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There are six patterns on this page.

A small angel.
A lyre.
The face of an alien.
A representation of Elvis Presley's face.

Comedy – Tragedy 01

By: Richard Hinkle

Design is 15 rows, 30 cells.

Note: Full size picture is the last full page of this document.

Begin design:

Row 1: space 14 times, dot 6, full cell, GG [2356], hyphen [36].

Row 2: space 14 times, full cell, space 2 times, C [14], full cell 2 times, GG [2356], hyphen [36].

Row 3: space 12 times, hyphen [36], GG [2356], Q [12345], space 5 times, dot 4, D [145], G [1245] seven times, full cell.

Row 4: space 9 times, hyphen [36], GG [2356], G [1245], C [14], full cell, space 2 times, GG [2356] two times, HIS [236], space 5 times, hyphen [36], space 4 times, full cell.

Row 5: space 4 times, hyphen [36] two times, GG [2356] two times, G [1245], C [14], space 3 times, full cell, space 1 time, C [14], D [145], ER [12456], full cell 2 times, space 2 times, GG [2356], full cell 3 times, GG [2356], space 1 time, dots 456, L [123].

Row 6: GG [2356] two times, G [1245] two times, C [14] two times, space 7 times, full cell, space 4 times, dot 4, C [14], space 2 times, full cell, G [1245] three times, space 2 times, full cell.

Row 7: full cell, space 9 times, GG [2356], full cell, L [123], full cell, space 14 times, full cell.

Row 8: full cell, space 2 times, hyphen [36] three times, GG [2356] two times, space 1 time, G [1245] three times, space 1 time, full cell, dot 3, space 1 time, hyphen [36], dot 3, space 9 times, WITH [23456], B [12].

Row 9: dot 4, OF [12356], space 2 times, D [145], G [1245] two times, F [124], space 5 times, dot 4, full cell, space 1 time, D [145], full cell, OF [12356], HIS [236], hyphen [36] two times, WAS [356], full cell, B [12], space 1 time, dot 6, full cell.

Row 10: space 1 time, dot 4, OF [12356], space 7 times, hyphen [36] two times, space 2 times, dot 4, full cell, space 2 times, D [145], full cell 3 times, F [124], space 2 times, dot 6, Q [12345], A [1].

Row 11: space 2 times, dot 4, OF [12356], space 4 times, dot 6, WITH [23456], Q [12345], G [1245], full cell, HIS [236], space 1 time, dot 4, full cell, hyphen [36], space 5 times, WAS [356], WITH [23456], Q [12345].

Row 12: space 3 times, dot 4, OF [12356], space 2 times, dot 5, full cell, F [124], space 6 times, full cell, G [1245], ER [12456], GG [2356] three times, Q [12345], F [124].

Row 13: space 4 times, dot 4, OF [12356], dot 3, space 8 times, dot 6, full cell.

Row 14: space 6 times, G [1245], OF [12356], hyphen [36], space 5 times, WITH [23456], F [124].

Row 15: space 8 times, C [14], G [1245], GG [2356] three times, G [1245], A [1].

End design.

Drawing Notes:

Starting at the top, the first mask is on the right side of the page. The top edge is attempting to show the curvature for around the face as there is no nose holes. The two eye holes are large with a wide grinning mouth. This is comedy.

The mask to the left is held behind, thusly giving the center side a distorted edge. This mask has a large frown on it to display the tragedy.

Fun Facts:

One mask is laughing, one mask is crying. The masks originated in ancient Greek theatre where masks were worn in order to make it easier for the audience to better see the emotions characters had. Also known as the drama masks, they are used to represent the performing arts.

Alien 01

By: Richard Hinkle

Design is 11 rows, 16 cells.

Note: Full size picture is the last full page of this document.

Begin design:

Row 1: space 5 times, WAS [356], J [245], G [1245] two times, H [125], HIS [236].

Row 2: space 3 times, WAS [356], F [124], space 6 times, D [145], HIS [236].

Row 3: space 1 time, dots 56, P [1234], space 2 times, S [234], T [2345], R [1235], A [1], N [1345], D [145], space 2 times, TH [1456], dots 23.

Row 4: dots 56, Q [12345], space 3 times, T [2345], H [125], E [15], O [135], R [1235], Y [13456], space 3 times, ER [12456], dots 23.

