Courtney writes . . .
On November 18, 1928 the Walt Disney Studio released the animated short film, "Steamboat Willie". This was the official debut of Mickey Mouse as well as his girlfriend, Minnie. Since Mickey has been touted as one of the world's most popular cartoon characters and noting that his debut was in a black and white film, I feel it is only fitting that we use our black and white Zentangle art to pay tribute to Mickey, Minnie and/or Walt Disney.
I've spent the last couple of weeks working to complete a few of the woodburned Zentangle Nameplates - one gift and two special orders. It's a good thing I enjoy making them since I've had a couple more folks request them. It's also been fun exploring different font sites to find new and interesting fonts to use. During one font search I came across a Walt Disney font - wasn't sure I could make it work for a nameplate but I really liked the look so went ahead and installed it.
Had to laugh when I read this week's challenge - who knew I'd have a chance to use the font so soon! First thought was to tangle the initial "M" - that would be too easy and if there's a way to make things more complex I can usually find it! Since I'm still in nameplate mode why stop now?!
Diva Challenge 95 - Mickey
Tangles - Meer, Inapod, Cruffle, Knase, Ennies, Yale, Mickey
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Here are the 3 woodburned namplates. Have not found the best settings for scanning them or for photos - need to work on that another day. I'm still experimenting with the nameplate projects - mostly not sure how dense or sparse to make the tangle patterns. One way the names are very prominent the other they meld into the overall piece. Not sure which I like better - then again it's not so much what I like, it's what the customer likes. If you have a preference or other thoughts please leave a comment to let me know. The concept is definitely a work in progress.
