mainly archaeological related illustration here: some samples of my work and some discussion of problematic aspects of illustration. Feel free to comment (click the relevant post title in order to get the comment box below the post) Tom
Read More introIn the hopes that this description of problems and workarounds will help someone out there somewhere.Posted provisionally on 2026-01-28 !CHECK! = needs to be confirmed Problems addressed:#1 with some embedded images in a Freehand drawing (in my case: one bit Tiffs, scaled and made transparent in Freehand), image changes size and location slightly after opening the…
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A map done in a very classical style. The sea fades though from left to right (gradient fill) with the lightest part being the focus of the map — the passage tomb location (Magheracar, County Sligo). Image © 2017 The Government of Ireland, Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
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Chamber of Megalithic tomb with Ogham stones at Ballynabortagh, Co. Cork (CO052-061001-, CO052-061002-, CO052-061003-). Photos by Con Brogan. Prepared for The Megalithic Survey of Ireland — published online at http://webgis.archaeology.ie/NationalMonuments/FlexViewer/ Click on the funnel symbol in the site toolbar (tooltip reads Query data), and use the Search by Record Number field to search for CO052-061001-…
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Map of medieval Galway, drawn for Paul Walsh, published in: Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth; O’Brien, Madeline; Walsh, Paul (Editors) (2004) Archaeological Investigations In Galway City, 1987-1998 (Wordwell) Published image © Wordwell Ltd. 2004
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Note: images are converted from high-resolution 1 bit tiffs designed for publication – so lines wont look so great at this resolution I was recently trying to standardise a large group of artifacts/finds and architectural stone drawings I drew years back. I’ve not done finds drawing for a long time now, but I was always…
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Selection of artifacts drawn for Ardfert Cathedral Excavations; many of which were published in: Moore, Fionnbarr (2007) Ardfert Cathedral, Summary of Excavation Results (The Stationary Office) © Government of Ireland 2007
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Topographical map (for publication) Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland (2011) © Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
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