
# [019](/019)

![canvas](https://res.cloudinary.com/abstract-puzzles/image/upload/w_2000/019_les-ata-zpn_gfq-ioy-jgv-gkb?raw=true)

The strokes are packed tightly together at a low opacity, making sweeping, feathery fans. In high density areas the strokes blend together to create a painterly effect, but in emptier areas the shape of the spines is made clear.

This was the closest to a gradient puzzle I've made so far - where the main strategy of solving it was to find the brightest / darkest / pinkest / bluest pieces and place them in order; I find this type of design much less engaging than having also to consider the texture, orientation, or composition of pieces to put them together.



# [017](/017)

![canvas](https://res.cloudinary.com/abstract-puzzles/image/upload/w_2000/017_zao-ozs-qlq-osa_prm-vxo-jlb-vue?raw=true)

In this design the strokes expand to fill the empty space, creating eerie, almost biological forms. This inverts the colours of [016](/016) with a luminous light-on-dark pallette.

I found it fun to match the more-isolated groups of colour together before connecting all the edge pieces of the puzzle and work outwards from there.



# [018](/018)

![canvas](https://res.cloudinary.com/abstract-puzzles/image/upload/w_2000/018_ico-omr-mlv-vwi_fdn-bay-xlt-ire?raw=true)

Instead of the solid colour strokes in [017](/017) and [018](/018), this turns them into spines where the rounded spokes fill out the width of the stroke.

I selected a design for the puzzle which had a very distinct gradient running across it, making it much easier to put together from one side rather than doing all the edge pieces first.