Row 5: dots 456, L [123], space 12 times, dots 456, L [123].

Row 6: dots 45, OF [12356], space 1 time, full cell, C [14], HIS [236], space 4 times, WAS [356], C [14], full cell, space 1 time, WITH [23456], B [12].

Row 7: space 1 time, dots 45, V [1236], dots 45, full cell 2 times, OF [12356], space 2 times, WITH [23456], full cell 2 times, B [12], dots 3456, B [12].

Row 8: space 2 times, dots 45, V [1236], space 1 time, D [145], ER [12456], B [12], dots 45, Q [12345], F [124], space 1 time, dots 3456, B [12].

Row 9: space 3 times, dot 4, OF [12356], space 2 times, dots 56, dots 23, space 2 times, WITH [23456], A [1].

Row 10: space 5 times, ER [12456], dot 3, hyphen [36] two times, dot 6, Q [12345].

Row 11: space 6 times, D [145], EN [26], IN [35], F [124].

End design.

Drawing Notes:

Our alien has a large brain with the mysterious words “Strand Theory” engraved on the large forehead. Below that are two large eyes that slant along the skull shape. He (she?) has small nostrils and thin lips with a pointed chin.

You can remove the mysterious words by replacing them with an additional space 6 in rows 3 and 4.

Alien 02

By: Richard Hinkle

Design is 12 rows, 18 cells.

Note: Full size picture is the last full page of this document.

Begin design:

Row 1: space 5 times, hyphen [36], WAS [356], GG [2356], G [1245] two times, GG [2356], HIS [236], hyphen [36].

Row 2: space 2 times, dot 6, T [2345], F [124], A [1], space 6 times, dot 4, D [145], OU [1256], dot 3.

Row 3: space 1 time, WITH [23456], A [1], space 3 times, S [234], T [2345], R [1235], A [1], N [1345], D [145], space 3 times, dot 4, OF [12356].

Row 4: WITH [23456], A [1], space 4 times, T [2345], H [125], E [15], O [135], R [1235], Y [13456], space 4 times, dot 4, OF [12356].

Row 5: full cell, space 16 times, full cell.

Row 6: dots 45, V [1236], space 2 times, full cell, C [14], HIS [236], space 4 times, WAS [356], C [14], full cell, space 2 times, dots 3456, B [12].

Row 7: space 1 time, dots 45, V [1236], space 1 time, dots 45, full cell 2 times, OF [12356], space 2 times, WITH [23456], full cell 2 times, B [12], space 1 time, dots 3456, B [12].

Row 8: space 2 times, dots 45, V [1236], space 2 times, D [145], ER [12456], B [12], dots 45, Q [12345], F [124], space 2 times, dots 3456, B [12].

Row 9: space 3 times, dots 45, V [1236], space 3 times, dots 45, dots 23, space 3 times, dots 3456, B [12].

Row 10: space 4 times, dots 45, V [1236], space 2 times, hyphen [36] two times, space 2 times, dots 3456, B [12].

Row 11: space 5 times, dot 4, ER [12456], dot 3, space 2 times, dot 6, Q [12345], A [1].

Row 12: space 7 times, C [14], G [1245] two times, C [14].

End design.

Drawing Notes:

This alien has a wider, shorter face shape. It still has the mysterious words “Strand Theory” engraved on the forehead. Although he (she?) has the same eyes, nose and lips, the chin is lower and wider than his companion.

You can remove the mysterious words by replacing them with an additional space 6 in rows 3 and 4. (Or, maybe you want to put a friend’s name there?)

The two masks for comedy and tragedy.Santa’s Face

By: Rob Shultz

Design is 23 Rows, 30 cells.

Note: Full size picture is the last full page of this document.

Begin design:

Row 1: space 10 times, hyphen [36], WAS [356], GG [2356] two times, HIS [236], hyphen [36].

Row 2: space 7 times, WAS [356], full cell 10 times, HIS [236].

Row 3: space 4 times, hyphen [36], WITH [23456], full cell 6 times, G [1245] six times, full cell 2 times, HIS [236].

Row 4: space 3 times, dots 3456, full cell 3 times, F [124], A [1], space 12 times, D [145], dot 3.

Row 5: space 3 times, full cell 3 times, space 16 times, OF [12356].

