Chinese Characters.

[spondoolix]

I have not written much Chinese since I studied Mandarin back in the seventies. This was my given name "Tyan Bwo Da."

My lack of skill in the realm of calligraphy, has, to a certain extent, been rescued by the power of Xtreme.

[raynerj1]

So what does it mean?

Neat characters tho...

I am glad I don't have an indian or chinese name. It would probably be something like... dork with the big belly or something like that.

[spondoolix]

John,

Chinese characters have different meanings when they are attached to other characters.

This is just a name. Individually the meanings would approximate :-
Rice field, (hence the square.)
Father's elder brother.
To arrive.

I would love to see what a good calligrapher could do using Xara brushes.
I tried, but with indifferent results.

[iamtheblues]

Hi Tyan Bwo Da,
For what it's worth, I experimented with one of the characters, using the "Cigar 3" stroke shape, round ends and joins,
then applied "Rushed Brush" from the natural media brush set.
For the paper I made a fractal cloud fill, and applied the Crumple filter from the Alien Skin Xenofex 2 demo.
Then the Burnt Edges filter from the Alien Skin Xenofex 2 (full product).
Saludos,
Bob.

[spondoolix]

Very nice Bob,

It would have been even nicer if my original character had been better.

You have certainly captured the feel of an ink brush stroke and I like the texture of the paper. It provided a nice backdrop to the graphic.

[gray]

Don't know about the Chinese Spondoolix, but the effect is neat.