Kind of a mandala?

Title it "Sundial in Fuchsia Time."

intertwined

Here's a mandala I created a while back. I have altered it somewhat in PHotoshop.

It's actually supposed to be two five-pointed stars intertwined with one another like a Celtic knot.

Whaddaya think?

A mandala for today

Here's a mandala I created in Photoshop. I love those warm intense colors.

May -- the time for dragons to return?

I am going to try posting some of my images here at DragonPix again. Zoto is making this a much easier process.

The Dragon has flown the coop . . .

While I appreciate Blogger's efforts to let people post images to their weblogs, I am finding working with Hello.com too cumbersome.

For that reason, and that reason alone, I am moving my images to Merry Dragon, where I hope you will come see me.

Mandala 7 -- variation 3

Mandala 7 -- here they are overlapped.

I am pleased with this one. 

Mandala 7 -- another vantage point

Working in the 3D world that I do, this is simply a .jpg from another vantage point 

A new look for Mandala 7

Here is Mandala 7 projected onto the face of a cylinder 

Mandala 7 with color

Mandala 7 with conte crayon filter 

Mandala 7

Mandala 7 is a symmetric, four-axis design. It has a slightly Native American, perhaps Navajo(?) feel to me.
 

Mandala 6 with some color

Mandala 6 after a little Photoshop play. 

Mandala 6 -- Dry Brush

Here is a variation on Mandala 6 again experimenting with the wonders of Photoshop. I believe I applied a water paper filter, first and then a dry brush filter. I like the batik-like look of the result. 

Mandala 6

I believe this is the first five-armed mandala that I have posted on this blog.

I struggled with this one, initially using only arcs, trying to achieve a design that had some "flow" to it. I finally resorted to some splines to get the shapes that I wanted. The "bell-shaped" curves on the perimeter of the mandala are splines. Also, if you look at the "rose" shapes in the center, they aren't perfectly circular. I purposefully put some "flats" in them for interest. The flats are achieved by having two arcs come in non-tangent to one another; that is, not at 0 or 180 degrees, but something close to that.

Overall, I struggled with this one and I think the result reflects that. Ah well, better luck next time. 

Mandala 5

Here's another design based on the number seven. I particularly like the flower-like petal design in the middle. As I worked, it evolved and emerged. What a nice surprise! 

Mandala 4

This is a seven-spoked mandala. When I first started this, I found myself wanting to create symmetry, even with an odd number of axes. While each spoke may look identical, they are not. Look carefully. 

Boots

Here is an image I found via Google Images and then modified in Photoshop.

I love how worn and gritty they look, after applying these particular filters.

 

Mandala 3 -- The Circular Centipede

Have you ever seen a seventeen-footed circular centipede?

Well, if not, here's my approximation of one. 

Hiroplum

This is "Hiroplum" from John Hudock's collection of Japanese prints (seen at Common Sense & Wonder).

I was immediately drawn to this print because of the gorgeous juxtaposition of green and red. While many of us may associate those colors with Christmas, this Japanese artist probably felt and saw something quite different.

I also appreciated the little quarter-circle cutouts at the corners of this print. I tried to reinforce that small design motif in my horizontal background.

Brown is the color of my true love's hair . . .

Not to kill a dead horse, but here is another derivation of the original mandala 2. As I am such a Photoshop neophyte, you viewers of my images will see many such variations and combinations.

Here I've used the old bas relief filter again, along with creating an elliptical fill and stroke on a separate layer for a background. Recently, I was exposed to Gaussian blur as a means of removing jagged edges. On this image, though, I used it to soften the edges of the elliptical fill. 

Pretty enough for Nana's cameo brooch . . .

Taken into Photoshop, I believe I used the gradient tool and then applied the bas relief filter.