Scarification is a means of permanently marking the skin by cutting alone, without the use of pigments. The scars may be lighter or darker than your original skin tone and may raise up (keloid scarring). There are many ways to produce a scar but the cut must always penetrate the dermis if a scar is to be produced. The result depends as much on your skin as the method used. Black skin in particular is very good at producing pronounced keloid scars and this is a popular alternative to tattooing for people with very dark skin, for whom a tattoo might not show up very well. In many parts of Africa these scars are marks of beauty and a way to identify someone belonging to a particular group. Scarification also may mark one’s status as a civilized being, adult, or member of a specific ethnic group or initiation association. I spend a day in his school in a remote village of Benin to work on the Art in All of Us activities (www.artinallofus.org). I had really a great time thanks to the kids creativity. Please see some of their works on Benin Gallery ! hope you enjoy !! All proceeds from sales of pictures will go to the art education project of Art in All of Us (WWW.ARTINALLOFUS.ORG)
Young boy riding a huge bike and his long shadow on a sandy field, at sunset in Pagan, Myanmar (Burma) All proceeds from sales of pictures will go to the child art education project of Art in All of Us (WWW.ARTINALLOFUS.ORG)
Pastel drawing and Apophysis layers Horses / Tori Amos I got me some horses / To ride on, to ride on / They say that your demons can’t go there / So I got me some horses / To ride on, to ride on / As long as your army keeps perfectly still And maybe I’ll find me a sailor / A tailor / And maybe together we’ll make mother well / So I got me some horses / To ride on, to ride on / As long as your army / Keeps perfectly still You showed me the meadow / And Milkwood and Silkwood / And you would if I would / But you never would / So I chased down your posies / Your pansies in my hosies / Then opened my hands and they were empty then Off with Superfly / Sniffing a Sharpie pen / Honey it’s Bill and Ben / Off with Superfly / Counting your bees / Oh me honey like / One two three / The camera is rolling / It’s easy like one, two, three And if there is a way to find you / I will find you / But will you find me if Neil makes me a tree / An afro, a pharaoh / I can’t go, you said so / And threads that are golden don’t break easily I got me some horses / To ride on, to ride on / They say that your demons can’t go there / So I got me some horses / To ride on, to ride on / As long as your army keeps perfectly still Horses
Last one of these, I promise! Also see Twirled and Twirled Again. (I’m real creative with names and stuff.) This time I kept seeing it as some undersea creature/plant, so I gave it a green tint. Please see my Etsy listing for this image – and purchase a pearlescent metallic print of this beautiful photograph!
A shot of some flower stems and buds that reminded me of space and the cosmos. And then of CS Lewis and his Space Trilogy, for some reason. I have yet to read it. But I love the name of that book. Please see my Etsy listing for this image – and purchase a pearlescent metallic print of this mysterious image. This photo is seen in two of my calendars – please take a look at them! / Everyday Mysteries A Bouquet
Old Masters Series (Print 8) by Alf Caruana was voted the most popular entry in this challenge with 17 votes. / This work will be exhibited at the / Brunswick Street Gallery from August 1st to August 14th It will also be om display at the / RedBubble @ The Rialto Towers *Maximum Exposure Thank you all who voted*
Pastel drawing, scanned peacock feather and Apophysis overlays A Dream Within A Dream Take this kiss upon the brow! / And, in parting from you now, / Thus much let me avow- / You are not wrong, who deem / That my days have been a dream; / Yet if hope has flown away / In a night, or in a day, / In a vision, or in none, / Is it therefore the less gone? / All that we see or seem / Is but a dream within a dream. Edger Allen Poe
The first image in the Dreamcatcher series. These were taken early one foggy and soggy morning as the sun rose to shine through the dewdrops. Please see my Etsy listing for this image – and purchase a pearlescent metallic print of this beautiful image. Please take a look at the calendar Everyday Mysteries, which features this photograph. The two others in the Dreamcatcher series are Prose and Meteor.
