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Summer Memories

Colorful Chart Reveals Evolution of English Alphabet From Egyptian Hieroglyphics 

Most of us use the letters of the alphabet everyday, but did you ever stop to wonder how their shapes came to be? The history of the alphabet is fascinating, and each of the 26 letters has its own unique story. Matt Baker (of UsefulCharts) has designed a handy poster that documents the evolution of our familiar alphabet from its ancient Egyptian Proto-Sinaitic roots (c. 1750 BCE) up to present day Latin script.

The limited edition Evolution of the Alphabet chart shows how early shapes and symbols eventually morphed to become the ABCs we know today. While some letters are recognizable quite early on, others have little resemblance at all. The letter “A” for example, began as an Egyptian hieroglyphic that looks like an animal head with horns. Through Phoenician (c. 1000 BCE), early Greek (c. 750 BCE), and early Latin (c. 500 BCE) periods, the lines that made “A” eventually simplified to become the symbol we know today...

I did a collab with @phoenecia with my oc Gilbert. They did the lines and I colored him. 

Commissions are still running hot, because oh my stars it is expensive to move house and I’m about $1000 in the hole. So I’m drawing my way out again!

This is Phoenecia from Aetolia, in pinup form. She’s a cutie, but I wouldn’t mess with her! A pinup like this is $30 or so, and you’re required to supply the character and an existing pinup for me to base the pose on.

phoenecia live late 90s/early 2000s