Row 6: space 2 times, dot 6, full cell 2 times, A [1], space 16 times, full cell.

Row 7: space 2 times, dots 456, full cell 2 times, space 5 times, dot 6, full cell, GG [2356], AND [12346], C [14], space 3 times, dot 6, GG [2356], OF [12356], full cell, dots 456.

Row 8: space 2 times, full cell 3 times, L [123], dot 3, WAS [356], F [124], A [1], full cell, F [124], C [14], D [145], ER [12456], space 3 times, G [1245], C [14], space 1 time, dot 4, CH [16], dots 256, dot 3.

Row 9: space 2 times, full cell 3 times, P [1234], SH [146], GG [2356], B [12], HIS [236], space 1 time, dot 6, dots 256, X [1346], dot 2, space 2 times, S [234], IN [35], Y [13456], GH [126], hyphen [36], AND [12346], Z [1356], Q [12345].

Row 10: space 1 time, dots 456, full cell 2 times, P [1234], L [123], SH [146], Y [13456], space 1 time, J [245], H [125], dot 4, A [1], GG [2356], hyphen [36], space 1 time, E [15], C [14], hyphen [36], colon [25], D [145], OF [12356], AND [12346], C [14].

Row 11: space 1 time, full cell 3 times, dots 23, dot 4, dots 23, space 2 times, V [1236], A [1], space 2 times, dots 456, full cell, GG [2356], dot 4, dot 3, dot 6, L [123], dot 6, full cell 2 times, Q [12345].

Row 12: space 1 time, dot 4, full cell, ER [12456], M [134], C [14], space 1 time, dots 456, space 2 times, dots 256, hyphen [36] two times, full cell, G [1245], space 1 time, A [1], space 1 time, A [1], space 1 time, D [145], G [1245], C [14], space 1 time, dots 3456, C [14], D [145], HIS [236].

Row 13: space 1 time, GG [2356], OF [12356], P [1234], space 4 times, OF [12356], space 8 times, GG [2356], HIS [236], space 4 times, dots 3456, A [1], space 3 times, L [123].

Row 14: full cell 3 times, space 1 time, dot 3, space 4 times, D [145], ER [12456], GG [2356], WAS [356], B [12], hyphen [36], GG [2356], full cell 2 times, Q [12345], G [1245], ER [12456], full cell, G [1245], space 4 times, H [125], hyphen [36].

Row 15: TH [1456], full cell 3 times, L [123], dot 6, space 9 times, TH [1456], GG [2356], dots 235, A [1], space 10 times, OF [12356].

Row 16: space 3 times, full cell, OF [12356], A [1], space 21 times, dot 6, hyphen [36], P [1234].

Row 17: space 3 times, dots 456, full cell, dots 456, space 2 times, dot 6, space 17 times, dot 5, dot 3, D [145].

Row 18: space 4 times, full cell 2 times, dot 3, space 1 time, L [123], space 17 times, dot 4, WH [156], HIS [236], B [12].

Row 19: space 4 times, dot 4, G [1245], full cell 2 times, L [123], space 2 times, dot 6, space 14 times, dot 3, dot 6, B [12].

Row 20: space 6 times, dot 4, full cell, OF [12356], space 1 time, OF [12356], L [123], space 6 times, dots 456, B [12], space 5 times, dots 56, OF [12356], F [124].

Row 21: space 7 times, dots 45, full cell 4 times, HIS [236], space 5 times, C [14], space 6 times, Q [12345].

Row 22: space 10 times, dot 4, full cell 3 times, OF [12356], GG [2356] four times, full cell, OF [12356], GG [2356] two times, Q [12345], C [14].

Row 23: space 12 times, C [14], G [1245], full cell 3 times, G [1245], F [124], space 1 time, dot 4, A [1].

End design.

Drawing Notes:

Santa is looking slightly to the right. If you follow the outside of his cap down the left, the snowball at the end is in line with his mouth. The bushy beard leaves just a small line of his upper lip and mouth showing before the large mustache covers the rest of his lower face.

Geisha Girl

By: Richard Hinkle

Adapted from Nippon Telesoft C. Ltd. sample picture titled “Braille Figure.”

Design is 23 rows, 24 cells.

Note: Full size picture is the last full page of this document.