Love…and concern… and excitement… and nerves…. and cravings…. www.cathleentarawhiti.co.nz To see more of my work, you are most welcome to visit my Facebook photograghy page Lingerie supplied by / Cathleens Magical Wardrobe Featured in Live, Love, Dream / Thank you. Featured in Featured Features – For Featured Art, Photography, T-Shirts, Writing / Thank you. Featured in Color Me a Rainbow / Thank you Taylor. Featured in Personal Meaning Photography / Thank you Callum. Finalist in the Contemplation challenge in the Peace, Love & Tranquility group / Thanks for voting. 3000+ views / 30+ favouritings People/Portraiture HDR Photography Macro Photography Architecture Collaborations Skyscapes Animals/Birds/Insects Street Photography Everyday Objects Seascapes/Rivers/All Water Summer Photography Odd/Unusual Flowers/Plants/Trees Landscapes New Zealand Abstract Humour Black and White Photography Canon 40D
Apophysis composite In your light I learn how to love. / In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest, / where no one sees you, but sometimes I do, / and that sight becomes this art. Rumi
Pretty drops on flower petals that form halos in the middle due to my Macro Ring Lite MR-14EX.
Simplicity at its best! / I like the balloon over there! Hamburg, Germany 2008 sicanstudios.com /
Fractal explorer composite my leaves, my green filaments / like fingers spread / to catch the suns attention Judy Grahn
Apophysis composite I am all orders of being, the circling galaxy, / the evolutionary intelligence, the lift, and the falling away. What is, / and what isn’t. Rumi
After too many millennia without Her, She is finally rising into our consciousness again… I borrowed this wonderful image from Mark Peterson and added a number of Fractal Explorer layers to it. If you like what you see here please go and check out the rest of his great work.
This started life out as a poem by a frend of mine – suddenly we had an eureka moment – and realised it would be a lot stronger if there was no answers… / The writing’s on the wall
I wonder where this path leads? During a motorcycle trip to Georgia, I passed by this scene and just had to turn around. The ground fog was just wicked, it was shrouding this path which I presume belongs to a rural farm. Taken with the Nikon D300 and Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 lens. HDR processing and Orton effect applied, as well as some dodge & burn.
Impressionist, Painterly. / True red head flirting with you. / Digital painting is an emerging art form in which traditional painting techniques such as watercolor, oils, etc. are applied using digital tools by means of a computer, a digitizing tablet and stylus, and software. Digital painting differs from other forms of digital art, particularly computer-generated art, in that it does not involve the computer rendering from a model. The artist uses painting techniques to create the digital painting directly on the computer. / I create the painting, directly on my PC, by using a Wacom tablet, a stylus pen and ArtRage painting software. The Wacom tablet can be compared to a canvas or watercolor paper surface. The stylus pen is my paintbrush.
NikonD300 Nikkor 18-200 f/3.5-5.6 / 1/640sec F/113 135mm Winner of V challenge in Alphabet Soup – April 2009 Featured by European Everyday Life – 24th March 2009 Featured by Alphabet Soup – 21st April 2009 Featured by Around The World – 24th Nov 2009
So I recently returned back to one of my favorite sites to photograph. This is the Whalehead Hunt Club in Currituck, North Carolina. Currituck Lighthouse is also visible on the left. This particular morning was just beautiful, very rare to have hardly any wind coming across Currituck Sound. The reflection turned out awesome, in my opinion. Image has been processed through Redynamix for the HDR look and also had the Orton effect applied. Best viewed in large. / Image made with tripod mounted Nikon D200, Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8, remote shutter release.
Bored and needing some new “material”, I headed outside with Nikon D300, Sigma 105mm f/2.8 Macro and SB800 flash. After blinding multiple insects, I settled down at my blooming Hydrogena. Amazing what nature will “paint” for us.
Original painting – Dorina Costras / Acrylic on canvas / 30/45 cm
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