The Diva’s Weekly Challenge

Some design elements, such as the hexagon, are magical. This post uses the tangle Puf and creates several patterns all based on the hexagon.

There are so many things to experiment with. So, for this tile, I thought, why not color? And, I allowed myself to go over the top. The tile uses a simple design, accentuated by the use of bright neon colors.

This post features two tiles. I am not a quilter, but I love quilt designs. The first tile features classic Sun Bonnet Sue, who was pulled directly from the world of quilting. The second tile, is not mine and I doubt it will be anybodies favorite, but I like it well enough that I felt it has a right to exist in this world.

If you have visited this site before, you know that I usually create my tiles using Inkscape and Photoshop software. Using software instead of ink, pencil, and/or paint has advantages and disadvantages. Among the advantages is the ability to test several options, which is what I do. For example, once the image is drawn, I  create

I am the Diva Challenge #356 In this challenge, I was to tangle around my name. It is embedded in there somewhere.  I usually draw in Inkscape, but not this time. This time, I returned to my sketch book. I used a Micron pen and pencil.  I then photographed the drawing and was not at

I have the results of several challenges to share with you, but, before we get started, I want to explain a few things. First, all of these drawings were drawn in Inkscape, and all of the effects such as colors, shadows, bevels, and overlays were added using a very old version (version 3) of Photoshop. 

As a beginner artist, I am still learning and experimenting with different ideas. There are several tiles presented in this post and each of them represents the accomplishment of a different milestone in my development. I love drawings with a somewhat realistic bent, so the keys are my favorite, but giving the phicops the ability to spin was, also, a major accomplishment.

This is for the I am the Diva weekly challenge #344: use the tangle Afterglo, by Carole Ohl.  I created the image using a software package called Inkscape, placed it on a black background, and applied the filter Combined Lighting to each of the objects in the image to create a metallic effect.

This is for the I am the Diva Challenge #342 — “use the two tangles Paradox and Bunzo.” I played around with a lot of ideas. This one, which is nothing more than a geometric design, is the one I liked the best.

This is in response to the I am the Diva challenge #338. I was really happy about this challenge because I could do anything I wanted as long as I did it on a black background. I had doodled what you see below on a piece of scrap paper while watching an extremely boring television