Kagami no Tomoko's Personal Mon
Originally from the Barony of Three Mountains, located in The Kingdom of AnTir, Kagami no Tomoko has sporadically participated in the SCA since 2001 C.E. or A.S. XXXVI (36). While her name has changed a couple of times over the past few years, she has played a Japanese persona since day 1. Most of her early years were spent alongside the House of Hormones.
In 2004 C.E., Tamiko began her 5 year pilgrimage traveling around the Barony of Adiantum in search of new light. Three years later, Kagami no Tomoko along with Taðkr ormstunga, Senen meśou-nešed, & Toomachi no Shichiro formed a new house known as House Jormungandr. 2008 C.E. marks her brief return to the Barony of Three Mountains, moving still further north in the summer of 2009 C.E. to the Barony of Madrone. She left An Tir in 2011 C.E. and now hails from The Shire of Cloondara in The Kingdom of the West.
As part of The Kingdom of the West's Scribal Warband, I was given the opportunity to produce the Letter "K." A string of firsts: First time illuminating anything, first time using acrylic paint, and my first time using real parchment.
Inspiration from
Figuring out the vines and constraints of the 2"x3" area of work. Spoiler alert: this is very tiny!
V1.0 of my illuminated letter. Inked on printer paper
Initial Color Studies quickly done in Photoshop
Testing acrylic paint and new brushes on watercolor paper
Reworked line work, more color studies done with paint on printer paper
Testing aztec gold mica on scrap parchment.