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Continue reading →: The Planets: Mercury
After some slight tweaking, we now proudly present: Mercury! The design for this one came relatively quickly, but choosing the color scheme hung me up for quite a while. Many thanks to my husband for telling me it “needs an orange circle…right there!” ETA 04.13.13: Here’s the old version, sans…
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Continue reading →: Still on Track…Sort Of…
Well, I finished Mercury last night on schedule, and I wasn’t entirely happy with it. The same thing happened with the Moon, so I decided to sleep on it and see if thing looked better in the morning. They didn’t–it was too flat and dull, not a very Mercury-like trait.…
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Continue reading →: The Planets: Mars
It was almost scary how easily this design formed. It combines elements from the traditional Martian symbol as well as the glyphs for Aries and Scorpio, which Mars is said to rule. The only thing I would have done differently was to use a finer-tipped gold pen for the outline…
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Continue reading →: The Planets: The Moon
The Moon was really tough to design. I think I tore up five or six different ideas before this one finally sat well with me. I kept running into the problem of it being too geometric. The Moon is supposed to represent the unconscious, the soul—these are not neat and…
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Continue reading →: Practicing Together #4
Seed thought taken from Leaning into Mystery: Practicing Together #9. I noticed that what I put out into the world is what I get back. This is hard if you’re in a bad mood! I also noticed that toddler snuggles are some of the most powerful banishing magics on the face of…







