On my quest for a TRUE Italic D...

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Okay, unhappy w/ <strong>any</strong> of the art I could find <strong>AND</strong> tired of intently staring (mooning) over the photos of the <em>real</em> Italic D from Worms (on romanhideout.com), I am digging into my clip-art and going to draw the bloody thing to work AND look right.<br>
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If you click HERE, you will find some of the eagles I have quickly comped up. Guess I will have to make some kinda page to compare w/ the real thing. For now, look at the egles and please tell me what you think. BTW, to see the Roman Hideout pix, go to:<br>
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-Italic D, front left 3/4 view (from www.romanhideout.com )<br>
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-Italic D, front view (from www.romanhideout.com )<br>
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-Italic D, back view (from www.romanhideout.com )<br>
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--Italic D, top view (from www.romanhideout.com )<br>
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No, I am not going to use any one of the eagle arts I have, but will merge them. I don't know if the real thing had any engraving onthe eagles, you can see the back "temples" certainly did. Those will be much easier to replicate. Oh yeah, I will gett he wreath drawn too, but the form of the eagle seems to me to be important. I am I obsessing over this, no, I can't be, no, I won't, nnooooooooooooooooo.........<br>
Your input is appreciated... <strong>DMV</strong> <p>DECIMUS MERCATIUS VARIANUS<br>
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