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Old 4-Jan-2003   #5
Carl_Bergstrom
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David,

I think it's a great way to both refine one's technique and to develop more advanced design skills, and I hope to be able to do something similar myself in the near future.

Maybe my words were unclear because I didn't really know what I was talking about. Artistically, I'm afraid this one is a bit over my head. Here's what I was thinking, and perhaps you or someone else can see how to rescue it, or can show me where I went wrong with my approach.

Our perceptual systems fill in details and complete lines; this is part of what I mean by the visual weight of the composition. As I see it, the bow curve "implies" the following circle:
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