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Meissen porcelain

Meissen porcelain is the first and for a half a century the best porcelain in Europe. Founded in 1710 as the Royal Saxon Porcelain Manufacture by Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, at Meissen, near Dresden. It set a very high standard even in China.

The latest initials on the products were AR (Augustus Rex, the monogram of the King), K.P.M. (Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur), M.P.M. (Meissener Porzellan-Manufaktur), and K.P.F. ("Königliche Porzellan-Fabrik), but then in 1725 were replaced with crossed swords . Variations in the "crossed swords" logotype allow approximate dating of the wares.

In 2010 the manufacture will celebrate its 300th anniversary.

yerevan.ru

On September 5 I was asked to make an autumn illustrations for yerevan.ru.


As it's my first big project(every element was made by me), and it's online now,I want to show it.

yerevan.ru is a web portal of yerevan city,where you can find all information about the city, Armenian culture, people etc.
Pay attention on link "Настроики" on the top panel (upper corner of the page) where you can change the themes of the site. I did the "Обычный", "Осень" and "Зима" ones.

Just me and my boyfriend

by Vahan Stepanyan

Good technique

The worst thing when you’re on your own, a self-taught person is that you have to improve your creativeness and technique simultaneously, and you need much time to make progress in your job.
When you’re going to an interview there is a question about your future, like "what you would like to be after 10 years". Recently I was thinking about the question, and I've got an answer. I’d like to have a great technique in representing my surrounding world.Because otherwise it's like you have an idea,but don't know how to say it.

There are 3 images that I've found at deviantart.com and understood that this is exactly what I need.

A photo

Vector image

3D image

Sony Bravia

With or without color

The people with Albinism have little or no pigment in their eyes, skin, or hair. They have inherited altered genes that do not make the usual amounts of a pigment called melanin, which is responsible for the color. The principal gene which results in Albinism prevents the body from making the usual amounts of this pigment.

It is not a disease, infection and cannot be transmitted through contact, the thing is more complicated.

“The genes for Albinism are located on “autosomal” chromosomes. Autosomes are the chromosomes that contain genes for our general body characteristics, contrasted to the sex chromosomes. We normally have two copies of these chromosomes and the genes on them – one inherited from our father, the other inherited from our mother. Neither of these gene copies is functional in people with Albinism. However, Albinism is a “recessive trait”, so even if only one of the two copies of the Albinism gene is functional, a person can make pigment, but will carry the albinism trait. Both parents must carry a defective albinism gene to have a child with Albinism. When both parents carry the defective gene (and neither parent has albinism) there is a one in four chance at each pregnancy that the baby will be born with Albinism. This type of inheritance is called “autosomal recessive” inheritance.”

There are a lot of attitudes towards albino people in different cultures of the world. On Fiji Islands they are usually very respectful and high-ranking people, on the contrary in Africa their life is very complicated.
There is a belief in South Africa, that after death albinos are disappearing, like dissolving in the air.

All my life this phenomenon was associated with purity, transparency and tenderness. When I was a child I thought that these people were angels. Now, when I see their photos I think that maybe there is something there, and only the nature knows the answer.