Teahouse of the August Moon by Rykk
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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)
Fahrenheit451
Fantastic composition my friend! Bravo!
DennisReed
Wonderful oriental fractal Rick, and thanks for sharing! Bravo!
Richardphotos
reminds me of August Moon restaurant with some awesome food here locally. that is your title.wonderful design and the Chinese characters adds to the mystique!
DreamersWish
Simplicity at its finest! Very beautiful Japanese feel and look. Lovely colors too! Well done!
melevos
very beautiful and excellent composition V
Lledeline Online Now!
Well done. Perfect/
algra
This fits fully in the orietal tradition, even the color. It's very beatiful!
Jovalu
Beautiful creation in oriental style.....!!! V
eres
You're the master in fractal art buddy!!!!! Absolutely fantastic!!!!!V
Deagol
Cool image
redbeard
Very creative and wonderful image. Good luck in the days to come!
Snow_Angel
It is so elegant! I love the lettering with it too! A wonderful color and representation of Japanese art Rick! WOW! :)
eryt
excellent..beautiful...:)v
Elf_7
Wonderful oriental vibe to this, I love the colouring!!!!
Omotou
It's not always the "technically complicated" images that attract most :-) Nice ink-painting.
philuf
My god Rykk, it's incredible work. That's a wonderful japanese painting! love it.
iceberg5
The palmtrees look so graceful ,Rick - the oriental palm fronds and spiky trunks are perfect and look great with the soft background and writing !
GOLDILOCKSUK
I can see why you were made AOM your work is unique and stands out in a crowd so to speak. Very classy and I love viewing it V Cathy xoxoxo
CavalierLady
A lovely oriental look, indeed! Very nicely done, Rick.
Pannyhb
See? You CAN do it! This is a real beaut - elegant and eye-catching! I like the background bunches, too!
sossy
amazing oriental artwork! reminds me of a book with chinese wisdoms! ;o)
joefraq
Really nice fractal sketch here Rick. Unquestionable Japanese vibe. Such fine fractal art you do.
dcmstarships
nice Japanese inspired piece! :-)
alberto673
!!!!!!!!!!!!!VOTE for your work.;O)
Dreamingbee
absolut brilliant work !!!!!!!!!! vote
MOOOW
Wow!!!!!!!!!!!this is really fantastic love it !!!!!!!!!!
soffy
Simply wonderful,love the oriental look and your coloringV :)
KPK
Wonderfully done! I like the Japanese touch a lot!
MrPsiquedelico
stunning stuff here rykkk!
Silwena
Fnatastic piece.