A Work in Progress: Sun Mandala



This guide was made for entry:
Sun Mandala
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mandala fun 2


step 1 of 11

Make by circle

Creation of Sun Mandala: Step 1
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step 2 of 11

Make first arc before 23 transforms at 15 degrees rotation.

Creation of Sun Mandala: Step 2
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Make sure side and bottom lined up with ruler guides.

Creation of Sun Mandala: Step 3
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In transform window use Shift-Cntrl-Alt-T procedure 23 times.

Creation of Sun Mandala: Step 4
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Decals (Flower)- Make new layer place a 1 pixel black point in circle center with paintbrush. Then place flower (made from standard PS shape) in wedge where desired. Two additional inner circles were added.

Creation of Sun Mandala: Step 5
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First flower placed. Follow same procedure to duplicate with transform rotation 23 times as before. You can add more than one object here as long as they are to appear in the same wedge. Also I found out later it would have been much easier to color the flower before the 23 duplications to avoid having to color it by hand later.

Creation of Sun Mandala: Step 6
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Add some line and curve segments to a wedge. Once done, use same procedure as for decals.

Creation of Sun Mandala: Step 7
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Here the new segments have be duplicated 23 times.

Creation of Sun Mandala: Step 8
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For a pattern, I made a new layer from one segment of a wedge, then used layer styles to add a pattern. In this case purple daisies, which I later decided to replace with a star field. I include the pic here in to show how it was done.

Creation of Sun Mandala: Step 9
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Colored in some segments and colored outside flowers. I should have colored flowers before duplications.

Creation of Sun Mandala: Step 10
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Final picture and some explanatory notes. I later changed the purple daisies to a star field. Added a background color to try and enhance the subject.

Creation of Sun Mandala: Step 11
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Final result

Creation of Sun Mandala: Final Result

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George55 says:

Beautiful result!

(5 years and 2181 days ago)