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Hell Petroglyphs
I went on another field trip to look for petroglyphs, and this time the trip went to Hell in Stjørdal. The place is actually named Hell, but it doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with the English meaning of the world hell. Hell means luck (hell og lykke) in modern Norwegian. Hell in Stjørdal probably…
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DALL-E 2 Generated Art
Some pictures I generated with text prompts using the AI deep learning model DALL·E 2 from OpenAI. I wanted to see what kind of different styles it was able to do, and was quite impressed by its range from this small test. This images where all generated using DALL·E 2. Here is another post where…
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Leirfall Figure Interpretation 1
Leirfall is a site with petroglyphs in Stjørdal, Trøndelag, dated to the Nordic Bronze Age (1800 BCE -500 BCE). There are a number of interesting figures at Leirfall, and I’ve started drawing some of them to explore possible interpretations. The Figure To The Left The first drawing here is based on the large humanoid figure…
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Creatures Living Inside a Tree #1
I’ve startet experimenting with AI art generators, and am exploring the possibilites of using it to generate concept art. The following creature concepts where generated with the prompt “a fantasy movie about creatures living inside a tree” and mixing the styles of Brian Froud and Tove Jansson. These images were created using Midjourney. My other…
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Moelv Petroglyphs Part 5
The following figures also has these interval lines that can be difficult to interpret. In the first one I saw that the internal lines could be represented as a person with a long nose holding a bow or noose. Many of the figures at Moelv looks like some form of deer, like moose. In the…
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Ausevika Petroglyphs
I visited the petroglyphs at Ausevika, which is one of the largest rock carving sites in Norway. Some rock carving fields may be a little disappointing to visit, as they can be hard to reach and then there are only a few carvings to look at. But Ausevika has over 300 carvings with lots of…
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Salthammeren Petroglyphs
“Salthammeren” (Bokmål) or “Salthamaren” (Nynorsk) is a small petroglyph site in Vangdal south of Norheimsund in Kvam municipality, Vestland County. The “Salt” part of Salthamaren also means salt in Norwegian, and it got this name because there have been found traces of ancient salt production in the area. “Hamaren” refers to the steep rock face…
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Herand Petroglyphs
Herand is a small village in Ullensvang municipality, Vestland county. In addition to a site with rock carvings, there is also cultural trail you can follow to learn more about the area and it’s a nice little place to visit. The petroglyphs are typically dated to around 1100 -500 BC in the Nordic Bronze Age,…
