Calligraphy

  Whenever the semester and my acute homesickness gets too hectic for me handle, I always seem to find something that my soul can latch onto. Like, last semester, I discovered the joys of Light Painting.

And the semester before that, i got so obsessed with the art of tattooing that I made a Jailhouse tattoo gun prototype myself!

And this semester, I am discovering the beauty and the therapeutic traits of Calligraphy. Its absolutely addictive and calms down my nerves.

I have only started out and these are some of the initial tryouts.

Shall be posting more once i get to practice.

Update 4-9-2014:
Finally practiced for a while.
Seriously this time. This is the Fraktur and Schwabacher font.

apotheosis
script: Fraktur

charukeshi
script: Bastard Secretary

amortentia
script: Fraktur

ahir bhairav

brahmaputra

qualia

amaranth

Light Calligraphy

Every once in a while, you come across something so amazing that just blows your mind. In a world with every possible form of art, you may think that you have seen it all.

Well, you’re wrong.

Guys, meet Julien Breton, also known as Kaalam. This French guy can be seen waving and swinging torches and lights in streets, fields or in the dark.
Believe me, he’s not fooling around.
Breton is a calligraphy artist in profession.
And what’s unusual about his pieces?
He paints his letters with lights.
YES.
LIGHTS.

This guys somehow managed to bring two really amazing form of art together.  Calligraphy and Light art.
His method is fairly simple. He uses a camera with really long exposure time and then, with unbelievable precision and care, uses electric torches and lights to paint his characters. Since the camera has long exposure, only the movement and the trail of the lights are visible, not the person doing it.These are so perfect, every curve is so realistic, that it almost looks digitally mastered.
But, thry're not.

Breton’s fascination in calligraphy began in 2001. He is particularly fascinated by asian calligraphy and Arabic calligraphy. But since he doesn’t know Arabic, he invented a font that looks Arabic, but actually is French.
He also happens to be self taught.

Needless to say, this guy has won numerous awards.