July 16, 2002
Michael Coe, his books, his glyph

coeglyphs.jpgAlright, I already screwed up. I decided to use the Maya glyph for "writing" in my banner. In Michael Coe and Justin Kerr's book "The Art of the Maya Scribe" there is a photo (not by Justin - by Elizabeth Land) of the glyph. I laboriously traced the photo and created my own glyph. The next morning I realized that it was on the cover of Coe's new book. My bet is that co-writer, Mark Van Stone, artist and calligrapher, made that graphic. He did a better job than I did. I swear, I didn't rip it off from there - just from somewhere else. I'll get permission from the photographer (and Michael) or else I'll use another graphic. Good reason to contact both. Meanwhile, buy Mike and Mark's book. It's the best beginning text there is from a man who explains things better than anyone else and a top artist in the field.

Posted by Dave at July 16, 2002 10:07 PM