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Poetry | Pilferage
Pilferage In the sun, the rain, everyday She stood in wait, to be taken away. Her guide, her master, the charioteer Embraced the breath that choked the year; He will never touch her insides again. They eyed her livery, the passers-by. With the months, they knew There was no one to call her their own.…
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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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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…
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