Reshi Tents

[ic4rys]

New to this forum, working on a painting for one of my classes of Relu-Na and Rysn. I want to show people living on the island and their communities but I can't decide what type tents they'd live in. How do you guys imagine them?

Edited June 3, 2023 by ic4rys

[Treamayne]

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9 minutes ago, ic4rys said:

New to this forum, working on a painting for one of my classes of Relu-Na and Rysn. I want to show people living on the island and their communities but I can't decide what type tents they'd live in. How do you guys imagine them?

Purelakers probably are similar to Pacific Islander stilt houses (which may also be used on the lower regions of he greatshell, where flooding is an issue):

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For more inland, I would imagine a similar inspiration, something like these (melanisia/south pacific huts)

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Hope that helps.

[ic4rys]

38 minutes ago, Treamayne said:

Welcome to the Forums.

In case you are not familiar with some of the tools on this kind of interface (spoilered to skip if you already are familiar):

Purelakers probably are similar to Pacific Islander stilt houses (which may also be used on the lower regions of he greatshell, where flooding is an issue):

For more inland, I would imagine a similar inspiration, something like these (melanisia/south pacific huts)

Hope that helps.

Thank you for the welcome and the interface guide! I also imagined them that way but its mentioned in WoR in Rysn's interlude that the reshi were resting by their tents in the forest on the way up the greatshell. I could be too strict with my interpretation of tent though as wikipedia recogonizes gazebos as a type of tent. Also I have had trouble replying because the site won't let me post links as I'm a new member even if they are links I'm quoting but it was nice of you to give the response you did so I wanted to thank you for that at least.

[Treamayne]

15 minutes ago, ic4rys said:

Thank you for the welcome and the interface guide! I also imagined them that way but its mentioned in WoR in Rysn's interlude that the reshi were resting by their tents in the forest on the way up the greatshell. I could be too strict with my interpretation of tent though as wikipedia recogonizes gazebos as a type of tent. Also I have had trouble replying because the site won't let me post links as I'm a new member even if they are links I'm quoting but it was nice of you to give the response you did so I wanted to thank you for that at least.

This quote (WoR I-3):

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Though the jungle remained impenetrable to her left, it remained open to her right, where the massive flank of the greatshell formed ridges and shelves. She caught sight of some people sitting around tents, leaning back and staring out over the sea. They hardly gave her and the two guards more than a glance. 

Well, Wiktionary defines tent as:

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Tent (plural tents)

1. A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather.

So, a pavilion should count (as you mentioned gazebo above) - or - anything portable using poles as a structure. Like that last picture, probably.

Also consider that's a modern Earth definition, so I wouldn't put stock in the materials (cloth or skins) since interwoven rushes (as pictured) would likely count (especially when you consider this is "translated" for the reader using closest terminology - not exact terms (since not all birds are chickens, for example). I think anything inspired by the native structures from a similar geographic type (Indian Ocean, Polynesian, South Pacific, etc) would be suitable.

Just find some good inspiration

[ic4rys]

4 minutes ago, Treamayne said:

This quote (WoR I-3):

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Though the jungle remained impenetrable to her left, it remained open to her right, where the massive flank of the greatshell formed ridges and shelves. She caught sight of some people sitting around tents, leaning back and staring out over the sea. They hardly gave her and the two guards more than a glance. 

Well, Wiktionary defines tent as:

So, a pavilion should count (as you mentioned gazebo above) - or - anything portable using poles as a structure. Like that last picture, probably.

Also consider that's a modern Earth definition, so I wouldn't put stock in the materials (cloth or skins) since interwoven rushes (as pictured) would likely count (especially when you consider this is "translated" for the reader using closest terminology - not exact terms (since not all birds are chickens, for example). I think anything inspired by the native structures from a similar geographic type (Indian Ocean, Polynesian, South Pacific, etc) would be suitable.

Just find some good inspiration

That's true. I definitely take a lot of the terms too literally and forget to frame them in the context of Roshar instead of Earth