Monday, May 25, 2015

Diva Challenge #219: :Straight Lines all the Tines...er, Times"

Interesting challenge from the Diva this week. Think the only reason I was able to get to it this quickly is that our office was closed today in honor of Memorial Day. Others from Europe have mentioned similar days in their countries. It is the day set aside in the US to honor those who died during wars/conflicts or while serving in the military. Could not really think of a theme for this to include in the tile.

Now back to the challenge. It is to use only straight lines. Did not think that it would be that hard and it really wasn't but I did have to deal with my wanting to put in some organic tangles. Was not so much that I do not like the line tangles, I realized that I usually put in a couple of organic tangles to balance it. In this tile it probably would have been where the Hollibaugh is used. also could not imagine doing only straight lines without using Paradox. I am sure that others will use it also. Other thing that I noticed after I had taken the picture is that I did not fill spaces quite as well as I thought I had. Oh well, was not a big enough issue to go back and redo and take another picture. Here is what I came up with. I hope you enjoy it.



Tangles used : Paradox, Cubine, Hollibaugh, & Basquals
Shading done with HB pencil

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Go Tangle !!

26 comments:

  1. Nice tile! Great balance! Love Cubine!

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  2. The randomness of the plank placement for Hollibaugh does give an organic feel even though all the lines are straight. Nice tool to keep in one's back pocket!

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  3. Nice balance with your tile. I especially like the cubine, you did a great job with your shading on that.

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  4. For some reason, I thought we weren't "supposed" to shade. Apparently, I'm the only person who got that idea in their head. Your shading brings your tile to life. I also thought that Paradox had to be one of the tangles used since it looks curvi-linear despite being all straight lines----paradoxically, of course. ;-)

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  5. I love how the use of cubine makes you feel like you are in an Escher. Great tile.

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  6. I love the cubine in your tile.. I don't know why I dint think of hollibaugh!

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  7. Nice tile! I like the balance in it, with nice contrasts.

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  8. Very nice combination of patterns and wonderful composition. I like your tile, great shading :-)

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  9. Cubine is one of my favorites and I love it here!

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  10. The cubine around the outside makes the inside sort of float and then sink...wonderful movement and design!

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  11. I really like how you balanced this piece, Donald, instead of a string based tile. It compliments the concept of "lines only'.

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  12. I love this Tile, Donald. Beautiful balance in your design. I think your black fills are right on, and it doesn't really need any more. Wonderful shading.

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  13. Harmonious, and balanced design. Great work.

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  14. This is a very nice tile - I love cubine and paradox is one of my most favourite patterns !

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  15. The centre of the tile almost looks as if it's floating - nice tile.

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  16. Wonderful and well balanced tile!

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  17. This is nice. The precision of your cubine is just terrific, and i think you have struck a very nice balance here. Good work!

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  18. Your tile is wonderful! Isn't it strange how what we usually use as "tools" to balance things out are off-limits in a challenge with only straight lines? I think your use of Hollibaugh gave that little bit of disorder to the very ordered patterns, and it really works!

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  19. Great tile Donald. I love how you shaded your cubine on a different side in each section - it really gives a feeling of depth, of movement…. Nicely done!

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    1. Was not conscious of that. I think as I turned the tile to do the shading I was thinking of shading on the top of each cube. However, when done they were on different sides.

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  20. When I first looked at this piece, the first thing that popped into my head was balance and tranquility. This is a very well drawn tile, Donald. Great work!

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  21. Great tile, Donald. Beautifully balanced.

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  22. Again very artistic and beautiful.

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