I am not very good at illustration. I cannot draw an image on top of my head. I have to be copying it from somebody else. However, I am realising now that I'm very good with patterns. Anything abstract seems to just flow when I start something on paper. For me it's like connecting the dots and placing anything that would look nicely to fit the consistency of whatever it is I've started doing. It's something I find so easy.
I've been inspired to start this Mandala project when I was applying as a student to get in the Faculty of Design at Swinburne University. The assessor, as I would like to call him, would be the one to decide on whether I have the design skills to get in. I scheduled an interview with him. So whilst my assessor was browsing through my works, he stopped flipping at one particular illustration and said "Oh this is nice, it's a Mandala.." and I was like "I didn't even know I was doing a Mandala". Apparently, a Masters student he was supervising was doing a thesis about Mandala/s. Anyway, after my folio assessment, he said I could enrol. So I passed!
When I got home, I googled what it is since I wanted to find out more about Mandala/s. From Wikipedia, it says that a Mandala is a sanskrit word for "circle". It comprises of concentric diagrams that have both spiritual and ritual significance from religions like Buddhism and Hinduism. It's often used as a spiritual teaching tool for establishing a sacred space and aid meditation... So I figured, oh so that's why in the movies, they always draw a circle and place candles and they go inside the circle to meditate.
Anyway, I've made a few more Mandalas (images above). Maybe when I get a bit more time, I'll illustrate one that's really intricate. But this'll have to do for now.
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