Letter of
Intent AE120 - June 21, 2009
All versions now contain both the color and the black-and-white images.
Commentary
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A note on scheduling ILoIs. With Pennsic quickly approaching, I have
opted to issue the May and June ILoI's mid-month. This will allow our
commentary team to finish commentary on the June letter before heading
to Pennsic in July. After Pennsic, I will resume issuing letters on the
first of the month.
 Esteemed
Colleagues!
It is with much joy that I celebrate
AEthelmearc's numerous honors in the WIlliam Blackfox awards for A.S.
XLIII, including the honor of "Best Special Interest" bestowed upon
this very site. For a list of all winners, click on the WB logo to the
right. In Glorias AEthelmearc!
In service always!
Alheydis
E-CONSULTATIONS
Electronic Consultation Deputy: The kingdom College of Heralds
has a new deputy position! Dame Elsbeth Anne Roth, Jewel of
Æthelmearc Herald, is now the Deputy for Electronic Heraldic
Consultation. The Garnet office has received an increasing number of
requests for direct consultation from submitters who find it easier, or
simply preferrable, to work on their submissions consult via e-mail.
What is the advantage to an e-consult? E-mail consults allow the
submitter more time to reflect on their decisions, and allow the
consulting herald more time to do research. Both parties may work on
the submission at their leisure. Everybody wins.
Would you like to be
an e-Herald? If you are interested in helping with electronic
consults, please contact Dame Elsbeth at jewelherald [at] aeheralds
[dot] net. As requests for e-consults increase, we will need more
people willing and able to consult via e-mail.
How does an
e-consult happen? An e-consult is exactly the same as a
face-to-face consult, with ideas and research notes being sent to the
submitter by the herald via e-mail. For device ideas, a graphic file
mock-up or a scan of a sketch can be sent as an attachment. Once the
submitter has made their decisions, the herald should fill out the
paperwork and send it via snail mail to the submitter for signature.
The submitter may then return it (with payment, if required) to the
consulting herald who will then forward it to Garnet, or the submitter
may simply forward the forms and payment to Garnet directly. (I find
that including a SASE with the paperwork helps to keep things moving
quickly.)
A note on color
emblazons: Color emblazon hard copies should be prepared by the
herald, so as to ensure that correct tinctures and appropriate inks are
used. Please do not send color files for the submitter to print and
sign, since the submitter's printer may not use appropriate inks or
reproduce the tinctures accurately.
NOTES ON
SUBMISSIONS
REMINDER - The
fee for all heraldic submissions to
the AEthelmearc College of Heralds is now $7.00 per item,
NOT $10.00.
Markers -
Please use markers, rather than colored pencils or crayons to color
your submissions forms. Both colored pencils and crayons have wax,
which can present problems for the scanners and photocopiers. Also, the
color is not deep enough to scan well. Laurel has returned such items
in the past. The crayola brand markers are preferred by the College
of Arms.
Computer Images
- I am very much in favor of using computer generated armory forms,
provided that several conditions are met.
Firstly, the inks you use in your printer MUST be
archival quality and lightfast. Most archival inks are pigment-based
media, rather than true inks. Unfortunately, most computer printers
that are affordable do not use such inks. (I use a Canon Pixma MP-500,
which is not super expensive and does
use pigment-based "inks" which are waterproof,
lightfast, and are rated for archival quality up to 75 years.)
If you
are considering using computer generated forms, please test your
printer's inks first. I recommend printing out swatches of the heraldic
colors and hanging them outside in direct sunlight. If there is any
fading or color shift, do NOT use those inks on submission forms!
The second condition that computer-generated forms
must meet is to match, as closely as possible, the hues of the Crayola
marker set. It may take an hour or so of experipenting to see what
on-screen colors will yield the right hue when printed on a particuar
printer, but it is time well-spent. For example, I need to use a rather
icky pink on screen to get a good printed match for the Crayola red. It
doesn't matter what it looks like on screen. What matters is the
print-out.
Color Photocopies
- Color photocopies are
notorious for color shifting over time. Some color-copied submission
have had their purples shift so much between the time that they were
printed and the time that they were reviewed by the College that they
have been returned. If you want to use color photocopies, please do a
lightfastness test. Make a page of color samples using Caryola markers
and have it color photocopied. Hang the copy in direct sunlight (NOT
through
UV filtering glass!) and check for fading or color shifting. If all
looks good after a few weeks, then you know that that particular
color copier in okay to use. Another model of color copier might not
use the same toners, so if your copy center changes color copiers, do
another test.
Timeliness -
PLEASE, turn in your submissions within a few weeks of receiving
signatures and payment. I have had several clients contact me wondering
why their items have never been published on an ILoI, only to find out
that the forms were simply never mailed by the consulting herald.
I have received some items up to six months after the date of
submission.
If you have submission forms and are having trouble finishing up the
drawing, coloring, photocopying or documentation, please contact me. I
am happy to help! I would much rather receive an incomplete submission
within a month than a complete submission six months after it was
submitted.
The Award, Guild
& Officers' Badges of Æthelmearc - WORK IN
PROGRESS
I am putting together a webpage showing all of the
currently registered
award, guild and officer's badges as used in our glorious Sylvan
Kingdom. You can view the current version at www.aeheralds.net/badges.html
Please send any corrections, suggestions and
comments to Alheydis
CONSULTATION
TABLES
Consult
tables are a great way to hone your
consult skills and enjoy
the company of fellow heralds. Be sure to volunteer!
If
your group event is planning a consult table, let me know and I
will post it here. If your group would like to have a consult table at
an upcoming event,
contact your regional deputy herald to
make arrangements.
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