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December 20[edit]

Artwork[edit]

I've been unsuccessfully googling for one fantasy painting seen several years ago. The style, craftsmanship and subject are similar to Julie Bell and Boris Vallejo, showing a naked long-haired brunette face on, standing waist-deep in a dark swamp, eyes closed. Several dark, outlandish hands are emerging from the swamp, partially covering her breasts. Perhaps a relatively known artist. Just a link would suffice. Brandmeister^talk 16:36, 20 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe like this one? Alansplodge (talk) 17:22, 20 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Slightly similar, but not that. Hope to retrieve the mag I saw it in some day. Brandmeister^talk 20:15, 20 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This? —2606:A000:4C0C:E200:B8D8:3FE9:323E:5312 (talk) 00:39, 21 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Similar, but not. There she stands waist-deep approximately. Brandmeister^talk 10:08, 21 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Chinese makeup Song Dynasty[edit]

What is this form of make up called and any information on what it was? A lot of Song Dynasty empresses seem to sport it.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 21:47, 20 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"Plum blossom makeup" (meihua zhuang) -- Info on Pinterest:[1], (but I don't want to "sign up to see more"). —2606:A000:4C0C:E200:B8D8:3FE9:323E:5312 (talk) 22:13, 20 December 2017 (UTC) ... However, I think that primarily relates to the forehead decoration shown there. The overall style is only described as "ceremonial" here: Society of the Song dynasty #Women: legality and lifestyles[reply]

Sea-bee (creature)[edit]

Not sure if the Reference Desk is the right place to raise issues like this, but I am a bit suspicious about the veracity of this article. It lacks an image (which seems like a must for heraldry articles), and while there is a citation, it's to a journal issue with no date, author, or article title given, making it hard to track down. Can anyone who has access to the relevant "Coat of Arms" journal issue confirm this, and maybe get an image? I cannot find anything else online either. I'm also posting this on the article's talk page. 169.228.153.91 (talk) 23:32, 20 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

You are right. It is already tagged as stub (see its categories (Heraldry stubs)). You can either fill it with better description, references and pictures or process it according our Wikipedia:Deletion process. --Kharon (talk) 23:33, 21 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]