June - Layout ideas for Nora (2)

This was my first suggestion. Since the stamp has a rectangle - do rectangles on the other two elements.

It seemed a little wimpy so I added a red circle around some of the dots. The colors on the stamp are a bit drab. I should have used the red and tan. The green in the stamp is too minimal.

Then I did the thing I do so often, I started outlining everything. Outlining is not for everyone. It takes up a lot of time and it is something that I do that is soothing - but, I live on the extreme end of so many bell curves that I suspect there are not many people who like to outline. And yet -- what if it is something that you never knew you liked to do. Maybe it's the *chill pill* that you've been looking for.

For me -- outlining is exactly the same as Zentangles -- I dabbled n Zentangles - and I did a few that I liked - but overall - they just weren't satisfying. Knitting is something else that draws me in - not that I have time to do it -- I only mention it because there might be people who can relate - to finding that *thing* that is mesmerizing as well as soothing.

I made another set of four variations on things that would have spiffed up Nora's original idea - and I might do each of the ideas on a June exchange envelopes to show how they look if taken farther than just a thumbnail.

The borders could overlap - that would be fun. The borders could all run off the edge - that would be fun.

The third idea is the closest to the original to show that one rectangle and two roundish shapes would be fine. The only thing I couldn't *fix* was that original shape that was flat on the bottom and left side - but wonky on the top and right side. This example was posted yesterday

If everyone wants me to get off this tutorial binge and go back to surfing - just let me know. Although, I have several examples lined up, so, you'll have to put up with them.