Very different and tricky rangoli design by Deepika Pant:
Deepika Pant is renowned for her incredibly intricate and illusion-based rangoli art that often goes viral. Her designs are less about traditional motifs and more about jaw-dropping 3D effects and photorealism.
What Makes Her Style So “Tricky”?
Masterful Shading: She doesn’t just use flat colors. She employs a vast palette of rangoli powders to create light, shadow, and depth, making a peacock feather look like you could pick it up off the floor.
Optical Illusions: Many of her designs are anamorphic, meaning they only form a perfect, cohesive image when viewed from one specific angle. From any other perspective, the design looks abstract and warped.
Scale and Precision: Her pieces are often massive, requiring countless hours of painstaking work and an incredible steady hand to place each grain of powder perfectly.
To try a simpler version at home, focus on one element: shading. Choose a simple flower and use two shades of the same color—a light and a dark—to give the petals dimension. It’s a challenging but rewarding way to elevate your rangoli skills!
