Artist's Seal

I have always loved the look of those bold red symbols seen in much of Asian art. This isn't a new fascination either, I've admired them for a very long time.  It's such a dramatic punch they typically is the finishing touch on a composition, and without it, those pieces would often feel unbalanced. 

From what I've read these seals are highly varied and for artistic purposes tend to hold alot of meaning and symbolism for the artist.  In fact many artists have a number of different seals they use to sign their work.    

For a long while I've wanted to create one for myself, but what would it be or say?  I'd probably set down to design a seal for myself hundreds of times only to end up with pages of ugly or bad ideas.  Then finally, one day it hit me.  The seal I designed is centered around the Japanese and Chinese character for 'true' (or just or pure, but since my site and online persona is Truepinkas, we're going with true).

Digital (Adobe Photoshop)

I also wanted to point out that I'm not Asian.  I am unfortunately sure that there are many people who would take issue with me doing this, thinking I'm somehow stealing a piece of, or devaluing their culture.  I can assure you that that is not the intention here.  I am doing this solely out of admiration and enjoyment of this particular aesthetic and art form itself.

I currently plan on using this on many of my personal digital works, and may even have a stamper made of it for finishing watercolors or sketches.  In addition to that I am strongly considering using it as a primary element when I redo my website (www.truepinkas.com).