Monday, February 14, 2011

Weekly Challenge #9: Artoo

This week, "the Diva" came up with a new tangle in honor of her recovering baby Artoo and challenged us to use it.
View from 20,000 ft.

Yesterday, during the LONG flight from San Diego to Columbus, Birdie and I were fascinated by the geometry of Kansas from above.  Everything was divided into perfect squares.  Many of them were almost completely filled by perfect circles.  Then there were lines, all in the same direction.

In the midst of all of that straightness and symmetry was one meandering stream and one isolated square that was filled with untamed lines. Knowing that a photo wouldn't convey the feeling, I decided to make a quick sketch.

It was a long flight, like I said.  So, to pass the time, I decided to make a new sketch to use as a string.  By this time, the circles were gone, but there were lots of new meandering streams.  It is to this tangle, that I added Artoo's tangle.  His are the red ones.

Finally, I made a brand new tile for Valentine's Day with Artoo strung through the middle.  I'm not sure if this is technically an Artoo since it isn't "growing from a stem," but maybe it is a tangleation of Artoo.

Happy Valentine's Day to all of you.

17 comments:

  1. Wonderful ideas! Great use of Artoo!

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  2. Loving the tangleation of Artoo! Cool!

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  3. I like your "artoo" beads! The hearts are a nice touch too.

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  4. Artoo on show, reminds me of a stage show..great!

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  5. Lovely tangle and "tangelation of Artoo". Your Kansas inspiration is great!

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  6. Great Artoo ZT. I love it!! (Tangling on long flights... I'll remember that next time I'm crossing the Pacific! [grin])

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  7. Thanks for all of the kind words. I actually used to READ on planes and vacation. On our 8-day trip to San Diego, all I read was one book about art. Review to come...

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  8. ARTOO on stage – yeah! Very well done.

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  9. I like your zentangle map you drew from 20,000 up and your weekly challenge 9 Artoo zentangle.

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  10. Tangling in the air is fun! Nice flow!

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  11. I like your version of the design too, without the stems. Great idea.

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  12. Very cool!

    Planes are a good place to zen doodle I find (except if the ride gets bumpy). Great creations!!

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  13. Being someone who loves geology and geography, I really love your second one. I'm going to have to steal that idea :D

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  14. Thanks. It was an amazing view and really fun to do in the air.

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