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Meike de Nooy

"Celtic Letter Art" by Meike de Nooy

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Trying to imitate in my own way the way they decorate letters in the Celtish writings. I love lizards so that's why I gave them a try and I've always been into celtic patterns but I won't show them on elfwood as they are not accepted as fantasy. This is a nice combination of everything!


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14 Mar 200345 Hillary 'Aislin' LaClair
OMG! *worships*

:-) Meike de Nooy replies: "OMG! I'm being worshipped! That's........ different 12 Though I don't mind.. Thankyou for passing by!"
1 Apr 2003:-) Walter Andre Leonard
Miniature is great!

:-) Meike de Nooy replies: "miniature? Sorry, I think I'm missing your point here... (maybe it's my English?)"
9 Apr 2003:-) Maya Ivarsson
This is so cool, the little lizard ars so cute...

:-) Meike de Nooy replies: "Thankyou! I love lizards and try something different once every while!"
29 Sep 200345 Erradhadh
I'm crazy for just about anything Celtic. Have you tried using calligraphy pens for Celtic letter art? That's what I use!

:-) Meike de Nooy replies: "Definitely.. Calighaphic pens are the best! But I wanted to try to make my own version of one of those richly decorated letters like something in the book of Kells. And I've just written a tutorial on how to do celtic knots! (should be up soon 12"
27 Oct 2003:-) Genevieve 'Mergatroid Videotron' Long
That's great! I love how you incorporated the animals! *sigh*... so much Celtic stuff! Yay!! I'm actually going to be doing a paper on "Illuminated Manuscripts of English and Irish Monastaries of the 6th to 9th Centuries" for my history of western art class... basically I want to learn about stuff like the Book of Kells... Great work, keep it up!

:-) Meike de Nooy replies: "Yep! Celtic art fascinates me too (duh, as if you hadn't noticed) but as I started it before I ever knew it existed I have developed a kinda different style which relates to the original celtic one. This is as close to imitating as I've ever got 2"
25 Jan 200445 Poo head
Very dull and boring

:-) Meike de Nooy replies: "I'm sorry to hear you don't enjoy it, but then not everyone has the same taste. I, for example, have a sligth dislike for 'poo heads' 12"
29 Mar 200445 Candice
Hey Meike,

Not sure if you remember me...came over to visit Iris and spent a day with you guys. Just thought I'd say hi and I think your art (esp this pic)is really good!

:-) Meike de Nooy replies: "Of course I didn't forget you 12 So nice of you to drop in and leave me such a sweet comment! Another lizard fan I suppose? I love 'em critters to death! See ya sometime! Love Meike"
18 May 2004:-) Kaykamisch
It's not too boring at all, but it would look much better with some colors 2 It's not often you see lizards incorporated into knotworks- dragons, yes, but not just lil' lizards. Nice design. ~Kay

:-) Meike de Nooy replies: "That's actually a nice thought. The only thing that I don't like about colouring these kind of pictures is that it ruins the flow of the pencilstrokes... (the image has a tendancy to grow stiff) but I might try it 12"
12 Jun 200445 Annilyn Schill
Wow. It's so pretty. I like the lizards. Love your tutorial as well.

:-) Meike de Nooy replies: "Thankyou! that means a lot to me, it's nice to have people so happy with the tutorial too!!!"
26 May 200845 Whit
it is coll and very good[/color]11
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'Celtic Letter Art':
 • Created by: :-) Meike de Nooy
 • Copyright: ©Meike de Nooy. All rights reserved!

 • Keywords: Celtic, Decoration, Letter, Lizards, Text
 • Categories: Normal Animals (Cats, horses, fish, etc), Still Life, Items (Like books, swords, shields), Book Illustration
 • Techniques: Pencil/Graphite Pen
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