The Book of Traceable Heraldic Art

Since 2016, I have worked to build The Book of Traceable Heraldic Art into a leading source of armorial clip art for use by heralds and scribes in the SCA and kindred historical reenactment groups.

Over six thousand images are now available through the website in high-resolution and vector formats, as well as being downloadable in printable PDF format for use at offline events. Material is sourced from a mix of period manuscripts, copyright-free Victorian texts, and modern illustrators who have graciously offered to share their work with the community.

Blog Posts

Traceable Art at the Coming of the Frost

Traceable Art Summer Update

Corrections Wanted!

Thanks to All of the Traceable Artists

Third Quarter Update

A Winter’s Worth of Traceable Art

Traceable Art Autumnal Wrapup

Traceable Art for Pennsic 49

Traceable Art Visitor Analytics

Traceable Art at Year’s End

Autumn Art Updates

JSON Data for the Traceable Art

Traceable Art at Summer’s End

A Database Schema for the Traceable Art

Seeking A Technical Collaborator or Successor for the Traceable Heraldic Art

An Idiosyncratic System for Publishing the Traceable Heraldic Art

Traceable Additions for May

April Additions to the Traceable Art

New Clip Art Files Posted Without Gray Fills

Addressing Gray Fills and Uneven Line Weights

Traceable Art for February

A Technique For Internal Detailing On Sable Clip-Art Charges

Traceable Art for December

Traceable Art for November

September’s New Traceable Art

August Additions to the Traceable Art

DMCA Takedown Notices

Traceable Art for June and July

May Additions to Traceable Art

Traceable Art Acknowledgements

Traceable Art Quarantine Update

Using DrawShield for Emblazons

Using GIMP for Emblazons

#HeraldicLove 2020

Traceable Art Winter Update

New Fall Illustrations

Traceable Art at Pennsic XLVIII

April’s Traceable Art

Another Round of Traceable Art

Recent Art Additions

Traceable Art at Pennsic XLVII

Heraldic Templates

New Traceable Images

Traceable Art Fall Update

Traceable Art at Pennsic

Traceable Art Update For April

More (and Less!) Traceable Art

More Traceable Art

Traceable Art Update

A Traceable Resource for Armory Illustration