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Lists of Ewe names and their meanings

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In the Ghanaian community and bringing it down to the Ewes, names are specifically given for different reasons. The main reason why names among this tribe are never taken for granted is that the names normally have a direct impact on the bearers. Names are given for a reason since they reflect or have an influence on the people to whom they are given. All names have meanings they represent and Ghanaian names and specifically Ewe names are not an exception.  You will be enlightened on some of these Ewe names and their various meanings. In fact, this article gives you an idea of what some Ewe names mean. Names are like organic components of the people per the people's beliefs.    We believe that individuals become the name they are given and for this reason, names are chosen carefully before being given to individuals. Some of the names are just given to show the day of the week a person is born whereas some show the circumstances around a person's birth. Below are some nam...

How do you make pointillism art? The techniques and execution strategy

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Drawing as a practice that is very useful in advertising, branding, illustration, animation and the rest has many techniques employed for different purposes. After a drawing is done, it has to be shaded to give it form so that it looks realistic or solid. When this is not done, a drawing is said to be incomplete since there will not be any explicit definition to what is drawn on the support. The above is a skull drawn and shaded with a pencil. The artist student who did this drawing made sure where there have to be shadows, the dots are more concentrated over there. Observe the eye socket, beneath the cranium, the gum and other areas. Without a good variation of the dots, the drawing would have been flat. Some shading techniques are: Pointillism Hatching Cross-hatching Mass shading Among these, we are going to look at POINTILLISM which is one of the shading or drawing techniques that is time-consuming and maybe even difficult for some to do. Even though the description of this method ...