Teahouse of the August Moon by Rykk

Fractal • Abstract • posted on Oct 22, 2005

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Ultrafractal 4.01 - Photoshop 7 I happened across this one last night as I was making a thin shading layer for another image. The sort of Japanese vibe grabbed me - the "bamboo" and spiral "vines" - so I let it take me where it wanted to go. Since the Japanese feel, I named this after an old 1950's movie I saw as a kid. Then I Googled "kanji" - Japanese writing characters - and found the kanji characters for "Tea", "Garden", "Autumn" and "Moon" (as close as I could come to the words in the title) and drew them in with PS. I hope I got them right - Toby will probably read them and say I goofed and it really says "drank too much tea, is there a bathrooom on the Moon?" lol Not a very technically complicated image but I like it and wanted to share it. I really flip over the composition of a lot of the few layered pieces here. Only 3 total layers - one is a mask. What was WAY cool was that it rendered at like 12,000 pixels per second (400 something by 768) and was done in less than 30 seconds! After waiting up to 20 hours for some of my "mega-layer fiascos" to render, this was really neat. I've got to do some more of these "small" ones! lol Thanks for stopping by - Konichi wa! Rick Ok - So I read the kanji "Sun", "Moon" left to right, western style, and they were on the page right to left - ROFL!! So I drew the wrong one. Thanks, Michele, for spotting my gaffe! Edit posted 10/22/05 at 3:52PM EST

Comments (63)

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CarolSassy

12:55PM | Sat, 22 October 2005

Excellent oriental atmosphere! Gorgeous colors 'n' details. Don't know anything about those characters though. lol q-: Love it! V (:

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RodolfoCiminelli

1:12PM | Sat, 22 October 2005

A excellent creation my friend....!!! Beautiful creation in oriental style.....!!! V

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Dindin

1:12PM | Sat, 22 October 2005

This reminds me of those Japanese/Chinese scrolls even the color of the aged perkament is right . The characters make it look even more authentic . Im sure you had a lot of fun making this one , Id have .

RJC

1:25PM | Sat, 22 October 2005

A beautyful fractal superbly presented. Very imaginative. V

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voske

1:39PM | Sat, 22 October 2005

Wonderful creation,very beautiful pic!!!!Excellent job!!!!!

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cornelp

1:40PM | Sat, 22 October 2005

I like it, very very artistic. Well done, love the details on the art. Very very well done.

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blacq_nyght_vampyre

1:44PM | Sat, 22 October 2005

Very Elegant and Classy!!! Beautifully done.

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Biomoto

1:47PM | Sat, 22 October 2005

Just so Awesome!

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pickles

1:52PM | Sat, 22 October 2005

Absolutely beautiful Rick this just proves that a simple image eg a couple of layers can work just as well as one with say 20 layers. stunning piece my friend (v)

kuzy62

1:56PM | Sat, 22 October 2005

Excellent!!!!

LorienDream

2:01PM | Sat, 22 October 2005

Very beautiful and elegant!

mdessureault

2:21PM | Sat, 22 October 2005

The last character is not 'moon' but 'sun'.

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Fractelaar

2:31PM | Sat, 22 October 2005

very pretty and subtle work Rick

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Rykk

2:33PM | Sat, 22 October 2005

LOL! Thanks, Michele - The kanji I found was for sun and moon together, so I selected the one I thought was "moon" by the order listed - I'll change it. As I think of it, I read the kanji left to right, western style, but maybe they were on the page right to left Japanese style - lol Rick

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miwi

2:36PM | Sat, 22 October 2005

Elegante und sche Arbeit mein Freund;excellent done,like it very much!!!!!!!

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zoren

2:36PM | Sat, 22 October 2005

well done....

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kansas

2:38PM | Sat, 22 October 2005

Exceptionally beautiful! I've never seen anything like it come out of UF. Exquisite! Glad you shared it with us.

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ligt

3:02PM | Sat, 22 October 2005

beautiful impression of japanese art--

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clifftoppler

3:20PM | Sat, 22 October 2005

Well, "Come closer says Sun. We'll both become One." Then where is the Sun - Moon problem? Nicely done Rykk. I hope the new job doesn't take you to Japan,though! And as for Astronauting beware "Hot Pants." Cliff.

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Fuzzball

3:51PM | Sat, 22 October 2005

What a delicate, clever image Rick...love the background it really makes your creation complete!!!

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jocko500

4:35PM | Sat, 22 October 2005

wow this is super it do have a Japanese look to it

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FarAnAway

5:12PM | Sat, 22 October 2005

Exceptionally creative fractal work.

LFNForever

5:22PM | Sat, 22 October 2005

Exceptional artistic brilliance!! V :)

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Akinom

5:25PM | Sat, 22 October 2005

An exquisite work, Rick! Actually it looks like one of those Asian roll paintings which I like so much. Have one hanging on the wall in our living room. Excellently done! v***** and fav

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then

5:59PM | Sat, 22 October 2005

Stunning result for 3 layers. Great artwork.

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twiggypeasticks

6:15PM | Sat, 22 October 2005

Sayonora - my goodness this is exquisite. Your modesty always overwhelms me. Congratulations on an exquiste piece of work :O)

fractalinda

6:20PM | Sat, 22 October 2005

I love the play and your image, and the title is perfect. A fine, exciting and beautiful piece of Art. Definitely has a "Japanese vibe." So excellent, Rick!

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