Sacred Geometry Media Resource Blog
Zazzle continues great sales this weekend (use code ZSUPERSALE4U ) on cards and notecards (50% off), calendars (25% off), shirts (5% off) and everything else including sacred geometry posters and art prints (15% off) Offer is valid through November 25, 2012 at 11:59 PM PT. Here’s an assortment of my geometric art (plus photography from around the world, and more) you might enjoy in a variety of zazzle items. Enjoy! :-)
Lulu is having a sale: 51% off calendars; 30% off everything else; Nov. 23-27, 2012. Use code “DELIRITAS” at checkout.
Here’s an interplanetary visionary calendar you might enjoy. More about the “Martineau Solar System” calendar here and related posters, cards, shirts, etc. here.
I recently received this inquiry: “Please suggest a suitable CAD software that I can use to create my own sacred geometry designs. Thanks!” I thought the question was general enough to post a reply as a blog post.
Over the years, I have used a handful of CAD programs. Sacred Geometry Design Sourcebook was made using mostly ClarisCAD (a now obsolete MacOS program) with a little bit of PhotoShop (front cover and adjusting Nancy’s illustration of a sphere), Excel (for the tables in the back) and a stereogram app (GraphX, I think it was) for the stereogram in the back of the book. If was to do that book over, I’d definitely consider using Adobe Illustrator or a similar app.
The few illustrations in the 2nd book The Geometry Code: Universal Symbolic Mirrors of Natural Laws Within Us; Friendly Reminders of Inclusion to Forgive the Dreamer of Separation were done using Adobe Illustrator and PhotoShop primarily, with the cover artwork also incorporating a ray-traced mandala made with POVray. POVray for the Mac has been updated in recent years by MegaPOV.
The GeometryCode.com website has incorporated artwork from all these and more, when one includes imagery and animation from other artists. Among the most notable of these contributions are some superb animations done by Dave Van Dyke of Z-axis Graphics, using 3DStudioMax (Windows only).
In general, I prefer using a vector art program for making mandalas, logos and line art that can be scaled to any resolution, such as Adobe Illustrator.
Once the line art has been fine tuned, it can be imported into PhotoShop (or other raster/bit-map oriented applications) for adjustment, sizing, etc. and adding other graphics elements and details.
The ability to step and repeat in x and y axes (translation) is a key ability for making tessellations, grids and tiling patterns.
The ability to step and repeat around a point by a specified angle (rotation) is a key ability for making mandalas.
The ability to step and repeat scaled copies by a specified percentage (scaling) is a key ability for making fractals.
(Adobe) Illustrator does all these, and there are other programs that do this as well. There are too many graphics programs to mentions, but these are some of the ones I’ve used.
I’ll be giving a class/multimedia presentation titled “Universal Symbolic Mirrors of Natural Laws Within Us; Friendly Reminders of Inclusion to Forgive the Dreamer of Separation” from 7-9PM on Monday, November 5, 2012 at Shining Lotus Metaphysical Bookstore, 2178 S. Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO 80222. I will share LOTS of visual multimedia imagery, animation and more, along with plenty of theory on the mystical underpinnings of sacred geometry, the seven ancient Hermetic laws of truth, take-home lessons from modern physics, and how the non-dual metaphysics of inclusion, kindness and forgiving our self-judgments is key to sustainable happiness! :-) There will be a book-signing after the class; both of my books, Sacred Geometry Design Sourcebook and The Geometry Code, are available from Shining Lotus Metaphysical Bookstore. Space is limited to 20 participants, so please contact me ASAP if you’re interested and want to pre-register.
Here is a full resolution printable flyer for the event.
If you want a jump on getting a calendar for 2013, Lulu is offering 35% off on all calendars and photo books through July 22, 2012. Just use code “EXPOSURE” when ordering. I just updated the Solar System Geometries per Martineau” calendar for 2013 … Check it out! :-)