Monday, June 22, 2015

Two Challenges With One Tile ...

Joey's Alphabet Monotangle & Diva's Weekly Challenge #223

(or Two Birds With One Stone...)


 This week (6/22-28/15)  Joey's Challenge was to use the pattern, Cornerz.  The Diva's Challenge was to use Umble ... so Cornerz, Umble Style ...  This one gave me room to practice shading, which on this tile I'm counting as "1/3 dark".  I kind of like the open, airy look on this one~



Cornerz starts out with a grid, and forms a random curved pattern.  
As I was laying out the pattern above, I kept thinking that it could look like a maze of sorts if I connected the corners more (as on the traditional pattern) ... The pattern started looking like a trellis to me ... a maze on a trellis needed to be in a garden ... I applied that idea to an organic garden theme and "A Bug's Playground" was born!  Can you find the five critters?

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13 comments:

  1. Ulrike B.June 23, 2015 at 10:26 AM

    So beautiful Tiles, i like them both

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  2. The Yorkshire TortoiseJune 23, 2015 at 12:40 PM

    What fun tiles. I found all your bugs :-) the centre of your bugs playground looked to me like the game Snakes and Ladders

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    1. UnknownJune 23, 2015 at 4:55 PM

      Thanks - I thought about that game too but couldn't remember the name of it - thanks for the reminder!

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  3. KariJune 23, 2015 at 8:43 PM

    It's beautiful!

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  4. IlseJune 24, 2015 at 11:16 AM

    Love your first tile with its open airy look!

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  5. UnknownJune 24, 2015 at 6:14 PM

    Thank you~

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  6. Anne's tangle blogJune 24, 2015 at 10:47 PM

    I like the 'clean' Umble tile a lot.

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    1. UnknownJune 25, 2015 at 7:51 AM

      Thanks - I was worried it was too "light", or not enough dark areas, but I like the airy look in it ...

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  7. AntonineJune 25, 2015 at 8:20 AM

    I love how you made your grids in each tile look like patterned tiles. These are both very original and light and lively looking. Beautiful!

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  8. UnknownJune 25, 2015 at 10:27 AM

    Than you! I hadn't noticed that until you pointed it out ... Tangling allows the opportunity for so many variations, creativity, and interpretations ... they are not JUST patterns ~

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  9. JoeyJune 25, 2015 at 5:36 PM

    I love the trellis idea and the critters are so sweet.
    ~ joey ~

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