A rangOli with 1 to 15 dots or 8x8 dots

jkmrao
Dotted kolam
ammuchandhini
Very strikingly beautiful pattern jkm sir...
Fri, 04/01/2011 - 22:26 Permalink
sudhabalakrishnan
great one and an excellent design too. Sir, i just want to know do you use MS paint to put dots or any other software ?????
Fri, 04/01/2011 - 23:08 Permalink
dibbutn
Wow JKM sir, this is awesome... I loved this a lot.
Sat, 04/02/2011 - 07:28 Permalink
dibbutn
Nice to see ur black and white profile photo sir :)
Sat, 04/02/2011 - 07:29 Permalink
jkmrao

Thanks everybody! (1) sudhA ma'am, I use a dotted paper (dotted papers may be downloaded from any graph software) and draw the pattern on it and then highlight the the desired dots with the desired colours. Yes, most of these are done using MS Paint or Gimp. By the way, Gimp is a software more or less similar to the Photoshop, but Gimp is a freeware and no license fee is necessary. Generally, most of the patterns of this type are done with a four dot interval.. Afterward, the unneeded dots are carefully erased. For giving the weaving look, a white line (on a white background) or a black line (on a black background) is used. This is a very tedious process and takes a lot of effort and causes eye strain. Later one colour on another must be touched up properly. Otherwise it will stand out as a sore thumb. (2) pushpA ma'am, that picture was photographed some 25 years ago! Regards! - mOhana
Sat, 04/02/2011 - 12:20 Permalink
vijaysowmya
Excellent pattern...would like to try this??
Sat, 04/02/2011 - 23:11 Permalink
Vinci
Beautiful kolam. Thanks for sharing your kolams and knowledge with us mOhanaji. I admire your patience, I'm not near to it.
Sun, 04/03/2011 - 18:33 Permalink
bsindhuja
Excellent design, Sir. I really admire your patience in creating such beautiful kolams for us..... thank you! -Sindhuja
Mon, 04/04/2011 - 03:36 Permalink
smahalakshmi
JKM sir, this kolam looks so beautiful. Mahalakshmi
Tue, 04/05/2011 - 20:47 Permalink