http://samitroy.org A Mindscape Within The Cyberspace Sat, 27 Sep 2008 06:12:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ramadane TouhamiOriginally uploaded by amnesianOne more "Camera Painting"!---My Flickr Favorites »On Flickr:My Visual Arts »My Aquascapes »Great Aquascapes Group » http://samitroy.org/index.php/2008/09/22/my-flickr-favorites-013/ Few months back while flipping through the pages on Flickr, I bumped upon a series of nice line drawings, said to be drawn by The Scribbler. I explored more and found this small but lots-of-fun-to-do tool, The Scribbler - an on-line application that allows user to draw freehand simple line ... http://samitroy.org/index.php/2008/09/22/scribbler-earth-2/ IMG_3334Originally uploaded by amnesianI like this kind of abstract, accidental photos! I call them "Camera Painting"!---My Flickr Favorites »On Flickr:My Visual Arts »My Aquascapes »Great Aquascapes Group » http://samitroy.org/index.php/2008/09/22/my-flickr-favorites-012/ Forbidden Dreams 9Originally uploaded by Papia GhoshalI liked the rhythm and smoothness of those lineless lines and the way the artist, Papia Ghoshal has created a narrative with brief glimses of passionate moments of Forbidden Dreams.---My Flickr Favorites »On Flickr:My Visual Arts »My Aquascapes »Great Aquascapes Group » http://samitroy.org/index.php/2008/09/22/my-flickr-favorites-011/ ...Originally uploaded by makunerosI liked this self-portrait for the scissors, the pupils of the eyes, the magenta tone on forehead and the dark, gloomy ambiance created by these elements. Very cold, indeed!---My Flickr Favorites »On Flickr:My Visual Arts »My Aquascapes »Great Aquascapes Group » http://samitroy.org/index.php/2008/09/22/my-flickr-favorites-010/ Don't worry, tomorrow is another day. Originally uploaded by william schaff "So we're all set. As westerners, no one is hacking off our hands becuase they want us to work the diamond mines. No one is putting us into slavery becuase we are christian or muslim, and noone is hacking us up ... http://samitroy.org/index.php/2008/09/22/my-flickr-favorites-009/ moleskine3016Originally uploaded by paulateachstmOne more from the Moleskin Series by paulateachstm. Artist used 'layers and layers of acrlyics, magazine photos and duct tape', and did the 'journalling with white Sharpied poster pen' to create this amazing piece of visual poetry.---My Flickr Favorites »On Flickr:My Visual Arts »My Aquascapes »Great Aquascapes ... http://samitroy.org/index.php/2008/09/22/my-flickr-favorites-008/ moleskine2015Originally uploaded by paulateachstmAnother one from The Moleskin Series by paulateachstm. Cheap acrylics, stamped letters, journalling with sakura glaze pens and photo from ad - these are the items used in this image.---My Flickr Favorites »On Flickr:My Visual Arts »My Aquascapes »Great Aquascapes Group » http://samitroy.org/index.php/2008/09/22/my-flickr-favorites-007/ moleskine1014 Originally uploaded by paulateachstm I really like the visual richness of this image, as well as other images of this moleskin series, by paulateachstm. The moleskin series is actually an art journal, painted with cheap acrylics, altered photo, cut out letters, and Sharpie poster pens, by paulateachstm. --- My Flickr Favorites » On Flickr: My ... http://samitroy.org/index.php/2008/09/22/my-flickr-favorites-006/ at work (not available) Originally uploaded by Bion Gaiva Another one by Bion Gaiva. I liked the title very much. It says, "at work (not available)". --- My Flickr Favorites » On Flickr: My Visual Arts » My Aquascapes » Great Aquascapes Group » http://samitroy.org/index.php/2008/09/22/my-flickr-favorites-005/ IMG_3228 Originally uploaded by jciv Usuallly I do not add photographs in my Flickr Favorites collection, but there are always exceptions, especially for the ones that are visually stunning! This image of a clothesclip against dark, clouded sky, is shot and uploaded by jciv. I like jciv's spider shots and other macros, too. --- My ... http://samitroy.org/index.php/2008/09/22/my-flickr-favorites-004/ Graffiti-29.JPG Originally uploaded by Old John Henry Graffiti, especially public graffiti or street graffiti, have always been my favorite. I love them, as they represent a specific socio-cultural context. I like the way public graffiti reflects how objects of visual pleasure are being identified and perceived within a particular socio-cultural context. I also ... http://samitroy.org/index.php/2008/09/22/my-flickr-favorites-003/ Hollywood, 2007 Originally uploaded by Bion Gaiva I liked Bion Gaiva's works in oil on canvas. The way two different looking graphical objects have been juxtaposed together, fascinated me a lot. It's alomost like two different paradigms