Begin design:

Row 1: space 2 times, dot 6, IN [35], I [24], A [1], space 6 times, dots 56, AR [345], HIS [236], OU [1256], hyphen [36] two times, dots 235, EN [26], hyphen [36].

Row 2: dot 6, T [2345], A [1], space 5 times, WAS [356], J [245], F [124], A [1], space 1 time, dot 4, C [14], Q [12345], space 4 times, dots 45, HIS [236], hyphen [36].

Row 3: L [123], space 4 times, WAS [356] two times, colon [25], A [1], AND [12346], Y [13456], full cell, X [1346] two times, Y [13456], space 6 times, L [123] two times, B [12].

Row 4: L [123], space 3 times, dot 4, T [2345], space 6 times, dot 6, hyphen [36], Y [13456], hyphen [36], space 5 times, L [123], TH [1456], dot 3.

Row 5: TH [1456], space 2 times, dot 5, G [1245], space 6 times, hyphen [36], dots 235, J [245], A [1], space 1 time, TH [1456], hyphen [36] two times, WAS [356], J [245], U [136], space 1 time, L [123].

Row 6: space 1 time, D [145], colon [25], W [2456], space 6 times, S [234], C [14], space 10 times, V [1236], L [123].

Row 7: space 3 times, dots 456, space 5 times, Y [13456], A [1], space 1 time, dot 4, C [14] two times, L [123], space 7 times, GH [126].

Row 8: space 3 times, L [123], space 4 times, TH [1456], space 2 times, dot 6, hyphen [36], dot 3, space 1 time, E [15], dot 2, space 1 time, dot 5, I [24], C [14] two times, space 1 time, dots 456.

Row 9: space 2 times, dots 56, B [12], space 4 times, dots 456, space 2 times, dot 4, GH [126], full cell, L [123], space 2 times, L [123], dot 6, hyphen [36] two times, L [123], space 1 time, dots 456.

Row 10: space 1 time, dots 56, B [12], space 3 times, dot 5, colon [25], S [234], space 7 times, dots 56, B [12], dots 45, dots 3456, AND [12346], space 1 time, hyphen [36], P [1234].

Row 11: space 1 time, L [123], space 2 times, dot 5, GG [2356], H [125], B [12], space 5 times, dot 6, dot 3, space 1 time, L [123], space 3 times, B [12], WAS [356], B [12].

Row 12: hyphen [36], X [1346], O [135], colon [25], G [1245], colon [25] two times, HIS [236], dot 3, space 4 times, F [124], J [245], HIS [236], L [123], space 2 times, dots 56, WITH [23456], A [1].

Row 13: space 8 times, D [145], dots 256, dot 3, space 1 time, GG [2356], dots 235, EN [26], space 4 times, full cell, hyphen [36].

Row 14: space 10 times, D [145], dots 23, D [145], ER [12456], P [1234], space 3 times, dots 3456, WH [156], dot 4, E [15], EN [26].

Row 15: space 11 times, dot 4, C [14], GH [126], space 3 times, AR [345], A [1], dots 456, space 3 times, WH [156].

Row 16: space 2 times, E [15], HIS [236], dot 3, space 8 times, dot 4, OU [1256], M [134], P [1234], A [1], space 1 time, full cell, space 3 times, dots 456.

Row 17: C [14], colon [25], hyphen [36], space 1 time, D [145], hyphen [36], space 9 times, C [14], L [123], space 1 time, dots 456, P [1234], space 3 times, dots 456.

Row 18: space 3 times, C [14], HIS [236], dot 3, D [145], EN [26], dot 3, space 6 times, dots 456, space 1 time, dot 6, P [1234], L [123], space 3 times, dots 456.

Row 19: space 5 times, dot 4, colon [25], hyphen [36], space 1 time, C [14], dots 256, hyphen [36], space 3 times, S [234], space 1 time, AR [345], space 1 time, L [123], space 3 times, dots 456.

Row 20: space 8 times, C [14], colon [25], hyphen [36], dot 4, H [125], dots 23, dots 3456, space 1 time, dot 6, V [1236], T [2345], A [1], space 3 times, dots 456.

Row 21: space 11 times, dot 4, EN [26], space 1 time, L [123], space 1 time, dots 456 two times, space 5 times, dots 456.

row 22: space 13 times, WH [156], space 2 times, L [123] two times.

