Mother, as I write in Hindi, my mother tongue. This week's topic at illustration friday, is sacrifice.I asked around in the office too. Rashmi suggested a portrait of 'Bhagat Singh', one of our most revered freedom fighters. Somu said, "I would've drawn something abstract." While Bandhu declared giving away his bottle of Saturday-liquor will be the ultimate sacrifice!!!
I 'wrote' it with a black colored pencil. Scanned it in photoshop at 300dpi, made a jpeg & uploaded it here. With a little help from Somu, I converted the RGB pixels to single color black leaving the red dot above.
The red dot above represents the auspicious mark of marriage Hindu women grace their forehead with. It is called a 'Bindi' in Hindi.
Hope it turns out good.
Psst... somehow i can't view my blog. I can access it, post the posts, edit them, but can't see the actual blog. So, starry nights, phebes, thanks for the comments here instead.
11 comments:
Lovely and simple, a beautiful take on the theme. I always enjoy reading your posts. Sorry you can't enjoy them yourself!
as simple as it should be!
fabulous and your blog is looking great!
:))
very well done!!
don't i always tell u that u are awesome??? :D
n it ain't no leg pulling. you prove that everytime :)
Take care
You did a good job and it looks great.sorry you cant see it.You picked a good one."MA" no one can take her place.
totally agree with starry nights... grt job..by the way, which office u work in??
kaya, melanie, loca, meet me, starry nights, dwaipayan: thanks buddies. finally i can see my blog and the comments and reply to them.
dwaipayan m a copywriter and work in a small ad agency in delhi.
copywriters r those people who put words to all the concepts u see in advertisements & other marketing communication.
generally saying, i play around with words. and have fun with them :)
The red dot looks like the sun - a beautiful and strong image.
hi kim,
as far as i understand hindu mythology and there are literally layers of meanings to even simple daily life things here; the color red signifies the goddess or the yin of nature.
it is called 'shakti' in hindi, literally meaning 'power'. the shakti is responsible for all the going arounds in this world. even god, the other half of the sacred union is incomplete without her.
that's the power & status of a woman in hindu culture.
but of course, in modern times, this is all inconsequential.
adi
Adi, very nicely done, and a great idea!
Hi! Just want to say what a nice site. Bye, see you soon.
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