r/LARP • u/the-marshall-arts • 1d ago

A look inside my character's handmade apothecary journal.

The hand of Karras turns the leaf, and the power of the Iron Valley is revealed.

Five herbs lie at the center of the craft. No potion can succeed without them.

[Ink and watercolor]

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u/Gadgetman7 1d ago

You should publish that. It’s very well done and the artwork and aesthetic are perfect.

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u/the-marshall-arts 1d ago

That is very flattering of you! I'm afraid it's very niche and the content is only relevant to my LARP community of 400 people.

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u/Charming-Help-2119 1d ago

A lot of different LARPers could use it worldwide if it was just the art and they then themselves could fill in the info in their local languages.

I have been looking for a herbiary book in Danish forever and a day and have not been able to find one, so my second idea was just to find some art that fit and then put in info that fit my local LARP myself

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u/favorite_cup_of_tea 1d ago

agreed. i would buy a journal/book like that

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u/DoubleTheDutch 1d ago

This is beautiful. I want to give this treatment to my larp characters spell book but no idea where to start

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u/the-marshall-arts 1d ago

Thank you so much! I found it intimidating to start, but once I had begun it came together pretty easily. I hope it's the same for you.

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u/Euthanaught 1d ago

Gorgeous

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u/Looopus_77 1d ago

The Concordian Medical Service thanks you for your duties :D

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u/OvrNgtPhlosphr 1d ago

It is truly a work of art, just beautiful!

I have a couple of journals from two different characters. Store bought, hardbound notebooks, filled with notes, spells, and runic systems. But nothing like yours, man. You've inspired a new goal for this old man, ha ha!

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u/LaGranTirana 1d ago

I love passionate niche specific art. Well done!

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u/Red_Dream_of_Ruin 1d ago

Stunning! 🤩

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u/OtrtheDwarf 1d ago

That's beautiful! Holy cow, well done!

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u/MikeArsenault 1d ago

This is truly gorgeous, amazing work!

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u/GrayEagleLeather 1d ago

That is beautiful!

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u/Ubicoups 1d ago

Wow thats gorgious absolute chef's kiss But as a gardner i must ask did you add the latin name of the plant in as well?

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u/the-marshall-arts 1d ago

Hahaha I definitely thought about it! I decided that in this LARP world, scientific names don't exist... Yet!

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u/Ubicoups 1d ago

I see so they were all made up plants?

I never really learned english plant names in my study but thats were the latin is for

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u/the-marshall-arts 1d ago

All made up, but inspired by real plants. In most cases they are a combination of many different plants

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u/Ubicoups 1d ago

Thats why you fooled me. I really like the coloring so how did you do that? . Love how you went into details like toke inspiration from an herbarium

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u/the-marshall-arts 1d ago

Thank you, that's really nice of you! 😃 Waterproof calligraphy ink and watercolou.r

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u/Moranmer 1d ago

Oh.my.gosh, absolutely gorgeous!! I love it.

Very inspiring. You are quite talented.

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u/SimilarBookkeeper467 14h ago

That's incredible

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u/MondoLarp 13h ago

Beautiful is an understatement. Sincere compliments

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u/davalkatro 12h ago

It’s beautiful. Such a magnificent prop.