The Website
There are many things that interest me. Some of them I write about here. You might find them interesting too. Or not. Whatever.
I'm Karl Wilcox. My personality type is whatever the opposite of "Completer / Finisher" is - I have lots of ideas, start lots of projects but rarely finish them. There's always something (possibly) more interesting coming along soon!
DrawShield has been developed over 10 years to become the leading Heraldry creation website. Learn blazonry, create and share coats of arms, consult heraldry reference works and more!
Blazonry is a formal language to describe heraldic coats of arms. You can create images just by entering a blazon into the create page.
Unfamiliar with blazonry? Create a shield by picking from a menu of parts, colours and placements.
Get some inspiration from almost 10,000 entries in the gallery, showing both images and their blazons.
You can look up terms in either Parker's or Elvin's Heraldic Dictionaries, or view the Book of Public Arms
It isn't just shields that can be drawn, try your hand at flags, stamps or even a Warhammer Pauldron!
But so far have demonstrated mediocrity in a wide variety of media. Check out some of the results below
Mostly using Copic Multiliner Technical...
Steampunk! This is something that...
Manga BackgroundsI like the simple...
Manga PeopleRealistic people are much...
I have long had an...
I like sketching and colouring...
If I had paid attention in electronics class back in the 1980s what could I have built using parts available then?
Can I bring my Lego Creator Buildings to life and pretend that I live in the big city?
Can we create Arduino software to allow its hardware configuration and operation to be defined in the non-volatile RAM?
You do NOT want me on your "Capture the Flag" team, but I could make a decent contribution if there was a Science Fiction Space Opera trivia quiz. I can speed build Lego kits but prefer to take my time. I write computer programs even if it isn't part of my job. I saw Marillion before they were famous. I have given away all my CDs, DVDs and paperbacks and live a largely digital life. I don't smoke, drink or eat meat. I am not fun at barbeques.
