Awesome. (Hah, I didn't notice which community it was in, and I totally went to the Gaiman Death and Timothy Hunter place, but Ankh-Morpork makes, um, a lot more sense. :P)

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I haven't read the Timothy Hunter series so I'm not sure how close or far it is, but I'm glad it made sense eventually :-)

[mailleman.livejournal.com]

Ahh, the hat, gotcha. I thought it was a bell (in reference to Old Tom).
Nice!
:-D

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's a Rorschach--do you see a bell or a hat? Or both?

[richlayers.livejournal.com]

HOW did you do that?! It's amazing!

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It's just scissors, regular printer paper...and a lot of persistence.

[quinasgiantfork.livejournal.com]

That is exceptionally amazing! If you have a Deviant Art account or something similar, you should definitely post it. I love the details!

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I do have a dA account, though I haven't really kept it up to date. I should go look at it again.

[quinasgiantfork.livejournal.com]

There's also a community: discworldart. You should definitely post it there. :)

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

I didn't see that one! Thanks for the tip.

[scolaro]

It's beautiful!

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[oddnari.livejournal.com]

Just brilliant!

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thanks much!

[lecari.livejournal.com]

That's really cool :D

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Well thank you.

[sharpiefan.livejournal.com]

You clever thing!

Fancy trying your hand at an AoS one? Navy, which would suit any AoS fa, or Marines, for me?

I am in awe of your many craft-y skills.

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Aw, thank you!

Funny you should mention that; I have an Aubreyad one half-designed, though I'm not terribly happy with it at the moment.

[dharawal.livejournal.com]

You should show pTerry I am sure he would get a kick out of your talent.

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Well thanks. I'd love to show him, or even give it to him if he'd accept it, if I only knew how to get ahold of the man.

[lily22.livejournal.com]

Ah, this is brilliant! I can't believe every bit of it actually means something.

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Anhk-Morpork Snowflakes: Now With 100% More Symbolism

[sayessa.livejournal.com]

That is pretty freaking cool.

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thanks much.

[bjtp.livejournal.com]

That is bloody brilliant!!

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

Icon love!

[bjtp.livejournal.com]

Aww, same to you! :)

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Now that icon's even funnier!

[elfie-chan.livejournal.com]

That right there? Made of win! Thanks for sharing this!

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

You're welcome, and thanks for the compliment!

[tricksterquinn.livejournal.com]

Okay, that's just pretty incredible.

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Well thank you. DW is great inspiration.

[roruna.livejournal.com]

Wow! *is totally blown away* That is just... Wow! That's so amazing. *has fallen in love*

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thanks much! If any city were to have flashy custom-designed snow it'd be Anhk-Morpork, right?

[roruna.livejournal.com]

Right, the Creator is very keen on individually designed snowflakes. XD

[confusedcious.livejournal.com]

Consider me seriously impressed.

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[spiffybug.livejournal.com]

Fantastic! I'm sure that took a crazy amount of patience.

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

It always takes me longer than I expect, which is why I've taken a break for a few days. But it's totally worth the effort :-) Thanks!

[staciey.livejournal.com]

Echoing a great many others, but wonderfully done!

Especially apt as I'm currently listening to Feet Of Clay (with all the coat of arms references) at the moment.

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

Some of my favorite scenes are where the coats of arms are described/explained. Packed with puns in only the way that Pterry can do them.

[stupid-drawings.livejournal.com]

This is SO COOL!

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Aw thank you!

[stupid-drawings.livejournal.com]

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