Have you used Illustrator before? It’s a great program but I found the learning curve to be steep. The pen tool was so counter intuitive at first. I watched a lot of videos and that helped. I still have lots to learn.
I wondered if that would happen. I’m not sure if the octopus has left vs right or a radial concept of self so I thought… well, try it and see. Thanks for sharing your reader experience. I really appreciate your time and your comment.
I love octopuses–a fitting tribute! Only thing was I started at the wrong tentacle because of the placement of the dots (are those eyes?), but eventually I found the right order. 🙂
I’m not sure there is a “wrong” place to start though I definitely have an order that I thought of it. But I wondered if an octopus had a radial sense of self instead of a left-right thing and if so, would it matter where it started? But working in 2-D there’s a limit. I’m toying with the idea of making this 3-D somehow.
They are kind of eyes, ellipses. I wanted to fill the space to fit the legs in. 😉
Very nicely done. Good use of bold type to scattered throughout. Made me think about adding colour when I saw the bold face. Definitely set in concrete. Can you do that only in text though? 😉
The Spendy Pencil 
Extra-ordinary! Brilliant!
No words.. Its just too good! 🙂
I wish i could as well branch out my comments with all the synonyms of excellence!
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Gosh! Thanks. Now I’m speechless! ☺️
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Seriously, You inspired me to do better! 🙂
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An octopus…such a creative and thought-provoking piece!
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Thanks for your lovely comment.
I think this is the article I first read:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-octopuses-smart/
But if you google octopus intelligence there are many fascinating things to read.
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Bravo!
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Merci!
I enjoyed your poems as well.
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OMG, this is so awesome!
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Thanks so much for your time and your comment. 🙂
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My pleasure. It really IS brilliant!
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Oh wow, that really is fantastic. I’m gonna have to try Adobe illustrator…
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Thank you. 🙂
Have you used Illustrator before? It’s a great program but I found the learning curve to be steep. The pen tool was so counter intuitive at first. I watched a lot of videos and that helped. I still have lots to learn.
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No, I haven’t tried it yet. From your result, it’s really worth a go!
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This goes above and beyond. So good! Excellent word choices and magnificent subject.
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Very interesting! I could start reading from any tentacle and it still makes sense! For eg,
Be glad…
its unique way to …
makes as much sense as:
Be glad…
it doesn’t target you …
And it was fun reading tentacles instead of a line.
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I wondered if that would happen. I’m not sure if the octopus has left vs right or a radial concept of self so I thought… well, try it and see. Thanks for sharing your reader experience. I really appreciate your time and your comment.
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I love octopuses–a fitting tribute! Only thing was I started at the wrong tentacle because of the placement of the dots (are those eyes?), but eventually I found the right order. 🙂
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I’m not sure there is a “wrong” place to start though I definitely have an order that I thought of it. But I wondered if an octopus had a radial sense of self instead of a left-right thing and if so, would it matter where it started? But working in 2-D there’s a limit. I’m toying with the idea of making this 3-D somehow.
They are kind of eyes, ellipses. I wanted to fill the space to fit the legs in. 😉
Thanks for taking the time to read through it.
You have a great user name BTW.
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That is way cool!!
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Amazing!
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Very nicely done. Good use of bold type to scattered throughout. Made me think about adding colour when I saw the bold face. Definitely set in concrete. Can you do that only in text though? 😉
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