Monday, September 26, 2011

Knowing When to Stop - Take 2

Like at Chez Diva, we are under the weather at our house too.  I'm just getting over a miserable cold and now Birdie has it.  I was perfectly happy to sit in front of the TV with her and tangle.  I am very tired of working small, though, so here is my Opus/Jonqil duo-tangle for this week's challenge, size XL.  It is 8.5x11.

I think it needs more, but am listening to Birdie this week and stopping now, even though I think I could up the contrast and make it better.  So, what do you think? Should I stop here or keep going?
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13 comments:

  1. Red Thread SonyaSeptember 26, 2011 at 2:20 PM

    Please please please stop where you are. I really like it! It is open and airy, which is tough to do in Zentangle. Would love to see you work a bit of shading magic to enhance the depth and contrast, making some areas pop and others recede, but it is beautiful as it is.

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  2. BlueRidgeWomanSeptember 26, 2011 at 6:57 PM

    It's done. It's beautiful!!

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  3. GinaASeptember 26, 2011 at 8:02 PM

    This has a wonderful flow to it, personally I would leave it for a while and revisit it later if you still feel you need to adjust the contrast. It looks perfect to me.

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  4. JoniSeptember 26, 2011 at 8:41 PM

    I agree with the others, it looks wonderful the way it is, however since it is letter size, why not make a copy of it and play with some ideas on the copy. You can have it both ways!

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  5. CrisSeptember 26, 2011 at 10:01 PM

    Thanks everyone. Joni, I've already started that :-)

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  6. PennybSeptember 27, 2011 at 3:38 AM

    Stop! It's beautiful just like this! (but I 'm not a great fan of dark tangles, so maybe I'm biased!)I love it!

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  7. revbyrdSeptember 27, 2011 at 8:02 AM

    I would love to see this in color. I agree tat it is beautiful as is, but likeJoni said, why not make a copy -- then color the copy.

    I really like this.

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  8. CrisSeptember 27, 2011 at 8:10 AM

    Great minds really do think alike. I've already printed out a copy and started coloring. I thought that all of the bubbles should be floating on some clear blue water. Will see what happens to the rest. I'll post the next iteration soon...

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  9. TerrieSeptember 27, 2011 at 10:43 PM

    Very cool and I can't wait to see the new version...

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  10. Meghna PatelSeptember 28, 2011 at 7:37 AM

    love the flow, waiting for the colour version

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  11. SusanSeptember 30, 2011 at 11:25 AM

    I love that you did it in a "large" size. I find that I much prefer to work on larger pieces. This is gorgeous!

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  12. Karen LynnSeptember 30, 2011 at 11:18 PM

    Beautiful! Looks finished to me.

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  13. CrisOctober 25, 2011 at 7:25 AM

    Thanks everyone. I finally got around to posting the colored version. If you have a chance to see it, please let me know what you think.

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