The final mandala

Owls

Owls always travel in pairs, so I created a male and female owl. Plenty of influences for their shape and patterning. I have used the original owl design (see 'My owl 2' post) as the shape. I made the owls slighty thinner, by pulling the wings in a bit. However, everything else is the same. If you look at the photo below, you can see dark brown pointy-hearts on his white front...

Using the Blob Brush Tool I made the hearts. Then made them into 4 swatches - 2 large (body, brown and purple) and 2 small (wings and head, brown and purple). See pattern below:

The owls:

Monday progress

Here's my mandala thus far:

Weekend work

I have no internet access at home. So i saved my mandala at different intervals while working on it throughout the weekend. I'm getting to know Illustrator quite well - it is a killer program, as in its sweet as. Here are a couple of progress snapshots from the weekend...

Friday

Saturday