Category: Resources

The Platonic Solids

Post author By Dotan Dimet
Post date July 23, 2002

Israel mentioned last night that the five Platonic Solids were associated with five elements. We were discussing the superiority of the d12, but the idea of five elements does have an appeal to me, since our campaign featured a pantheon with five branches.

Here’s a nice page about the Platonic Solids from the book (or/and course) Geometry in Art and Architecture, dealing with the history of the Platonic Solids. Anders Sandberg writes in Spiritweb about Platonic Solids and Their Symmetries, covering their mystical correspondances.

Sort-of related are the Chinese Five Elements, which also have their own correspondances.

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China Road Tiles

Post author By Dotan Dimet
Post date July 23, 2002

Best In Show Graphics by China Road has some very nice background textures/images. Now, if only it would be simpler to use these in Photoshop…

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Pin-Up Deck of Cards

Post author By Dotan Dimet
Post date July 22, 2002

Pin-Up Deck of Cards is part of the ~Painted Ladies~ site, which is more ‘classic’ pin-up art.

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Tarot decks

Post author By Dotan Dimet
Post date July 22, 2002

Tarot Inspiration – The book of Thoth website has all the cards of the Thoth deck designed by Aleister Crowley, with what looks like user-contributed interpretations.

The Victoria Regina Tarot is another online deck, with Victorian art in each of the cards.

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James Bond Art (and my blather)

Post author By Dotan Dimet
Post date July 21, 2002

I found The Art of James Bond through S. Anand’s weblog, and I reached him through the citations on the New Scientist story I just got from daypop. He points to a bunch of cool stuff, including the Guardian’s weblog guide (which mentioned Renee‘s blog.