Kexyana's conscript? [My first attempt]

Kexyana's conscript? [My first attempt]
Well, I don't have a full conscript, yet, but some candidates to become part of the Kexyana alphabet. The image consists of 14 characters, 2 of them are the basic characters which I later altered so I could get some sort of syllabary at the end... Please, tell me what you think about them. Edit: Consonant, C+a, C+e, C+i, C+o, C+u, C+y "X" = /ks/, /ksa/, /kse/, /ksi/, /kso/, /ksu/, /ksY/

"K" = /k/, /ka/, /ke/, /ki/, /ko/, /ku/, /kY/ Edit: NEW! (Abugida?)

NEW Alphabet!

Flag Abugida - Alphabet

EDIT: New Version of the Kexyana Alphabet (Kemeryo) - Traditional Sort

To be blunt...they seem to be far too similar to one another, but, no one can know if that is a phonemic feature, or you're just providing us an artistic sketch. If you could map it to your phonemes, perhaps give us a small sample, either a few word isolates or a small phrase. It's difficult with just an image and "Hey Look!" to really understand a script.

well, yes, I guess that's true, Sano, but I was also wondering if some of these variations caught the viewer's attention immediately or they just disliked them... The first two characters in the first column are the consonants, but I haven't chosen which ones they should be, yet. This is they way I sorted them. Consonant, C+a, C+e, C+i, C+o, C+u, C+y

Allow me to answer regarding the aesthetics of your script. It is perfectly suited to a syllabic alphabet. Anything other than that, and it becomes an ugly fumble of lines and curves. Decide on what system you want to use for your conlang, before you come up with the script. It helps if you start out writing which glyph mens which sound, and any possible exceptions.

Does it mean that none of them look like an actual syllable or consonant? Oh, well, I'll need to go back to the image editor and start from scratch.

Does it mean that none of them look like an actual syllable or consonant? Oh, well, I'll need to go back to the image editor and start from scratch. It means that there looks to be a consonant in all of them, and the different lines on each shape looks like an affecting consonant. You might want to use standardized vowel diacritics if you want to go down the route of syllabic alphabets. Just decide on what type of writing system you want before you start making glyphs.

well, yes, I guess that's true, Sano, but I was also wondering if some of these variations caught the viewer's attention immediately or they just disliked them... Understandable, but a bit premature in my opinion. The first two characters in the first column are the consonants, but I haven't chosen which ones they should be, yet. This is they way I sorted them. Ok, but again, the aesthetics is all we can really look at and give an opinion on, because you haven't assigned them values all we are looking at is pretty little pictures. Consonant, C+a, C+e, C+i, C+o, C+u, C+y I don't know what you mean by "a", "e" etc... Have you looked at X-Sampa or IPA yet? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-sampa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipa

Oh, I'm sorry, I meant Consonant + /a/, /e/, /i/, /o/, /u/, /Y/ I think I can assign the values now... /ks/, /ksa/, /kse/, /ksi/, /kso/, /ksu/, /ksY/ /k/, /ka/, /ke/, /ki/, /ko/, /ku/, /kY/ I guess I should edit my first post...

Aesthetics is all your call - just an opinion, and everyone's got those. Do I like it? No, but I don't have any good reason for it. Would it work as a syllabary? Yes. No more complicated than Amharic or Kannada (now THAT is one complex script).

Well I wouldn't call it an alphabet or a syllabary, but rather an abugida since you have a main character from which others of a set are derived. I find the over the computer, the image isn't very nice and makes the script look very static and unappealing. But if you added more characters and twists, I wouldn't doubt that it would improve the overall feel. You might wanna take a look at the Ge'ez script, since it's essentially similar to where you're headed.

Well I wouldn't call it an alphabet or a syllabary, but rather an abugida since you have a main character from which others of a set are derived. I find the over the computer, the image isn't very nice and makes the script look very static and unappealing. But if you added more characters and twists, I wouldn't doubt that it would improve the overall feel. Seconded. Kyonides, there's something that unappeals to me. The curves don't seem to "make harmony" or something like that. Or as Hakaku says, it might just be your image. You might wanna take a look at the Ge'ez script, since it's essentially similar to where you're headed. Sure, the construction is very Ge'ez's. This is for comparison:

There's a revised version of the previous glyphs plus a new row of them. This time the image include the respective values in the Latin alphabet. Please, check the first post!

The new glyphs look better and more easier to write.

I agree - much nicer. The squiggle at the end which indicate /o/ seems a little too much to me.

There's nothing I can do about it, I already named the diacritic "the flag" and that means it won't disappear ever. It's a feature, even if it weren't original.

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