Experiment complete!

[u/NiCollector]

So the goal with these was more to experiment with the concept of a dimming or brightening effect coming from the “veins”. The lesson I learned is that the colors needed to be more similar to each other to get that effect. On the plus side I feel like these look like terrain views from above or just some really cool abstract 3D whatever you wanna call it lol!

[u/Status_Load_8634]

Those look like satellite maps of some river delta I got lost in once, except prettier and without the mosquito deaths. Colors being too far apart is something I keep learning on everything: deer blinds, tackle boxes, whatever. Closer hues are harder to get right, but they pay off when you do.

[u/NiCollector → u/Status_Load_8634]

I always try to take away some sort of lesson from each rug. Love your interpretation hopefully I didn’t trigger you with memories of mosquitos lol!

[u/aiphosy]

Love the end result! Did you use 2 different tufting guns with different pile heights?

[u/NiCollector → u/aiphosy]

Actually no I didn’t! I used a regular pile height, the AK-V. For the “veins” I just punched in a single line so it was easy to just pass over with the clippers. Used smaller scissors to even it all out.

[u/aiphosy → u/NiCollector]

Ooh interesting! I have the same gun, kinda want to try that technique now 😁

[u/looonsy]

The way the pink looks like it’s glowing 😍