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Published: 2004-03-19 17:28:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 4949; Favourites: 22; Downloads: 634
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Just something I've been doodling on..Trying to learn more about knots.
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this is great - i might have made the center North, South, East and West rods a tad darker - just a thought - might bring the eye to the center more often and a bit more strength to the balance of the work - ?
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It's already being reworked in photoshop with heavier linework. It just doesn't feel as soulful though with the really clean lines..
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Lunchroom hijinks.. I got bored at work and had carried my circle template to work with me
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Nice initial visual effect, but when one attempts to follow the knotwork, it breaks far too often. You have the basic idea down solidly. You just need to think through the cross-overs a little more carefully. I do like it as it is though.
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This was nothing more than a doodle on scrap paper at lunch at work, that was supposed to have been redone.. I just got lazy and never went back over it.
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I suppose my comments were based on having been a celtic knotwork artist in another life long ago. For a doodle it's delightful. Like I said, I do like it.
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Hrmmm.. I've been told I was an elephant. Would explain a great deal about myself. I'm glad you like it, I'm rather partial to it myself, which is why I saved the doodle instead of tossing it like I do so much stuff. And I never could quite bring myself to redo it on the computer... I don't know, just didn't feel as .. soulful in digital. Thank you for the comments.. they have been greatly appreciated as they were more than just.. fluff.
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I think you are learning.....
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wow, is that ever complicated. I really must break this apart and figure out how to do this simply in Illustrator.. might try a tut on it too 
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LOL.. I've tried. It doesn't break down near as well with PS or Illustrator as it does with a pencil, ruler and a multi-circle template. Each individual knot was a circle when it was born, if that helps.
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I love that kind of work, and You did it brilliant
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I really like this oe alot...I like the cracked feel on the outer edge, it gives it
a very rough feel, although the picture is very chrisp.
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Thanks. I'm trying to get a more stylized feel to pen and ink... Trying to get away from sharpies and get to better quality inks.
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Yes I think it's a very interesting medium. I have a few works that I should post that i did, and I use sharpies too...lol....
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LOL.. the rough carpet dragon i did, it took me two days to get the sharpie smell out of my nose. I like acrylic inks very much.. they have the fluidity of ink, but float on top of the paper instead of sinking into it. I just don't have any examples because I gave them all away before I joined devart.
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awww. I do understand. Sharpies are hard to work with. I really like
the deep darkness they give, but their spread is a pain in the arse..lol
I should look into good pens as well. 
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I particularly like nib pens, but it's really hard to control the flow of ink. I guess that would contribute to the organic feel of something. and maybe once a person got used to it, they might be able to control the line width a lot better.
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nicely done.... i know this sounds pretty cliche- but this would a perfect tattoo for someone..
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nice celtic knotwork looks kindlike my wedding band
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intricate pattern-making yet again. i can not imagine the degree of patience and accuracy you have to have in order to achieve this. great job!
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thank you very much.. I just wish I knew what to do with it. Any suggestions?
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Ooh, very cool! Normally I prefer celtic knots just as knots, but this one is begging to be coloured in. lol I think its very interesting how its continuous on the outside, yet self-contained towards the middle. 
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Soothing and crystaline, comlpex and paradoxical. (I've not been good with words the past week or so, sorry)
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Nah.. I just want honest opions.. Thank you for taking a look at it. I was trying for something that would be complete of itself.. Honestly, something that perhaps my husband could craft into a 3-D object, that he is sooo good at doing. I like the varying distances between the lines and achieved what I was going for. Thank you for looking at it.
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I get lost looking at it! It's so wonderfully detailed!
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Very good. I like the way the lines vary in length, but still be symmetrical. Awesome
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wow !
really nice !
that is a text or just shapes ?!
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Just a series of knots. Just about every culture has some kind of knotwork, line work in their past history. The celts just get more notice in today's world for it, I think. But it's derived from Germanic.. and it's derived from Norse.. and it's derived from.. ages past.
Thanks for commenting and thanks for the fav.
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Wow! That's quite impressive! I like it a lot, its one of those pictures that's just fun to stare at!
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