Contemporary calligraphy after a long gap!!

This is an attempt to revive the contemporary calligraphy work I used to do... Photoshop is a great tool for such art!!

Passion (Theme 76)

One of the things I am passionate about is abstract art.. So here goes my entry for the theme 'Passion'
Credits : Textures from http://www.cgtextures.com/ .Calligraphy image from google images..

Dream (Theme 39)

All images from google images, Photoshop filters used.

Pop Art (Theme Art - No 78)

Tried this with dingbats for Digital Whisper's discussion. Posting it under Pop Art..
Credits : http://www.fontspace.com and http://www.houseoflime.com/dings.htm  ..House of lime recommended by Su has hundreds of dingbat fonts..Just loved it..

Resting the wings (Theme # 97 Wings)

All images from Google images with photoshop filters.

Lock & Key (Theme 85)

 

All images from google image and photoshop filters

Puzzle (Theme 98)

Motherhood (Theme 42)

Inspired by the colors and art of Africa.
Sketched and painted on Photoshop.

Bridge too Far (Theme 70)

All images from Google images

Gold (Theme 12)

All images from Google images and photoshop filters.

Hope ( Theme # 94)

Image from google images, photoshop filters and text effects.

TRANQUIL (Theme # 87)

All images from google images, Calligraphy sketched and scanned.
Calligraphy reads 'Shanthi' which means Peace.

Mask (Theme # 86, Picture # 22)

African masks are always beautiful. I saw a craft project on making an african mask with cardboard and decided to try that on photoshop. Posting the result here under the theme 'Mask'

Eyes (Theme # 37, Picture # 19)

As I was composing this picture for the theme Eyes, I saw a challenge in the color palette group about colors used by Christina Parise.   The colors were so bright and beautiful that I decided to use them here and post this picture for both the 100 themes and the color palette challenges.

Tear drop bruses are from http://cynthetic.deviantart.com/art/Teardrop-Brush-Set-11192807
Background textures from Deviant art - here

Black (Theme 89)

Sketched and painted with photoshop

Broken (Theme #52, Picture # 12)

Hi everyone,

Changed the look of my blog.. created the header on photoshop and the background from blogger designs..hope it looks nice..

Got some dripping brushes from deviant art.. couldn't resist using them in my composition of a broken egg...It is so easy dripping paints in photoshop than try to do it for real in a canvas but the final effect on a canvas will always be far superior to the result I have got here...


Credits : Broken egg : Google images
Brushes : http://www.obsidiandawn.com/
Grunge background from deviant art.

# 11 - Half (Theme # 20)

Credit for the image in the picture is here

Theme # 10 - Animals (#45)

HORSES
This is a tribute to M.F. Hussein who is called the Picasso of India... A great artist, he loves to paint horses..

I tried sketching with the pencil and brush tool in photoshop.. Was not able to get sharp, accurate lines, but sometimes inaccuracy can be beautiful especially in art..what do you say?

Grunge background is from deviant art.. horses sketched from google image photos..

Theme # 9 - Waiting(#55)

I enjoyed making this..I sketched an Indian tribal lady in a waiting posture and colored it on photoshop.. I adorned her with bangles on hand and some leg ornaments called 'payal' in India and of course the red dot on the forehead called the 'bindi'....

I also learnt how to transfer a sketch into photoshop and digitize the lines..The tutorials available on the net are fabulous..

Brushes are from brusheezy and textures from photoshop..

Theme # 5 Colors

Thanks everyone for all your comments...It is just wonderful to read them...

This is an attempt at minimalism.. sometimes leaving huge blank space on the canvas brings out the depth of the colors applied..The filter gallery in photoshop is just fabulous for twirling colors around..

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No credits/inspiration for this piece..lots of photoshop and a bit of imagination..