Monday, September 10, 2012

Weekly Challenge #86 "Break Free!"

Weekly Challenge #86 "Break Free!"

After the morning I had today, this challenge was sorely needed. I jumped into it with a gusto, and am very pleased with the results. I decided to start with Aura-Knot (I have been using it a lot I know.) And for the initial break free I added Squid, and wove it through the knot. After doing this I decided to push the border further and added a background that went all the way to the edge of the tile, removing the border all together. I decided to push a little further and add a little color. I love, love, love the finished tile, even if I am still a little anti-color, in my zentangle®. Here is the tile turned in two different directions. 


I Hope you enjoy this as much as I do!

~Roy

23 comments:

  1. Very cool - love how the squid arms wrap around the points of the auraknot!!

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  2. This is lovely, in both directions. Your auraknot is awesome. And I really like the colorful background.

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  3. Love it!!! You really "broke" free!!!!

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  4. very cool, roy! it looks totally different when you turn it - and i like the touch of color!

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  5. Fantastic Auraknot!
    I can imagine how much fun this was to do, I love how you weave the ribbons.

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  6. Cool! I've been trying out auraknot myself, but not in this challenge.

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  7. Great! It's like the Auraknot floats in teh universe.

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  8. Looking how you did it, no pencil used??? I am impressed!!!!!

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  9. Really inspiring! I love how you interweave squid into and around auraknot! That sure must have taken a lot of concentration. And your background, with color is just right.

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  10. Another great interpretation of the challenge. The blue interwave breaking free out of the auraknot.
    And how different the tiles look just by turning them around. Great.

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  11. Looks great. I love the dimension you have achieved in the auraknot with your shading. curly squid looks great, too :)

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  12. This is super whichever way you look at it.

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  13. Beautifully done. Love your strong graphic wallpaper back effect, very effective!

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  14. This piece is amazing! The contrast in the background gives it the perfect element of drama against a very well composed auraknot, then softened with the sweet pink and soft blue....and the squid just giving it a touch of curving lines and mystery! Fantastic balance!

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  15. Oh I love auraknot and you did it beautifully and I love the squid tangling and embracing the star! Really a fun piece--well done!

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  16. Nice job! You broke free of all sorts of borders!

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  17. To me this looks like a pin wheel trying to break free and fly high ...beautiful indeed :)

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  18. I really like how you incorporated squid. This is just amazing work. You really did break free.

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  19. Roy Just love the way you have combined the squid and the auraknot!!

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