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Quick Tutorial: Extracting ink lines from a scanned drawing using affinity photo?
How to remove the background from an ink drawing? I prefer drawing on paper, especially with ink . The organic texture, the modulating lines and occasional speck of ink is deeply satisfying. When it comes to colouring a drawing watercolour on water-proof India ink is a viable option. However, in this post I’ll explore how…
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Ordinary people as protagonists
My north facing balcony overlooks an intersection which sees traffic throughout the day. Every now and then, a person on the street catches my eye – especially in the morning, when they turn the corner and walk towards the east. Ordinary people are swathed in glorious, some would argue harsh, light. Stark contrasts, bleached colours…
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The WFH (work from home) Series of Digital Art
As the pandemic-induced “new-normal” forced a WFH situation for the foreseeable future, I created two additional pieces of art on the same vein as my earlier post. The second one saw me sitting in round-bottom-flask type of bubble, with WFH essentials (tech, snacks/junk food, music), with emails floating in and out of the narrow neck,…
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The Lagunyasa series of paintings
It’s been a good six months since I finished my first painting in the Lagunyasa body of work, which I’ve envisaged as a series of twelve paintings, each embodying the twelve logical section of the Lagunyasa verses. Part of the Taittiriya Brahmana, these verses appeal to natural elements like fire, sun, moon, earth and more,…
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Using a concept from theoretical computer science to make art
I would like to share a recent experience of applying the travelling salesman problem to art. While meandering through the wilderness of the dark arts (Graphic Design) I stumbled upon this nondescript rabbit-hole of a workflow by Arjan Westerdiep, a programmer based in the Netherlands. He had used the TSP art algorithm (more on this…
- Saturday evening art
- Erosion of memory
- Poetry | Pilferage
- A quick charcoal study
- Poetry | Children of garbage
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