
# [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.



# [016](/016)

![canvas](https://res.cloudinary.com/abstract-puzzles/image/upload/w_2000/016_hmy-osy-bwk-unc_quv-sjw-wmk-fbo?raw=true)

Evolving from [015](/015), the strokes on each layer are positioned using noise, creating clusters of strokes across the design.

This also introduces a generative colour palette; the hue and brightness are selected using noise, light layers use a 'multiply' blend mode and dark colours use 'screen', creating really unique and beautiful intersections between the strokes.

I found this much more pleasant to solve than [015](/015) because of how the colours are grouped across the design.



# [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.