are talking with each other and making very interresting conversations. --- My Flickr Favorites » On Flickr: My Visual ... http://samitroy.org/index.php/2008/09/22/my-flickr-favorites-002/ 10,000 X "was it as good for you as it was for me?" Originally uploaded by Sir Oc This was the first image that have added to my Favorites. I liked the image because it reflects the true spirit of Flickr and visually portrays the great potential of Flickr as a networking ... http://samitroy.org/index.php/2008/09/22/my-flickr-favorites-001-4/ Flickr is one of the most popular on-line platform to showcase and share your images with millions of users from various corners of the world. Though, primarily Flickr is meant for sharing Photographs (and now video, too), however many artists, painters, calligraphists, print makers, and designers share their artworks, illustrations, ... http://samitroy.org/index.php/2008/09/22/flickr-art-groups/ My Flickr Favorites » I have been hanging around on Flickr.com for quite some time, may be for a year or more, and it became one of my favorite online communities of visual artists and photograhers that I use for networking with friends and other artists from various corners of the ... http://samitroy.org/index.php/2008/09/22/my-flickr-favorites-introduction/ While working online, sometimes it really helps to have a handy web tool that allows the users to try and match different shades, design color palettes, pick up the hexadecimal or RGB or CMYK values of the chosen colors and so on. Following are few online color matching tools and ... http://samitroy.org/index.php/2008/09/12/online-color-palette-color-matching-tools/ My Visual Art Blogalleria is one of my favorite personal Blog projects that I have initiated in the beginning of 2006, the time when I started thinking about various possibilities of a Blog and looking for different ways to use blogging as an effective tool to build a credible web presence. ... http://samitroy.org/index.php/2008/06/27/visualart_blog/ I have been fascinated by Internet or worldwide web since I was introduced to it, initially as an user and later as a designer, during mid 90s. I remember those days when there were 'Web Pages' and how the idea of 'Web Site' as “a group of interrelated 'Web Pages' ... http://samitroy.org/index.php/2008/05/21/my-favorite-designs-website/ If you are a visual artist and looking for an on-line WEB 2.0 community, where you can showcase your artworks and photographs, share them with fellow artists, build your own network, create an online portfolio and publish it, then Dripbook is the perfect place for you. In a nutshell, Dripbook ... http://samitroy.org/index.php/2008/05/21/dripbook-web-20-community-for-visual-artists/ Self-portrait – The Unwanted View larger illustration The above illustration shows a hypothetical self-portrait, that I have drawn last year for a personal project. The reason behind calling it 'hypothetical', is the fact that this self-portrait does not exactly portray my physical features and tries to bring out my psycho-somatic conditions at ... http://samitroy.org/index.php/2008/05/20/self-portrait-%e2%80%93-the-unwanted/ Early Story Illustration (1989) View larger illustration One more illustration from the initial days of my career in pre-digital era. In 1989-90, I used to work for a daily news paper as an illustrator and commercial artist. The attached illustration is one of the hundreds illustrations that I have drawn for them, ... http://samitroy.org/index.php/2008/05/20/archive-another-early-illustration-1989/ Book Cover: Ceiling of Clouds View larger graphics Being an avid reader of Bengali poetry and an Bengali literature enthusiast, I always take special interests in the design initiatives that are related to Bengali literature and language. I have designed covers and illustrations for many Bengali poetry collections, novels, short story collections, ... http://samitroy.org/index.php/2008/05/17/book-covers-poetry-and-novels/ Around My House 1605 View larger photo I am always surprised whenever I find a stunning visual, hidden in our usual day-to-day life. Most of the time we really do not realize the visual potential of our mundane surroundings and we tend to ignore them very easily. One needs to develop an ... http://samitroy.org/index.php/2008/05/17/mundane-life-amazing-photos/ Story Illustration for Newspaper (1990) View larger illustration One more story illustration from the early days of my career as an artist and designer. Pen and ink is still one of my favorite analog drawing media and I guess, my love for this particular media has started back in 1989-90, when I ... http://samitroy.org/index.php/2008/05/17/archive-story-illustration-1990/