Stars 01

By: James Bowden

Design is 21 rows, 8 cells.

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Begin design:

Row 1: leave blank

Star A.

Row 2: space 3 times, OW [246], dot 2.

Row 3: leave blank.

Star B.

Row 4: space 3 times, O [135], K [13].

Row 5: leave blank.

Row 6 and 7 make up star C.

Row 6: dot 6, AR [345], GH [126], dot 3.

Row 7: dot 4, WH [156], S [234], A [1].

Row 8: leave blank.

Rows 9 thru 15 make star D.

Row 9: space 3 times, dots 56, dots 23.

Row 10: space 3 times, AR [345], GH [126].

Row 11: space 2 times, AR [345], space 2 times, GH [126].

Row 12: X [1346] two times, space 4 times, X [1346] two times.

Row 13: space 2 times, WH [156], space 2 times, S [234].

Row 14: space 3 times, WH [156], S [234].

Row 15: space four times, dots 45, B [12].

Row 16: leave blank.

Rows 17 thru 21 make star E.

Row 17: space 2 times, dot 6, I [24], EN [26].

Row 18: space 2 times, dot 2, space 2 times, dot 2.

Row 19: dot 4, ED [1246], space 3 times, dots 46, F [124].

Row 20: space 2 times, dots 23, dot 5, space 1 time, dots 23.

Row 21: space 2 times, R [1235], A [1], E [15], L [123].

End design.

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Drawing Notes:

Stars A and B are four pointed stars that are the furthest away in the sky. Star B is just a tiny bit brighter with the fifth dot. Star C is closer, brighter, and therefore heavier in its body. Star D reminds me of the Christmas star, large and bright with it points being very distinct. I think the addition of dots 4,6 and then 1,3 in the center cells of row 12 would make this star appear even brighter. Star E is a five pointed star and would appear at about the same distance in the sky as star D but maybe slightly dimmer.

Star E is definitely the hardest to draw. It is a good example as to why points are so hard to make in braille cells. Because this star is not symmetrical, it is more of a challenge to draw correctly. Moving the dot 5 in row 20 to a dot 6 helps the eye follow the inter point but I do not know if it really helps the fingers.

Stars 02

By: Lena and Richard Hinkle

Design is 23 rows, 20 cells.

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Begin design:

Row 1: dot 4, EN [26], space 2 times, L [123], space 1 time, IN [35], A [1], space 2 times, EN [26], space 2 times, dots 23, space 1 time, IN [35].

Row 2: dot 6, hyphen [36], ING [346], EN [26], O [135], A [1], space 4 times, hyphen [36], ING [346], EN [26], O [135], A [1].

Row 3: space 2 times, dot 6, OW [246], E [15], M [134], C [14], A [1], space 3 times, dot 6, OW [246], E [15], M [134], C [14].

Row 4: dot 6, I [24], space 1 time, dots 456, space 2 times, E [15], dot 3, space 2 times, I [24], space 1 time, dots 45, space 2 times, E [15].

Row 5: leave blank.

Row 6: space 1 time, CH [16], space 2 times, L [123], space 2 times, ST [34].

Row 7: space 2 times, CH [16], space 1 time, L [123], space 1 time, ST [34], space 5 times, CH [16], space 1 time, L [123], space 1 time, ST [34].

Row 8: space 3 times, CH [16], GH [126], ING [346], hyphen [36] three times, space 4 times, CH [16], GH [126], ING [346], hyphen [36] two times.

Row 9: hyphen [36] three times, M [134], WH [156], CH [16], space 5 times, hyphen [36] two times, M [134], WH [156], CH [16].

Row 10: space 2 times, ST [34], space 1 time, dots 456, space 1 time, CH [16], space 5 times, ST [34], space 1 time, dots 456, space 1 time, CH [16].

Row 11: space 1 time, ST [34], space 2 times, dots 456, space 2 times, CH [16].

Row 12: space 12 times, dot 6, space 4 times, dot 3.

Row 13: E [15], dot 3, CH [16], space 2 times, ST [34], dot 6, I [24], space 3 times, E [15], dot 3, CH [16], space 2 times, ST [34], dot 6, I [24].

Row 14: hyphen [36] two times, Z [1356], U [136], ING [346], THE [2346], hyphen [36] two times, space 2 times, dot 6, hyphen [36] two times, Z [1356], U [136], ING [346], THE [2346], hyphen [36] two times, dot 3.

Row 15: space 2 times, IN [35], M [134], SH [146], EN [26], space 7 times, IN [35], M [134], SH [146], EN [26].

Row 16: IN [35], A [1], ST [34], space 2 times, CH [16], dot 4, EN [26], space 3 times, IN [35], A [1], ST [34], space 2 times, CH [16], dot 4, EN [26].

Row 17: space 12 times, dot 4, space 4 times, A [1].

Row 18: CH [16], space 2 times, L [123], space 1 time, ST [34], space 4 times, CH [16], space 2 times, L [123], space 1 time, ST [34].

Row 19: space 1 time, CH [16], space 1 time, L [123], ST [34], space 6 times, CH [16], space 1 time, L [123], ST [34].

Row 20: hyphen [36] two times, U [136], AND [12346], hyphen [36] two times, space 3 times, hyphen [36] three times, U [136], AND [12346], hyphen [36] three times.

Row 21: space 2 times, ST [34], V [1236], space 8 times, ST [34], V [1236].

Row 22: space 1 time, ST [34], space 1 time, L [123], CH [16], space 6 times, ST [34], space 1 time, L [123], CH [16].

Row 23: ST [34], space 2 times, L [123], space 1 time, CH [16], space 4 times, ST [34], space 2 times, L [123], space 1 time, CH [16].

End design.

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Drawing Notes:

My sister and I had a “play time” and decided to try and draw a decent looking (and feeling) star. These eight stars are our “better” attempts. Some of them look good, some of them feel good and according to sis, some of them are spinning.

There is no right or wrong in drawing art, so have fun!