Just a quick post today, much shorter than my last one. But first I have to say thank you for all the wonderful comments I received on my new pattern Cruze. I'd love to see what you all do with it, so I just entered it in the "Use my Tangle" part of the Diva's challenge. We'll see if it ever gets picked - there are an awful lot of tangles already on her list!
This week's Diva challenge is to use Jane Eileen's "8s Parte Dos" pattern. I think I played with it for a very short time when it first came out, but didn't give it the time it needed. So this week I sat down and worked it out...I think! I agree with everyone who is saying that it takes a lot of focus. I didn't find it hard to know which direction to curve the lines (after a few practices), but I thought the hard part was lining up the black dots properly. Did anyone else find that part difficult? So you will see, or maybe you won't, that in my Zentangle I purposely tried to make them grow a little bigger as I went so that I wouldn't get frustrated when they didn't line up perfectly.
It reminds me of one of those flower pots that have holes all over for the plants to peek out of. I was challenged by this one, but I guess that's why it's called the Diva's challenge!
Love this!
ReplyDeleteNice tile! I found that for me, I had to think about it in a grid of squares, and then I was able to knock it out. There is a part three, on the web that actually helped on the back end... I had already figured out to do a grid before I saw it... but it really helped me! I really like the lines you used in the in-betweens!
ReplyDeleteYour tile is beautiful!!! I also had trouble getting the dots in the right place.
ReplyDeleteThis is a wonderful interpretation of this challenge!
ReplyDeleteI love how you rose to the challenge. It is really beautiful.
ReplyDeleteYou can see my version of Cruze at http://ginnystiles.blogspot.com/2013/10/feeling-fall-ish.html
ReplyDeleteThe great thing about 8's is that you get different looks when the 8's are lined up straight and when they are not, but they are both 8's and fun to play with. Thanks for trying them out! :)
ReplyDeleteI think they look great with the dots straight or not. :)
DeleteThe great thing about 8's is that you get different looks when the 8's are lined up straight and when they are not, but they are both 8's and fun to play with. Thanks for trying them out! :)
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