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        So I would love some impressions, any impressions, bad, good, it all helps….I'm trying out some new possibilities.

        This is going to be a new type of series for me -- as opposed to the artwork in the above post ^^^ which is more like a smorgasbord of colored pencil -- this series will be more focused and minimal.

        Still in progress but close...

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          Another one just finished…"Aftermath", colored pencil on Rives BFK (280 g/sm french mouldmade cotton paper normally suited for printmaking)

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            I absolutely love the blue…beautiful clear,cool and calm

            Sent from my MediaPad T1 8.0 Pro using Tapatalk

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              Much appreciation, @Black Orchid!

              It's getting closer…

              And this is the cotton paper pulp that gets ripped up during the process of drawing lines and writing/scribbling…

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                  ^ fascinating … keep it up!

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                      And started a new one too.  All colored pencil on Arches 400 lb. Cold Pressed Watercolor Paper.  This is the 25oz. denim of the paper world!

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                      • seawolfS
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                        Thank you @adam313

                        That is such a wonderful and unique process. I love it. Thank you so much for sharing and giving us a glimpse into your process.

                        I think I know of a tool that you might find useful. I recently got myself a pair of these and they seem to have unlimited applications for people who use circles in their work. http://windfiredesigns.com/Tools/CircleTool/index.html

                        “Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible” - Don Norman

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                        • GilesG
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                          I need those like I need a hole in the head, but boy, they are things of beauty….

                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                            Aren'y they?! They're really well designed and well made. Such unique tools and I can't think of another like them anywhere. Great people to deal with as well.

                            For some perspective:
                            The small one is about 7" at it's widest point. The large one is about 19" at it's widest point.

                            “Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible” - Don Norman

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                              Thank you so much @seawolf

                              That is quite a useful link!  I might get them both down the line a bit… It's amazing what we can do with laser cutters these days.  About four years ago I bought a bunch of plexiglass and had a laser cutting company in Santa Fe, NM cut me circles all the way up to 22"!  I asked them to place registration marks every 30' (12 per circle), so they are exactly what I need.

                              But I also do it the hard way by hand too.  Pardon the long description. To start, I draw lines coming out of a central point (aka a starburst pattern) every 3 degrees, so I have 120 lines of six inches (could be any length, just that they are all the same).  Now is where the geometry comes in.  Starting with one of those lines, I can etch a perfect circle if I connect the end of that line to another 12 lines away (36 degrees).  That will make 12 ten-sided polygons that essentially create a circle from their edges.  If I connect the starting line to another 15 lines away (45 degrees), I can etch a circle by drawing 15 octagons.  20 lines away, and I can etch a circle with 20 hexagons.  24 lines away (72 degrees), I can do it with 24 pentagons, and so forth…Here is what it looks like....

                              Lots and lots of lines, but the concentration of lines really creates a perfectly circular deeply etched outline which is exactly what I want.

                              And then the cumulative accumulation begins….Colored pencil on Arches 400lb. CP Watercolor Paper

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                                @seawolf:

                                Thank you [I think I know of a tool that you might find useful. I recently got myself a pair of these and they seem to have unlimited applications for people who use circles in their work. http://windfiredesigns.com/Tools/CircleTool/index.html

                                Those are cool.  I expect you use them a lot for the ends of straps and corners of, well, pretty much everything?](http://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=11338)

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                                • seawolfS
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                                  @adam313 That plexi is brilliant!

                                  @Chris They're so useful. Seemingly limitless options. Pretty much everything!

                                  “Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible” - Don Norman

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                                    I hope nobody minds me bombing this thread with some regularity…

                                    Updates on the blue, it's evolving...more ahead

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                                      Keep bombing, beautiful work

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                                        Keep bombing, beautiful work

                                        +1  …  right on

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                                          @MsFox and I built our living room table from shipping pallets, beer crates and Red Wing leather.. very happy with the result  🙂

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                                            Brilliantly done @MsFox and @Axel

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