The Arms of Pilosophos

I made a few coats of arms for RP characters but I never made one for myself until now. This is designed around the rules of the Canadian Heraldic Authority, and I put some extra effort into emblazoning this one compared to the others (because it’s mine).

Blazon

Escutcheon

Or, a quatrefoil pierced and conjoined at the petals with a square voided Sable.

Crest

A demi-faerie passant crined Or winged of a yellow-morphed Papilio glaucus Proper vested of a dress Sable holding a paintbrush Proper tipped of the first.

Motto

OMNIA AMITTAS QUAE NON SERVANTUR. This Latin phrase means “You may lose everything that is unsaved”.

Symbolism

Quatrefoil

This recreates my logo as a heraldic charge. This was originally the emblem of Malaszec, a fantasy-cyberpunk country I made for a collaborative worldbuilding project many years ago. The work I did there and the people I collaborated with forever changed my art for the better, so I’ve kept using the logo even though the country is quite dystopian in-universe. Plus, I think the logo looks cool.

Crest

I keep coming back to faeries as a subject for my art, maybe because I have an affinity for small versions of normally big things. One of the main inhabitants of Malaszec were faeries as well, and it was really interesting thinking about how society would adapt if faeries had to live among humans.

Funny story, when I was a kid, there were a couple of girls at school who were really into some book series about faeries. They asked me if I’d read it as well, and wanting to be liked, I lied and said yes. I wonder if they’re still into faeries.

Motto

There are actually multiple ways to translate the motto due to the subjunctive amittas, which results either in “You may lose everything that is unsaved” (the intended meaning) or “May you lose everything that is unsaved”. I think the last one is pretty funny, though I’m not sure when you’d tell someone that you hope they lose their unsaved work.