Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Zentangle inspired letters

I participated in a one-day exhibition and sale recently. I wanted to have some small, inexpensive items available for sale in addition to the usual larger, framed art.  I have a selection of bookmarks and I decided to use some leftover bits of mat board and art paper to do small illuminated letters. I sold a few, so I'll make more to have on hand for other sales. My first 30 Days of Creativity activity: more letters!

Here are some of them. They're all done in black ink, despite my scanner's trickery.

13 comments:

  1. Gorgeous! Only, how did you manage to use NONE of MY initials! *pout*

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  2. Love these! Of course I'm partial to the "J"!!!!
    Judy

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  3. Oh, very nice! What is that leafy pattern on the upper left of the n? I'm in a flower / plant focus right now and that pattern is jumping out at me. :)

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  4. Just discovered you via 30 days of creativity. You do fabulous work! Love it all.

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  5. Love what you did with the "b"! Very inventive!

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  6. these are so cool! i'm so inspired!

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  7. Such wonderful pieces! Love how each letter has a surprise or two! Great eye candy!

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  8. These are great! I love how each one is different! Very creative.

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  9. The leaves on the 'n' are a design called Hurly-Burly, designed by Helen Breil.

    I discovered it roaming the internet in my pre-CZT days. She has other stamp designs that she says are "inspired by the Zentangles meditative, repetitive-pattern approach to drawing."

    Going back to look, I realize her leaves are somewhat different, longer for one thing. You can see that stamp pattern here: http://helenbreil.com/index.php?pr=textures2

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  10. Oh, she does have some neat stuff. Thank you :)

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  11. I love these! Hope it's ok with you, I've used the 'b' in a mood board of black and white doodles and hand lettering here:
    http://debbiedoesdoodles.wordpress.com/2012/08/01/using-ones-header/
    Thanks for the inspiration!

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    1. Motmot a problem Debbie, you've given credit for everything. I've always liked that Unilever logo too!

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    2. That would be *not* a problem. Boo autocorrect!

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