Castles, palaces, temples and cathedrals in the real world are densely decorated with ornamentation. Computer games, in contrast, usually have much less and appear Spartan in comparison. Game worlds, whether hand-made or procedural, require greater decorative ornamentation to increase their realism and beauty. Currently artists create this ornament by hand; this doesn’t scale. In order to have ...

We report a case of axillary lymphadenopathy thirty years after a decorative tattoo clinically mimicking metastatic melanoma. The importance of relying on histological confirmation of metastatic disease before altering extent of surgery is discussed. The importance of recording presence of decorative tattoos is stressed.

During the 26th Dynasty, kings took a clear approach to restoring Old Kingdom’s past glory. This article is dedicated publication of an unknown Late Period coffin discovered at Ihnasyia during Spanish excavation, currently stored Beni-Suief Museum. The study intends compare style decorative scenes and design this with other coffins, discussing major similarities differences. was developed using...

Among the many reputed Belgian historical heritage stones, Dinantian (Lower Carboniferous) ‘Pierre de Meuse’ is certainly one of most important. The sensu stricto a limestone middle Viséan age that particularly well exposed and accessible in Meuse valley, downstream city Namur. Romans were first to make wide use this limestone, both as building decorative stone. Furthermore, during medieval tim...

The present paper deals with a description and classification of the Achaemenid short sword akinakes. akinakes was most probably influenced by Scythians or Sakas. Hence, provides brief discussion on other types as well. There were longer examples used Scythians, but archaeological also their depictions stone reliefs tend to depict swords. Stone in Persepolis, Apadana, Persian sites show two One...

This paper describes a flexible tool for decorative halftoning. Decorative halftoning produces a picture that can be seen simultaneously on two levels: either as an over-all image, or as a grid of much smaller motif images. The tool presented here is flexible: any small image can be used as a motif. When the motif is a black-and-white image, this tool improves on other techniques, which cannot ...

concentrate our attention upon the work of the little-known or even anonymous masters and endeavor to delineate the outlines of a "style" belonging not only to an individual but to a generation and a country. Particular problems in the decorative arts can in this way lead to an understanding of the mind and taste of a bygone age that is quite unexpected. Hence it is that such studies in the hig...