Form and Color

A digital poster commenting on the profit motive Nowadays many digital posters are shared on social media. These are photos or art work with a message or text inscribed on them and at times they have artistic merit of their own quite apart from the message they may convey. I quite liked this one prepared for a blog post on the state of the economy. An interested reader can read about that in a companion blog at   http://someitemshave.blogspot.in/2015/08/the-world-is-up-for-profit.html

Buddha by Ashok Today is Buddha Purnima, the annual celebration day of Buddha. he advocated non-violence with love and compassion for all life. This image is a digital art rendering of Buddha based on a photo of a brass statue of Buddha in the author's home. A magical thing happened during the creation, I had signed my name in white but it changed to silver, I believe by the grace of Buddha. Praise the Lord of Love and Compassion - Gautam Buddha. .Please feel free to copy this image and use anywhere you like as long as you give this link, but please do not modify it any way. Love and peace to all visitors to this blog.

An Extraterrestrial Butterfly  Artistic depiction of an Extraterrestrial Butterfly

Digital Art - A Pendant for the Queen of Travancore While many of the precious treasures of India were taken away by the British during British Rule of India changing the United Kingdom of the time from an impoverished one to one of the richest in the world, some treasures were hidden from British eyes. One of these were the ancient treasures of Travancore because they were hidden securely in temple vaults. The temple and its assets belong to Lord Padmanabhaswamy, and were controlled by a trust run by the former Royal family of Travancore. Wikipedia has this to say about its ancient treasures: - In June 2011, the Supreme Court directed the authorities to open the secret chambers of the temple for inspection of the items kept inside. The temple has 6 vaults labeled as A to F for book keeping purpose by the Court. While vaults A and B have been unopened over the past many years, vaults C to F have been opened from time to time. ----The review of the temple's unde...

Perfect Symmetry in Leather A display of leather objects in perfect symmetry at the leather workshop of Master Craftsman Ariantole *Account and photo - fictional digital art

The Crown, Kingdom of Piland cast in Pilandthrail and set with Jewels Digital Art - The Crown of His Majesty, The Kingdom of Piland Crown cast as an alloy of 24% Zinc, 1 % Chromium, 25% Gold, 45% Silver and 5% Platinum  an alloy called Pilandthrail. The alloy takes on different colors and hues on heat treatments and is therefore ideal for decorative items of high and precious value. It is fairly soft and easy to work with for objects of art yet retains its shape and sheen with great firmness on wear and use. ----------------------- :)  For  more conventional alloys of gold and silver see: http://www.totalmateria.com/page.aspx?ID=CheckArticle&site=ktn&NM=230 

Emperor Akbar directing the attack against Rao Surjan Hada at Ranthambhore Fort, 1569 T he miniature paintings of the Moghul era had a very unique and distinctive style inspired by Persian art forms. The techniques are broadly comparable to the Western and Byzantine traditions of miniatures in illuminated manuscripts .It depicted real life scenes and historic events as this one here that has been restored somewhat to reveal the probable original bright colors. The scene depicts Emperor Akbar (in white, at top right) directing the attack against Rao Surjan Hada at Ranthambhore fort. The fort is perched on top of a steep rock cliff, and its guns blaze out across a void at the Mughal troops on the facing rocky outcrop. Tents are pitched at lower left, near the men who are constructing 'sabats', or covered ways, in order to allow the army to move nearer to the enemy.