【Feature】
★Vietnamese and Estonian have been sold!
★A history of how thieves, fraudsters and violent criminals were punished.
★The full English translation is available.
The guillotine. The word itself has a strange sound. To say nothing of the brief moment with the keen whistle, the last thing the condemned would ever hear… The French guillotine was in use for over 200 years, in the course of which it separated around 100,000 heads from their bodies!
Every nation and every time punished its thieves and rogues in a different, imaginative way – as names and slang terms for popular instruments of torture (e.g. Lamentation Mount, rack, Capet’s necktie, drunkard’s cloak, thumbscrew, cat o’ nine tails) go to show. While we’re on the subject of animals, do you know what they were used for thousands of years ago? The history of painful interrogation has plenty of bite!Read More
【Author】
Marcel Králik is a freelance visual artist specializing in crafting illustrations and concept art. After finishing business college in Bratislava, in 2003 he co-founded Outsider development s.r.o., a company focused on creation of videogame graphics. As well as being its lead artist, he was responsible for maintaining stylistic and technical standards, giving directions and helping other team members in the creation of art assets. In 2013, he began to commit fully to freelancing, working mostly on illustrations, texture painting and concept art for various clients and the advertising industry. Clients in his portfolio include Volkswagen Slovakia, VÚB Banka, Istropolitana Ogilvy and MUW Saatchi & Saatchi. In his work, he is most passionate about drawing for children’s books, character creation and cartooning. |
