{"id":3529,"date":"2014-01-28T08:22:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-28T13:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/?p=3529"},"modified":"2014-01-28T08:22:00","modified_gmt":"2014-01-28T13:22:00","slug":"reconceptualizing-the-library-of-intellectums-book-wyrm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/2014\/01\/28\/reconceptualizing-the-library-of-intellectums-book-wyrm\/","title":{"rendered":"Reconceptualizing the Library of Intellectum&#8217;s book wyrm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;The book wyrm&#8217;s original appearance was that of Daz3D&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daz3d.com\/eastern-dragon\">Eastern Dragon,<\/a> which was offered for free a few years ago. I used this figure out of my available draconic options because its long, snaky form evoked the wyrminess I wanted in my book wyrm &#8212; plus I found it more aesthetically pleasing than the others. That said, I recognize that it would be cultural appropriation to insert a Chinese dragon in a story where it would have no context, so the book wyrm will no longer be a Chinese dragon.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Instead, there are many options for more European dragons in wired and felted versions on Etsy. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/177194273\/grunts-the-slightly-grumpy-handmade-felt?ref=shop_home_active_1\">stuffed felt dragon,<\/a>&nbsp;made by TheUselessCupboard, for example, is adorably pissy. I like the long serpentine body and the slim clawed legs, though I would ask for a wire armature, delete the wings and make the eyes half-closed.<br type=\"_moz\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: smaller;\">This entry was originally posted at <a href = \"http:\/\/modernwizard.dreamwidth.org\/1621245.html\">http:\/\/modernwizard.dreamwidth.org\/1621245.html<\/a>. You can comment here, but I&#8217;d prefer it if you&#8217;d <a href=\"http:\/\/modernwizard.dreamwidth.org\/1621245.html?mode=reply\">comment on my DW<\/a> using OpenID.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;The book wyrm&#8217;s original appearance was that of Daz3D&#8217;s Eastern Dragon, which was offered for free a few years ago. I used this figure out of my available draconic options because its long, snaky form evoked the wyrminess I wanted in my book wyrm &#8212; plus I found it more aesthetically pleasing than the others.&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/2014\/01\/28\/reconceptualizing-the-library-of-intellectums-book-wyrm\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Reconceptualizing the Library of Intellectum&#8217;s book wyrm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3529\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}