Continuing the research of quibble.......
Ahuizotls seem to be fairly unknown wether they truly existed, some say a magical creature, In the book the creature is described as
'They looked like large lemurs walking on all fours and with long tails. At the ends of these tails were clawed hands'.
Svart- Alfa known as the Dark elves, If they came out into the daylight they would turn into stone, In the book they are underground animals and where more like Loki Henchmen.
The other Characters that are in the book seems to be made up, but all have a important part into making the story work.
Brans Head the story is that it Bran, a Giant was injured in a battle and ordered that his head to be cut off and his head to be buried in London facing France to stop invasion, however after some years King Author demanded that it be removed as he strength alone was luck enough for his country.....When the head was finally removed by his request of the King bad luck came upon them, This follows through into the story causing death.
Quibble is a Grutten from another universe, a Shape Shifter with powers of temporal displacement, He is explained as of being a old looking man with white hair piercing eyes, dressed in a cerise boiler suit and yellow boots. He is Chalchiuntlicues lover.
Quibble - to disagree over minor issues.
Don Oxford a weathy man who is role is to help Quibble, in his quest, which he is unaware of at the start. Don seems to have certain powers that they are after, powers of temporal displacement.He is great danger as Loki needs Don too so he can gain entry to his universe once more.
Sally works as Don's secretary/ assistant. She is down to earth and helps through the quest once she has realised its all real.
These are not all the characters present in the book however i myself feel that these are the main characters, that have an impact in the book.
Looking up these characters and briefly comparing the sourced information to what i have in the book, i see alot of similarities, some which have been brought to a more modern times and still works as a whole, Ive found the Mythology to be a big part of the stories background imagery as the story goes to many parts of the world where thes myths have come from, I think it may be best to look into these too
Places
Bodhnath Stupa, Nepal is known as the most holiest Buddhist in Kathmandu.
Portala Palace, Tibet used to reside the Dali Lama until he fled to India in 1959, today it has been coverted into a museum.
Mogoa Caves, Dunhuang, China Mongoa means high up in the desert, the 750 caves are filled with paintings and artiifacts.
Inspired by my research so far i decided to experiment with different media to try to get the effect of wall drawings, These are mentioned through out the book as a means of travel and escape. In Mythology it was means off telling a story of the Gods.
To Start with i looked into copper sheets and embossing it slightly raising out an image and hopefully giving the effect of a wall carving, For the moment i just used the image of quibble off the front cover of the book.
Below is the image of what i have achieved so far.
Embossed Copper Plate (Quibble)
I think this is quite effective, however im not sure how it would look on a cover of a book, i need to scan this to see once i have found a image i think works best, Im going to look in to Greek Symbols and other possible symbols from other countries relating to places visited in the book relating to time, measurements etc, as the book is about time travel and universal portals. I think too that i will do the the embossing to be raised out so it looks chiseled out.
My other experiment was to paint onto sandpaper usuing paints to create a more modern looking wall painting to work with the modern approach of the book. I need to possibly look at how different paints and how they take on sanpaper to get the best effect needed.
Image of Quibble on sandpaper using Glass paints.
Above is a rough idea how an image would look, I have not concentrated much on colour yet as i want to look into the image first on what i want on the front cover, i feel if i do a scene from within the story it my take away from the mystery behind the book and be less appealing, Maybe something to do with numbers and symbols also something as simple as circle to represent a time loop i feel it would fit the book better and be more appropriate to the whole feel of the book.
My workspace at the end of Day 2
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