Book Of Traceable Heraldic Art ❧ Book of Traceable Heraldic Art ❧ Sep 13, 2021 ❧ Artists’ copyrights & terms of use on credits page ❧ Welcome Scaled For Submission Forms Welcome to the Book of Traceable Heraldic Art, a compilation of The fields and ordinaries are scaled to match the SCA’s standard armorial illustrations intended to facilitate the design of devices and armory submission forms. badges within the Society for Creative Anachronism. The complex lines have been scaled to multiple sizes that should This collection was initally meant to facilitate submissions at Pennsic allow their use with most field divisions or ordinaries. Some Heralds’ Point, but it has since proven useful in other contexts. combinations of divisions and ordinaries using those lines are included, but in other cases you may need to construct them yourself. Work In Progress The mobile charges have been scaled to multiple sizes that should be This is a snapshot of an ongoing project, incomplete and subject to traceable in most possible positions on the field. The largest size revision. It may — nay, most certainly does — contain errors. should fit comfortably on the SCA’s standard armory submission It is not complete, but the common field divisions and ordinaries are forms as a sole primary device, while the smaller sizes can be used in included, along with a fair number of complex line variations, and a combination with other charges. growing collection of mobile charges. There are also a number of other supporting documents and worksheets that may be useful to Printing & Tracing heralds which are available as part of the broader collection. If you print single-sided copies of these pages you should be able to lay a submission form over them to trace the desired elements. Important: Note that the inclusion of a charge or illustration in this collection does not guarantee that it is registrable. Always check with A light table or light box will make the job of tracing easier; a simple knowledgable heralds before submitting your armorial design. one can be purchased online for $15-25, or you may be able to improvise one with a desk lamp under a glass table, or by placing a If you spot problems or have suggestions for improvements, I would string of holiday lights inside a clear plastic storage tote, or by taping love to hear about them! the pages to a sunny window. Multiple Sources & Alternative Depictions Web Downloads This collection has been assembled from multiple sources, with The latest version of this document is online at http://heraldicart.org/. illustrations by different artists, as shown on the credits pages. In addition to printable PDFs, the web site also includes files for each There are multiple variations included for some elements, reflecting a charge in PNG and SVG formats, as well as the original source files range of proportions or styles or artistic options, indicated by page in OmniGraffle format, any of which may be used to assemble digital titles containing (1), (2), etc. In some cases the choice of variation images of armory for submission or display. may be constrained by other elements of the design; in others any option will work, and the choice of which to use is up to the These images use a gray background to indicate charge areas. submitter, herald, or scribe. Convert these to black-and-white or fill with the appropriate color. Preface ❧ Book of Traceable Heraldic Art ❧ Sep 13, 2021 ❧ Artists’ copyrights & terms of use on credits page ❧ Editor’s Acknowledgements Artists’ Copyrights & Terms Of Use Assembling and refining this collection has been an ever-growing This collection includes elements created by many different people, project over the last three years. some specifically for this edition and some as part of other projects. Thank you to each of the artists who contributed illustrations to this Each page containing third-party material identifies the source and effort, and to those who posted their creations online under licenses original illustrator, if known, and more information about these that allowed them to be collected here. Their names are catalogued in sources is provided on this and the following pages. the Sources section, and this collection would not exist without them. Some items are drawn from historical works which were never I am very grateful to the Pennsic Traceable Art project, led by Ailis copyrighted, or whose term of copyright has since expired. Those Linne, which provided the inspiration for this collection, and was items are in the public domain and may be adapted and used freely. initially the primary source of material. A special thanks to Þórý For all other material, the original creators each retain their copyright Veðardóttir for recruiting me to work on updating that resource, and in the individual elements contained herein, but have agreed to share for providing feedback during the first year. them under terms that allow their free use within the Society for Many thanks to the heralds of the SCA for the years of research and Creative Anachronism (SCA). the reference material which informed this work. Notable among This means that you may trace, copy, modify, combine, and otherwise these is Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme, creator of the Pictorial use any of these elements to submit armory registrations, for heraldic Dictionary of Heraldry, aka the “PicDic,” a truly invaluable resource. display, or for any other non-commercial purposes related to the Particular thanks for the helpful feedback received from Beatrice SCA, for free, without requesting individual permission to do so. Domenici della Campana, Kryss Kostarev, Muirenn ingen Dúnadaig, No attribution is required for heraldic or artistic use of these elements Tanczos Istvan, Thóra Róarsdóttir, Yehuda ben Moshe, and the within the SCA, so you may use these illustrations without a need to members of the SCA Heraldry Unofficial Chat group on Facebook. credit the original artists (although that is always welcome). My sincere appreciation to folks who have contacted me with corrections, including Basil Dragonstrike, Konrad Mailander, For commercial or non-SCA use of these images, you must carefully Michael Gerard Curtememoire, Amy Hanson, Alexandre Saint review the terms of the source material or contact the creators of the Pierre, and Cormac Mór. elements you wish to use for permission, as some sources require attribution for use outside of the SCA, require relicensing of — Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin derivative works, or limit their work’s use in commercial contexts. Editor, Book of Traceable Heraldic Art mka Matthew Simon Ryan Cavalletto You may distribute this book as a whole, or portions of it, or New York City, Spring 2020 incorporate its contents into other material, provided that you acknowledge the source(s) and allow everyone to share the resulting material under the same terms. Contact the author for details. Acknowledgements & Terms Of Use ❧ Book of Traceable Heraldic Art ❧ Sep 13, 2021 ❧ Artists’ copyrights & terms of use on credits page ❧ Add Your Art to This Book Licensing & Copyright If you are an armory illustrator, or a "herald painter" as folks would Any images you contribute remain yours, but by submitting them you have said in period, and you're willing to share your images with the grant me an license to adapt and distribute them for heraldic and SCA community, I would welcome your contribution to this artistic use within the Society for Creative Anachronism. collection. You can send me images you’ve already created, or In order to ensure that people who use this collection to create their identify something I’m missing and draw something new to share. device or badge can do so with a minimum of complication, I'm only Illustrations should be drawn with a solid outline, and not filled or including images which members of the SCA community can excessively shaded, so that they may be easily traced and colored in combine with other elements to create their own armory, without whichever tinctures a client selects — just as you would draw them requesting special permission, paying a fee, or providing attribution for the black-and-white outline version of an SCA heraldic every time they paint their device on their shield or display a banner. submission. Our standard license for contributions is the Creative Commons I'm including multiple styles for common charges, representing Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) license, different regional traditions, varying historical periods, and assorted with an additional grant that no attribution is required for heraldic or illustration styles, so if there's already a lion rampant in the collection artistic use by members of the SCA community. These terms will be that doesn't mean you can't send me another. used for any art you contribute without specifying another license. If you want to ensure that your art is not used by a business you can Formats and Addresses opt for the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial- You can send me your art in whichever way is most convenient to ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license, with the you, and I'll do our best to convert it as necessary. same grant of non-attribution within the SCA community. This Illustrations may be uploaded to my web site at indicates that a business may not use your art as part of their logo or http://blog.heraldicart.org/upload-art/. signage, and may not sell products that incorporate your design, unless they first contact you to negotiate special permission. If you have vector files, you can send those in any standard format (PDF, EPS, SVG), or I can accept bitmapped drawings or scanned Alternately, if you’re willing to make your art freely available to images (PNG, TIFF, GIF, JPEG) as long as the resolution is sufficient anyone with no restrictions at all, you may place it in the public to preserve the details.