The CBB

Random: I just moved back to Luxembourg a week ago. Feels in some ways like I never left, but it's also cool discovering what's changed in the past few years.

Today's projects. https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/368fae4f-fdc7-4cbb-b7a4-709ac40d3198/dhprp6f-d72988b6-2d6e-40fd-a64d-e924e87cf28a.png?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg...

More money. https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/368fae4f-fdc7-4cbb-b7a4-709ac40d3198/dgy5to4-f01a7525-6899-4178-9c4d-fac29d347bea.png/v1/fill/w_1024,h_1032/ilia_1000_denar__2024_edition_by_requindesang_dgy5to4-fullview.png?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1...

Wearable technology! I'll be spinning responsive fibers with liquid crystals (and other things) and look to incorporate them into garments. Like Rorschach from The Watchmen ? Probably not. Different functionalities are the plan. Other fun: After seven months of fighting with journals, submitting, r...

Back in September, I applied for a grant from the ERC (European research funding agency) called Marie Skłodowska-Curie. It's a two-year postdoc grant that's exceptionally competitive, and I applied for it to go back to Luxembourg because why not, though I had absolutely no expectations of getting i...

Back in September, I applied for a grant from the ERC (European research funding agency) called Marie Skłodowska-Curie. It's a two-year postdoc grant that's exceptionally competitive, and I applied for it to go back to Luxembourg because why not, though I had absolutely no expectations of getting it...

I like money. https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/368fae4f-fdc7-4cbb-b7a4-709ac40d3198/dgtxfi3-445d2461-0279-455f-a80e-08fd7e800d1d.png/v1/fill/w_887,h_901/ilia_100_denar__2024_edition_by_requindesang_dgtxfi3-pre.png?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YX...

Yay, more money. https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/368fae4f-fdc7-4cbb-b7a4-709ac40d3198/dg4sh7l-0190698c-1e3b-48af-bad7-08ed60fe31b0.png/v1/fill/w_1024,h_672/pearl_islands_shilling_coins__2023_edition_by_requindesang_dg4sh7l-fullview.png?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1...

The motif recap: 50 (red): Scarlet macaw ( Ara macao ) 100 (green): Belted kingfisher ( Megaceryle alcyon ) 200 (purple): Olive-backed quail-dove ( Leptotrygon veraguensis , called in the Pearl Islands a Malecanan dove due to its habitat) 500 (orange): Ivory-billed woodpecker ( Campephilus principa...

I see a roadrunner. a quetzal, and a macaw. What are the other two? I see from the fine print on the bottom of the bills that the top one is a bird of paradise (although I do not know which of the many species of birds of paradise it is), and the bottom one is a scarlet macaw. Of the others, the se...

The voices in my head suggested I share this.

@VampireShark: Who are that couple? The two, Edvárd Varyljév and Sofia Herțor Virel, are a pair (not a couple) consisting of an Ilian and Telemor diplomat who managed to successfully negotiate a friendship treaty between Ilia and Telemor after many decades of enmity (especially during the two reign...

Made this a while ago. https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/368fae4f-fdc7-4cbb-b7a4-709ac40d3198/dfuf1fh-b351aff3-7218-4c15-a3b9-4d79c987464d.png/v1/fill/w_1280,h_1219/telemor_100_francs__2023_version_by_requindesang_dfuf1fh-fullview.png?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ...

Update to an older thing, plus a continuation. https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/368fae4f-fdc7-4cbb-b7a4-709ac40d3198/dfdgp36-456bcfa1-ce7a-43d5-b5e7-bded09df7d8b.png/v1/fill/w_1024,h_1443,strp/ilian_passport_data_page__2022_edition__by_requindesang_dfdgp36-fullview.png?token...

Worked on a commission over the past few months. Quite pleased with the outcome. https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/368fae4f-fdc7-4cbb-b7a4-709ac40d3198/dfjwi6c-4a458d84-8c90-4d15-b3a8-390c96d5188f.png/v1/fill/w_1024,h_1430,strp/commission__soundland_dollar_by_requindesang_dfj...

Finished this a few days ago. https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/368fae4f-fdc7-4cbb-b7a4-709ac40d3198/dfdgp36-88560774-8d34-4016-9820-1cf3e1685969.png/v1/fill/w_1024,h_1443,strp/ilian_passport_data_page__2022_edition__by_requindesang_dfdgp36-fullview.png?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1Qi...

Small project from over the past few months. https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/368fae4f-fdc7-4cbb-b7a4-709ac40d3198/dfcbxq7-219e3d39-8271-42cb-8a20-69d318e1e143.png/v1/fill/w_1280,h_957,strp/misland_currency_by_requindesang_dfcbxq7-fullview.png?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciO...

In metal stuff of interest to me, Rammstein's been putting out new stuff that's quite catchy.

Yay for more money.

Behold: more money. https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/368fae4f-fdc7-4cbb-b7a4-709ac40d3198/dew2i42-a38e8a80-d6d3-476f-aa75-743a0f873a2a.png/v1/fill/w_1024,h_1449,strp/tef_banknote_poster__2021_series_by_requindesang_dew2i42-fullview.png?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1N...