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20130131-Paisley-Mandala-on-Milk-Glass-v20by *quasihedron

Digital Art / Drawings & Paintings / Surreal

To begin, I must give credit to Dover Publications for the paisley design elements I used. I used 3 symbols as the base for my mandala design. Here is a link to their "paisley" section: [link]

I experimented with three styles in one image this time. First I wanted to use a paisley theme, but a bit more sophisticated than that from the 1960's Flower Power Years. Secondly, I also wanted to do some fine gold metal filigree work, and thirdly, I wished to create digital "pressed milk glass" effects. If you are unfamiliar with milk glass, here is a short article on it on the Wikipedia: [link]

If you want to see the real image, on this one, you need to go full size to see all the minute details.

*Undead-Academy Feb 2, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Wow no idea how you make these but it looks great

*quasihedron Feb 2, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Thanx, Patty!
The "layer effects" in Photoshop allow one so much flexibility on making materials and having artistic fun! They are so flexible; and I continually learn new ways to use Photoshop! It is anamazing program!

*Undead-Academy Feb 3, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Most welcomed , I know PS is awesome but very complex to use ?

*quasihedron Feb 3, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Yes, I have been using PS since the very first 1.0 version, and that makes it easy for me now. But that is true for any software.

*Undead-Academy Feb 4, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

How cool I always watnted PS but could never afford it so I stuck with Paint.Net which is free

*quasihedron Feb 4, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Have you looked into GIMP2? It has some nice features, and the best one being free.

*Undead-Academy Feb 5, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

I have tried GIMP but don't like it .

*quasihedron Feb 5, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

What is(are) your objection(s)?

I just did not want to learn a new program, and it was not as advanced as Photoshop at the time.

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=teddybearcholla Feb 2, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

You know it really does look like milk glass, and the gold filigree looks as it should and the pattern looks like it was made with beading, not so much the round beads but the small long beads!! It is beautiful, Danny!! I am wondering now...

One of my friends draws dragons traditionally and a couple of years ago she started posting line art she made of some of them, for people to color. Here is the link to her line art....[link] it doesn't go to the right folder...but it is the folder that says "art to color"....

Just an idea, because to me it would be interesting to see how something like your milk glass, filigree, etc. would look painted on something other then a mandala! ....OK, now you can kill me!!