Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Curiously Contiguous Creatures

This is my hundredth oddment post! (That's only counting the ones with critters in 'em.) Frankly I'm a little surprised that I've made it this far, & I thought I should do something special for the occasion, but I was drawing a blank, so I just decided to do 100 little oddments, all jammed in together like a jigsaw puzzle. I hope I counted right! It got confusing after a while.

It would have been nice to color these, but then I'd never get it done on time! In general, making all these oddments fit into my life has been quite a puzzle in itself, but overall I'm glad I decided to give it a try. Thanks for cheering me on! Now we'll see if I make it to my actual goal, a full year of oddments. I'm over halfway there! :-)

Pencil on paper, plain & simple. ~7.5"x4"
Posted by Curious Art at 1:17 PM
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8 comments:

  1. Henry EudyJanuary 17, 2012 at 1:34 PM

    I gotta say I find all your Oddments fascinating and lovely. A hearty congratulations on this 100th piece!

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  2. Creepy GlowbuggJanuary 17, 2012 at 1:37 PM

    Brilliant!!!!
    LOVE the fact that they are in black and white too!

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  3. Ted BlackmanJanuary 17, 2012 at 2:15 PM

    I don't know how you do it, Leah. All your art seems like it would take a lot of time to finish. You must be very fast.
    This one would make an excellent puzzle. I had a puzzle of weird characters that interlocked like this when I was a kid and loved it. Wonder where it went??

    Now that you've reached 100 posts are you going to abandon this theme and start a new blog? ha ha. I've never seen anyone do that before, but you're so darn good you collect followers effortlessly.

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  4. Donna Jeanne KoeppJanuary 17, 2012 at 3:40 PM

    Totally love this and it certainly would make an awesome puzzle. Congrats on your 100th Oddment.

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  5. Curious ArtJanuary 17, 2012 at 4:03 PM

    Thanks, folks! I'd love to make a puzzle of this someday!

    Ted, I'm really not fast, just compulsive. And I do have a bad habit of starting new blogs on a whim, but when I started this one I promised to keep it going "until my next birthday or until I go completely mad, whichever comes first!" Oh wait. Now I understand your question. ;-)

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  6. IsaacJanuary 17, 2012 at 4:07 PM

    I wonder whether it would be possible to color them using only three colors without any of the colors touching.

    If I had time, I would try it myself...

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  7. Curious ArtJanuary 17, 2012 at 4:11 PM

    Ha, Isaac, maybe I should offer a coloring-book hi-res for anyone who wants to take on the challenge! I know the map theorem says you can do it in four, but three... might be tough. :-)

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  8. Sarah MellingJanuary 20, 2012 at 1:06 AM

    Leah, congratulations on one hundred oddment posts!!! I love this uncolored...looks like an archeological find...a carved stone frieze. Thanks for your fabulous blog; you're such an original talent, and I adore my visits here!

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