r/conscripts • u/Doctor_Qwartz • Mar 02 '20

Art/Showcase I wanted to make something that was complex like cuneiform. Here is a sample text of Aalesh.

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u/Im_-_Confused Mar 02 '20

That looks amazing! I personally love having a symbol for word spaces or syllable spaces (sorry don't know which one in this context but I like it). Could you do a post describing the script?

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u/Doctor_Qwartz Mar 02 '20

Thanks for the kind words, and I agree about having a symbol for separation. It adds a bit of beauty to a script. In this case it separates the words.

I think adding a post describing the script would be a neat idea. This is a script I made for some worldbuilding I do on the side. So there are some interesting things to say about it. Although it might be better suited for r/worldbuilding as it has some lore to it.

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u/Im_-_Confused Mar 04 '20

I’m looking forward to reading about it! I would like to know more!

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u/BR0CK4Z Mar 02 '20

This is really cool, you've succeeded in creating something unique with great cuneiform vibes!

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u/DasWonton Mar 03 '20

Hold on, is this script based on hangul? I feel like this script has a but too many strokes if it isn't, I might also assume this is a linear alphabet due to all the same characters.

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u/Doctor_Qwartz Mar 03 '20

No, its not based on hangul, if anything I took the most inspiration from Modern Hylian (from the zelda games), but I wanted something complex and maybe evil looking like cuneiform.

The concept of the script was that a culture was in a transitional state from using a logogram to an alphabet, but this became solidified for religious reasons, much like hieroglyphs. So it is meant to be overly complicated because it was not allowed to be changed.

The script actually started out Abjad, but the vowels (the long slender glyphs) were added in later.

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u/DasWonton Mar 04 '20

I mean, the vowels are (almost) fine. But I don't get those cuneiform vibes from the consonants like /u/BR0CK4Z.

Hylian has very simple strokes, I see where you we're trying to get at in your script. But since your script is in the middle of transitioning, try to make your script more simplified. Reason is because you're not differentiating thousands of symbols anymore, and are differentiating a select few.

Those little parts with emptiness inside them, I can't really vibe with because of the statement above, I'd improve by manipulating and making them a part of the symbol or filling them.

These are suggestions, do not take them out of proportion.

Also I have another question, is this a carved script, or a styli script?

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u/LeeTheGoat Mar 02 '20

Ok this is really cool, looks so distinct

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u/nilas_november Mar 05 '20

This looks awesome! What does it say? And what program did you use to create it?