Row 23: space 13 times, dots 45, dot 3, space 1 time, dots 56, B [12].

End Design.

Drawing Notes:

This picture is a figure of a woman facing to the right side of the page. Her hair is pulled back into a bun on the top of her head with the sides covering her ears. There is a decorative bow or maybe a broach in the front of her hair. You should be able to distinguish her eyes, eyebrows, eyes, bridge and point of her nose and the round mouth. I think she is wearing a coat with a fur collar on the left and a silk scarf on the right side of her neck. Just a hint of the right shoulder is shown in this drawing.

Fun Facts:

According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, geisha means “art person.” Japanese ladies who work as Geisha must be good at conversation, singing, dancing, and playing the samosen. Many of these Japanese ladies are also skilled at performing the traditional tea ceremony and writing calligraphy.

Santa's face.

Elvis’s Face

By: Rob Shultz

Design is 19 rows, 30 cells.

Note: Full size picture is the last full page of this document.

Begin design:

Row 1: space 9 times, hyphen [36], dot 6, full cell 9 times, B [12].

Row 2: space 3 times, hyphen [36], full cell 2 times, GG [2356], full cell 16 times, GG [2356].

Row 3: GG [2356], WAS [356], hyphen [36], ER [12456], Q [12345], Y [13456], full cell 14 times, Y [13456], full cell 4 times, GG [2356].

Row 4: space 1 time, hyphen [36], full cell, WITH [23456] two times, full cell 8 times, Q [12345], F [124], space 2 times, Q [12345], Z [1356], Y [13456], full cell 6 times, dot 3.

Row 5: dots 456, full cell 9 times, C [14], A [1], space 7 times, C [14], full cell 7 times.

Row 6: full cell 10 times, C [14], space 9 times, TH [1456], full cell 6 times, OF [12356].

Row 7: dots 45, space 1 time, full cell 7 times, space 12 times, ER [12456], full cell 2 times, space 2 times, G [1245], full cell, dots 23.

Row 8: space 2 times, full cell, H [125], space 1 time, TH [1456], full cell, V [1236], L [123], space 2 times, hyphen [36], WITH [23456], full cell 3 times, G [1245], space 5 times, full cell 2 times, space 1 time, GG [2356], hyphen [36], space 1 time, full cell.

Row 9: space 2 times, TH [1456], O [135], space 1 time, dots 456, full cell, V [1236], dot 3, dot 4, full cell 5 times, X [1346], A [1], space 6 times, full cell, space 4 times, full cell, L [123].

Row 10: space 3 times, dot 4, GH [126], dot 4, full cell 3 times, dots 23, space 2 times, C [14], G [1245] two times, space 8 times, TH [1456], L [123], space 3 times, full cell 2 times.

Row 11: space 6 times, full cell 4 times, space 15 times, dot 4, GG [2356], space 1 time, full cell, Q [12345].

Row 12: space 7 times, D [145], full cell 2 times, space 4 times, dot 6, space 13 times, dot 4, L [123].

Row 13: space 8 times, dots 456, full cell, space 2 times, WAS [356], hyphen [36], space 1 time, E [15], space 13 times, E [15].

Row 14: space 9 times, full cell 3 times, H [125].

Row 15: space 9 times, dot 4, full cell 2 times, WITH [23456], Q [12345], C [14].

Row 16: space 11 times, full cell 2 times, GG [2356] two times, dots 23, space 7 times, WAS [356], A [1].

Row 17: space 12 times, G [1245], full cell, A [1], space 7 times, T [2345], A [1].

Row 18: space 13 times, dot 4, V [1236], Z [1356], hyphen [36] three times, WITH [23456], full cell 2 times.

Row 19: space 15 times, C [14] three times, space 1 time, dot 4, ER [12456], full cell, dots 23.

End design.

Drawing Notes:

Elvis is looking to the left and slightly downward. The signature lock of hair hangs down in front. One eye and the left ear are distinguishable with just a hint of nose and mouth. The chin is also distinguishable as the drawing fades into the neckline. Facial figures are very hard to draw.

Fun Facts:

Elvis was born on January 8, 1935 in Mississippi.

When Elvis was thirteen years old, he and his family moved to Tennessee.

Elvis is called “The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll.” To hear is music, visit YouTube and search for Elvis Pressley.

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