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Ma'at (1/2)

            File: M07-01

My own illustrations. 

About the images.

This is my own artwork of the Egyptian goddess called Ma’at.

This was my first serious Vector based artwork done using CorelDRAW (either version 3 or 4) graphic design software on Windows 98 back in approximately around c1998 to c2000.

I started by doing a pencil sketching on paper, then tidy up by turning it into a proper line drawing. When it was done, I used a marker pen and drew over the pencil lines.

After that, I scanned the artwork to my computer, using a flatbed scanner. That was the reason for using the marker pen, to ensure the lines shows up on screen.

The scanned image was saved as a .BMP file and it was imported into CorelDRAW as a background layer.

I placed a new layer on top of the background, and traced the original pencil drawing, the reason for using marker pen was to ensure the lines shows clearly on the screen.

However at that time, I was using a mouse to do that drawing, as I did not buy a pen tablet until so many years later. The work took days. Likely to be couple of hours per day, over a matter of many days, until the outline was completed, then I coloured it in.

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This one was done using Adobe Illustrator Draw app on 6th generation Apple iPad running on iOS 11, and was done using the first generation Apple Pencil.

Unlike the first one (M07-01), I did not do any pencil sketching on paper, as I can do rough sketching on a layer in the app. Simply sketch out the outlines, then add another layer on top of it, and try to draw tidy lines.

When that was done, I added another layer, this time below the outlines, and coloured it in. Not sure how long it took, likely to be an hour per day, over a matter of few days.

The finished illustration was then exported to my desktop Adobe Photoshop, and saved as file.

About the subject of Ma’at.

Ma’at can be spelt in various different forms, including Maat, Mayet, Maet, and Maut among few other possible variations.

Ma’at was one of the many Egyptian goddesses during the Ancient Egypt days.

Records of Ma’at can be found dating back as early as the Old Kingdom, which is c 2700 to c 2100 BCE.

Ma’at is considered to be the goddess of truth, order, law, and justice.

In the Ancient Egypt mythology, it was said that when Egyptians dies, they would meet Ma’at in the Underworld. Legend had it that Ma’at would weigh the hearts of the decedents against her feather to judge their souls.

If the heart is lighter or equals in weight to her feather, the decedent would be allowed to go on to the Afterlife, but if the heart was heavier, they would stay in the Underworld.

She can be seen with or without the wings, and always with an ostrich feather tucked into headband.

She is said to be the daughter of Ra, whom is the god of sun.

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Taken on: August 4, 2023

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