Relient K – College Kids [Lyrics in the Description]

Song # 6 no copyright intended [Lyrics] someone please save us, us college kids! what my parents told me is what i did they said go to school and be a college kid but in the end i question why i did i’m poor, i’m starving, i’m flat broke, i’ve got no cash to spend sell all my books for front row tickets to dave matthews band my girlfriend’s at another school, i know this year will test her i called, found out she had three other boyfriends last semester and that’s why i say oh no! not for me, not for me call it torture, call it university no! arts and crafts is all i need i’ll take calligraphy and then i’ll make a fake degree 80 grand later i found out that all that i had learned is that you should show up to take your finals and your midterms the party scene is kinda mean, i think it’s sick and twisted the navy showed up at my dorm and claimed that i enlisted and that’s why i say oh no! not for me, not for me call it torture, call it university no! arts and crafts is all i need i’ll take calligraphy and then i’ll make a fake degree don’t get excited. she’ll say “no” without a doubt you see and i’ve decided college girls just won’t go out with me they make me nervous and they always catch me off my guard like cell phone services i drop out cause college is too hard it’s time to call my father cause it’s his alma mater good grades aren’t what they seem i think he knows the dean it’s time to call my father cause it’s his alma mater he says he’s proud of me but college
Video Rating: 5 / 5

Nice Calligraphy photos

A few nice Calligraphy images I found:

Calligraphie – Musée d’art islamique – Istanbul
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Calligraphie – Musée d’art islamique – Istanbul
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博 bó – corrected!
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This is
博 bó
extensive / ample / rich / obtain / aim / to win / to get / plentiful / to gamble
[definition courtesy of the MDBG online dictionary]

Epic of Timur, Binding Walters Art Museum Ms. W.648, Lower board inside

Some cool Calligraphy images:

Epic of Timur, Binding Walters Art Museum Ms. W.648, Lower board inside
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This is a Safavid illuminated and illustrated copy of the History of Timur (Tamerlane) (reg. 706 AH / 1370 CE — 807 AH / 1405 CE), known as Tīmūrnāmah or Ẓafarnāmah, composed by ʿAbd Allāh Hātifī (d. 927 AH / 1520 CE) and written in imitation of Niẓāmī’s Iskandarnāmah. It was copied by Pīr ʿAlī al-Jāmī in the tenth century AH / sixteenth CE. The manuscript opens with a double-page illuminated frontispiece (fols. 4b-5a) and is illustrated with two paintings (fols. 37a and 75b). One painting depicts Timur at court and the other portrays Timur defeating the Khan of the Kipchaqs. The green leather binding with inner boards lined with ikat textile is attributable to the thirteenth century AH / nineteenth CE. This page shows the illuminated frontispiece.

时 shí – first attempt
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This is
时 shí
o’clock / time / when / hour / season / period
[definition courtesy of the MDBG online dictionary]

Babur confronts his enemies in the mountains of Kharābūk and Pashāmūn, from Illuminated manuscript Baburnama (Memoirs of Babur), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.596, back cover
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Written originally in Chaghatay Turkish and later translated into Persian, Bāburnāmah is the story of a Timurid ruler of Fergana (Central Asia), Ẓahīr al-Dīn Muḥammad Bābur (866 AH /1483 CE – 937 AH / 1530 CE), who conquered northern India and established the Mughal Empire. The present codex, being a fragment of a dispersed copy, was executed most probably in the late 10th AH /16th CE century. It contains 30 mostly full-page miniatures in fine Mughal style by at least two different artists. Another major fragment of this work (57 folios) is in the State Museum of Eastern Cultures, Moscow.

See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website:
art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=1759

خط عربي يحيى الربابعه 13

الخط العربي Arabic Calligraphy ربابعه جديتا

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Some cool Calligraphy images:

Day 6 – Shirāz: Khan Theological School – dome over entrance vestibule
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Khan Theological School (aka Imam Gholi Khan Madrasa or Madrasa-i-Khan) was built in 1627. I am not sure if there are additional buildings (I assume there are). We only saw an impressively muqarna*-covered entrance gate, a beautifully domed vestibule, and a lovely courtyard. The courtyard is a classic four-iwan** plan, apparently square, with shallow iwans covered in gorgeous tilework (apparently the same on each side). and was graced with palms, pines, roses, and citrus trees, and a reflecting pool in the center.

I loved that the plantings gave attention to all the senses… the sound of a breeze in pines and palms is a delight, even as their shade refreshes the skin; the scent of roses fills the air and the citrus trees made my mouth water.

To see what the courtyard looked like in 1933, visit ArchNet’s pages on the school. Be sure to view the large photos – it’s quite fascinating!


*Muqarnas are used in many ways in Islamic architecutre… see this page on Archnet for a full description, history, and references.

**An iwan is a large arched opening in the wall of a courtyard. Usually there are four; sometimes one leads to an interior hall of a mosque. The architectural theme apparently dates from ancient Assyria but became common in Islaimc architecture. The four-iwan plan is commonly used in domestic, religious, and public architecture in Iran and the region.

Read more about iwans, and see examples across time and space, here on Archnet.

TDEOTS work in progress
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Image by Luca Barcellona – Calligraphy & Lettering Arts
We’ve taken inspiration for the script from old 30′s end movie titles. I’ve tryed to make some sketch by pencil for first, to fix the sizes/words layout. I wrote the title by pen, then I’ve drawn it bigger with a brushpen, trying to let it look more typographic. Carhartt’s AD Tim Kottmann (Zeek&Destroy) did the design for the cd.


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Cool Calligraphy images

A few nice Calligraphy images I found:

Village Books
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Hand-drawn poster for Village Books.

Chinese Bird and Flower Painting Blue Flycatchers

For this evening I thought something blue. I have painted these Birds some time back last year but they make very good practice and I enjoy the way the blue contrasts with the orange on the leaves and flowers. For me, the shape of the bird and the slow progression to using less paint is a pleasant and difficult one. The paper is from a good friend of mine, Sibylla, and she lives in Shanghai and got me this paper and a huge bundle of the most wonderful textured flower leaf and bark paper with woodchip bits in and all manner of paper plant materials for texture. i love it. its difficult to paint on and life in this field is already dificult for me, so this makes the challenge huge. Its wonderful. Chinese Bird and Flower Painting Blue Flycatchers.
Video Rating: 4 / 5

Cool Calligraphy images

Some cool Calligraphy images:

Stanno tutti bene, work in progress
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Image by Luca Barcellona – Calligraphy & Lettering Arts

9 | EXTRAngel
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for random-project

make your own message
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AÑO NUEVO – NEW YEAR 2008
Handmade drawn letters – Letras dibujadas hechas a mano

Make your own message
Put yourself:
peace,
love,
good feelings,
desires,
letters,
and all of you want.

Hacé tu propio mensaje.
Ponele vos mismo:
paz
amor
buenos sentimientos
deseos
letras
y todo lo que quieras.

書法教學part4

書法教學part4

Nice Calligraphy photos

Some cool Calligraphy images:

PICT4952
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Engyoji – Maniden
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The temple stamp from the main hall at Engyoji temple.