(no subject)

[ocelot]

The slug-like thing at the top is supposedly me.


When Leif showed me this picture, he said, "Look, all those somebodies!"

It reminds me of The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Comments

[koyote.livejournal.com]

Leif "Tim Burton" Thorsteinn Harper

[lysandra.livejournal.com]

Thorstein Harper?

I just realized I don't know the last names (or middle) of a lot of people.

[lysandra.livejournal.com]

I think the tail of the slug is hair but I could be wrong :)

[koyote.livejournal.com]

Thorsteinn

It's a great middle name :)

[yndy.livejournal.com]

wow... those have a definite quality to them...
I hope he keeps up the drawing - he's got innate talent.
:)

[therealocelot.livejournal.com]

I expect he will - it's pretty much his favorite thing to do :)

[lysandra.livejournal.com]

thor-mug?

you're on a tripod?

[hideousallusion.livejournal.com]

at least you're stable.

Re: you're on a tripod?

[therealocelot.livejournal.com]

Better watch out or I'll cap you!

[koyote.livejournal.com]

thor-stone

[koyote.livejournal.com]

he does. he loved the small sketchbooks for a long time but now really likes 11x17 sheets. i want to get him better stuff and sketchbooks for solstice

[nolly.livejournal.com]

The large figure in the lower right of the second one looks like Invader Zim.

[fleckerbug.livejournal.com]

Is that a family name kinda thing.. what with Thora?

[koyote.livejournal.com]

Something like that, yeah.

[koyote.livejournal.com]

I should mention that a lot of the names you'll be discussing with us are norse, not german. so direct translation into modern german won't work well.

BUT, as it happens here, the german word Steinzeugkrug (stoneware jug)is the basis for the slang term stein- which isn't exactly used or accepted as a slang term for a liter mug outside of the palatinate.


So, in this case, using the word stein in german actually means stone or rock- asin old norse. Just becautious because it's not true in *all* cases.

Astrid is actually a great case- not because people confuseit with german, but because people confuse it with romance languages in general and think it means "star". It's a conjugation of two words not in german- Aesir, and Ri∂r. So itmeans beautiful goddess, roughly. Where in this case German would be no help as schön is the word you'd probably find instead of Ri∂r. And Aesir... well, okay, I cheated in translating that as goddess. But this is tough because english and german lack the words for Aesir other than latinized diety concept words.

[lysandra.livejournal.com]

ah, nifty