Random Sprites

Well, I've been dabbling in sprite design, so I decided to  post a few just for fun. The pair is a couple friends of mine who happen to be married now, and the sassy lady is just a sassy lady from my imagination. That is all.

English Society Graphics

 These are a couple of random graphics that I've been working on for English Society advertisements. To quote a fictional Peter Llewelyn Davies, "It's really just a bit of silliness." Anyway, that's all. Enjoy!

Alexandria: Subscription-Based Lending Library?

The Pharos of Ptolemey at Alexandria

There's been this idea kicking around in my head for a couple weeks, and I wanted to throw it out there as a way of getting feedback and critique, because I honestly don't know what it would involve or whether copyright issues would preclude it. There are lots of different subscription-based services for music, audiobooks, movies, and TV shows, and I think that's done a lot to liberate culture in meaningful ways, but I think there's one area that's been left out (and perhaps for justifiable reasons like copyright). I call it Alexandria (or Xandria, for short). 

As you likely know, Alexandria was the site of the Great Library wherein the intellectual and spiritual wealth of the world was kept before it was sacked and burned. Xandira would play on that idea, providing unlimited access to the intellectual wealth of the ages through a subscription-based reading library. Rather than having a single or a few copies of books that people could check out, though (as is the case with most public libraries' online platforms), Xandria would provide access to any book in the archive at any time and to any number of users. Stewart Brand is credited with the digital culture mantra, "[I]nformation wants to be free," and while the intent is that information eventually be truly free--readily accessibly and at no cost--something like Xandria would be one step closer to opening the vaults of wisdom that have been if not shut then at least levied by modern publishing houses and copyright enforcers. 

Obviously, a lot of work would have to go into negotiating with copyright holders and looking into the legal plausibility of such an endeavor, but what are your thoughts on Xandria? Is this something in which you'd be interested? Have you heard of similar services?