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Swap Due Date: July 15th, 2019
Sign Up date: By July 5th, 2019
Withdrawal deadline: none, but please communicate!
Number of Cards: 3 for 3
Number of Participants: unlimited
Ancient Mesopotamia, aka "Sumerians, Assyrians, and Hittites, Oh My!" - open media
Scorpion Men, Winged guardians, Epic of Gilgamesh, and cuneiform, the art of Ancient Mesopotamia is really quite fascinating and stylized. At the same time, it is often eclipsed by the wonderful work of the Ancient Egyptians. This swap is to celebrate the artwork created by the peoples of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, or the Mesopotamian River valley.
Time Frame: pre-history up through the Persian Achaemenid Empire, so roughly 550-330BC. Other major groups to use for searching: Akkadians, Uruk, Babylonians, Hittites, Assyrians, Kassites, and more.
Style: I'm open to any style on this - you want to do an anime version Queen of the Night, go for it. The major requirement is it has to be an image associated with an Ancient Mesopotamian civilization.
Here are a couple of my examples:
Click image for larger version.
Research. If you're like me, you'll probably need to do some looking. Here are a few sites that I liked. If you find others, please share.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Cultural Advising Group
The Louvre - great collection, but you'll probably need to search
British Museum - you'll have to play with this site a bit, not the easiest navigation.
Swap Requirements ~
1. Each card must relate to an Ancient Mesopotamian Civilization.
2. All cards should be standard 3.5” x 2.5”
3. This swap is 3 for 3. An extra card for the host is welcome, but completely optional.
Other stuff
Mailing Information ~
* Include username, real name, your state/country and the swap name on the back of all cards - and put username and swap name on all envelopes sent.
* US Participants – Please include EITHER a clearly written SASE or a mailing label and stamp.
* International Participants - Please send a clearly-addressed envelope or mailing label and I will cover postage.
*Late cards past a day or so will be returned.
*When you receive your returns, please leave I-Trader for your swap host and rep points for the artists of the cards you receive. Also, in your rep points, naming which card you received is nice, since people like to know where their artworks end up.
Participants:
1. jo.on.the.go - Received Returns!
2. Leydab - Received Returns!
3. BetsyG - Received Returns!
4. CastleQueen5 - Received Returns!
5. dsign49 - Received Returns!
6. Asharnanae - Received Returns!
7.BluSkyHare - Received Returns!
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Sign Up date: By July 5th, 2019
Withdrawal deadline: none, but please communicate!
Number of Cards: 3 for 3
Number of Participants: unlimited
Ancient Mesopotamia, aka "Sumerians, Assyrians, and Hittites, Oh My!" - open media
Scorpion Men, Winged guardians, Epic of Gilgamesh, and cuneiform, the art of Ancient Mesopotamia is really quite fascinating and stylized. At the same time, it is often eclipsed by the wonderful work of the Ancient Egyptians. This swap is to celebrate the artwork created by the peoples of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, or the Mesopotamian River valley.
Time Frame: pre-history up through the Persian Achaemenid Empire, so roughly 550-330BC. Other major groups to use for searching: Akkadians, Uruk, Babylonians, Hittites, Assyrians, Kassites, and more.
Style: I'm open to any style on this - you want to do an anime version Queen of the Night, go for it. The major requirement is it has to be an image associated with an Ancient Mesopotamian civilization.
Here are a couple of my examples:
Click image for larger version.
Research. If you're like me, you'll probably need to do some looking. Here are a few sites that I liked. If you find others, please share.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Cultural Advising Group
The Louvre - great collection, but you'll probably need to search
British Museum - you'll have to play with this site a bit, not the easiest navigation.
Swap Requirements ~
1. Each card must relate to an Ancient Mesopotamian Civilization.
2. All cards should be standard 3.5” x 2.5”
3. This swap is 3 for 3. An extra card for the host is welcome, but completely optional.
Other stuff
Mailing Information ~
* Include username, real name, your state/country and the swap name on the back of all cards - and put username and swap name on all envelopes sent.
* US Participants – Please include EITHER a clearly written SASE or a mailing label and stamp.
* International Participants - Please send a clearly-addressed envelope or mailing label and I will cover postage.
*Late cards past a day or so will be returned.
*When you receive your returns, please leave I-Trader for your swap host and rep points for the artists of the cards you receive. Also, in your rep points, naming which card you received is nice, since people like to know where their artworks end up.
Participants:
1. jo.on.the.go - Received Returns!
2. Leydab - Received Returns!
3. BetsyG - Received Returns!
4. CastleQueen5 - Received Returns!
5. dsign49 - Received Returns!
6. Asharnanae - Received Returns!
7.BluSkyHare - Received Returns!
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