Self-proclaimed writer and singer.
Others-proclaimed cynical bitch.
22 years old, more jaded than I should be.
Feminist, intellectualist, agnostic.
SuperWhoLockian, Loki fangirl.
A little pretentious.
A little hypocritical.
A little condescending.
100% awesome.
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Supercalifragiliciousexpialidocious in Gallifreyan.
Tweaked it to get the second image. I like it, and it shouldn’t change the meaning there is no sphere with 7393428292764364 lines connecting to it so that should fall within the limits of “Aesthetic decision.”
Lemme know which you like best. 1 or 2.
I like the second one better. It looks…cleaner, I guess. Very nice.
The Avengers’ names written in Circular Gallifreyan.
#For Dyer #How many are wrong
for the most part they are close to correct, as you’d expect from someone just using the Gallifreyan maping translator program. The main issue is they choose to place the lines across other consonants making new consonants.
Natasha has become Navasha
Stark has become Svark
also in the case of Odinson since the O is attached to the D and not seperate it is assumed to come AFTER the D. Thor Doinson
#plus a lot of the vowels are messed up #all the A’s are INSIDE The circles instead of outside #a couple i’s look like u’s #and a u looks like an i #and some the e’s are on the inside too but not attached to consonants #don’t get me wrong these are pretty and super cool
I’m sorry the art I worked so hard on doesn’t measure up to your perfect sensibilities. I’m sure your Avengers Gallifreyan is much better.
My style, technique, and interpretation of Gallifreyan evolves and advances constantly. I made these over a year ago.
And no, I didn’t use a translator program. I made them myself with the alphabet chart and MS Paint.
One last thing: extending the lines over other consonants doesn’t change what they are. Where the line ENDS is what matters, not what it crosses. Pretty sure if the person who wrote the guide does it that way, it means it’s okay.


You actually did spell it right, good job!
EDIT: Oh no! I accidentally colored over the A! Hang on I’ll fix it. There we go.

It didn’t take long to learn it, since it’s really just an alphabet chart and not a real language. You don’t even have to memorize it, if you just wanna download the PDF and use it for reference, or crop out just the chart and save it, like I did.

Now it takes me about 5-10 minutes in MSPaint depending on the length of the name, maybe 15-20 in ArtRage. If it’s a full name it takes longer, and if it’s a whole sentence it can be over an hour.

Aaand finally it works. Wouldn’t let me answer this one last night, for some reason. I hope you like it.



I loved the Avengers Circular Gallifreyan that you did. I just got my first tattoo today and used the Tony Stark one as my art. It put two of my favorite fandoms together and was so beautiful. Had the design switched to black lines so the arc reactor would pop more. Hope you like it! Thanks for the awesome inspiration!!!
Oh…oh my God. I’m actually in tears. Someone got a tattoo of one of my Gallifreyan pieces. A complete stranger liked something I created so much that they had it inscribed on their body permanently. I know I get lots of “I was thinking of getting a tattoo…” requests, and I always tell people to show me pictures if they do it, but this is the first time it’s actually happened.
I don’t know what to say. I’m honored. It’s beautiful.
wait guys i may not be that much in the doctor who fandom
but if we have people who can read and write circular gallifreyan
and we know what the doctor’s name in circular gallifreyan looks like
why don’t we just… translate that to english…?
I HAVE WONDERED THIS FOR SIX MONTHS BUT I NEVER SAID ANYTHING BECAUSE I FIGURED THAT SOMEONE WOULD HAVE DONE THIS ALREADY.
WHOVIANS. YOUR OBJECTIVE IS CLEAR.
SOMEONE DO IT
I’m going to correct this every time I see it.
The Gallifreyan used by fans is not the Gallifreyan used on the show.
The set and prop designers drew random circles that looked pretty. Then talented fans developed different methods (Sherman, Greencrook, probably a few others) of writing based on them. They’re not the same. We can’t translate it. It’s nothing. Don’t you think every single one of us has tried? How many of us do you think started learning Gallifreyan in the first place specifically for this reason?
wait guys i may not be that much in the doctor who fandom
but if we have people who can read and write circular gallifreyan
and we know what the doctor’s name in circular gallifreyan looks like
why don’t we just… translate that to english…?
I HAVE…
Because the language fans use to write out words - the script users like myself and many others use to do requests for people’s names and whatnot - isn’t the same one used on the show. We have the Greencrook method, which looks very similar to the one posted above, and the Sherman method, which is less intricate and fancy but easier to read. I use the latter, as do many others. The set artists in DW don’t use either one. There have been interviews stating that they didn’t come up with a language at all, they just painted pretty circles. So yes, according to canon, that may be the Doctor’s name. In reality, it doesn’t mean anything.
PS - Our Gallifreyan isn’t really a language either. It’s just a different alphabet used to transcribe English.
The first is “Nathalie” and the second is “Devon”.


Decided to do the colors according to the default “no picture chosen” tumblr icon. Went better than expected.
