Saturday, September 13, 2014

Shade ING

The Diva Challenge for this week was to utilize a new pattern called, "ING," like the internet bank. It's a fun little geometric pattern. My personal challenge was to use patterns that I'm just not happy with: Mooka, Pokeleaf and Tagh. Then, because of the hour I was working on this challenge (why, oh, why do I need to be awake at 3AM?), I added another layer of difficulty: to utilize shading in all it's different characteristics (depth, order, volume, and direction of light).
The result is not dissimilar to the giant cockroach that joined me in the kitchen. YIKES. I know, TMI, but...such is life after major flooding, I guess. I'm still not keen on all those other patterns, but I found ING to be a fascinating tangle.
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5 comments:

  1. Very beautiful especially after meeting this cockroach!

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    1. Anne, thank you for your kind comments and for taking the time out of your day to view my work, I sincerely appreciate it. Have a brilliant day! c

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  2. It is kinda insectlike, like one of those fascinating South American stick bugs or something. A praying mantis or a glittering scarab beetle.

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    1. You know what, it looks a lot like a water beetle. They take a bubble of water down with them, for an air supply, and dive under the water, then up again. THAT'S what this reminds me of!

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    2. I like your interpretation better than mine, Heidi Sue! Makes this thing seem less menacing somehow. I surely wish it were a scarab; they are so beautiful. But, then, everything in life has its place. The cockroach found its place in the insinkerator. Oh, that's just mean! Have a brilliant day, thanks for looking! c

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