曦伏

過年期間妹妹學我畫禪繞畫，剛畫了二筆城堡，就有事外出了。　My sister was learning to draw zentangle during lunar new year.  Just drew 2 castle patterns, she went out for other business.

我不想浪費紙，就接著畫下去。我先把城堡畫完，想不到要畫什麼。  I didn't want to waste the paper, so I tried to finish her drawing.  I drew two layers of castles but leave a big empty space on the paper.  I didn't know what to draw.

翻了幾本禪繞畫的書，看到一隻燈籠鳥，真是太好的搭配了，便將二者組合起來。  So I read some zentangle books for inspiration.  I found a lattern bird which can be a perfect match. 

鳥的圖像不是很立體，所以就加了幾筆畫出尾巴及雞冠，底部再填個不知所云的圖形，看起來反而很像雞腳。 But the lattern bird is not easily recognized, I needed to put some more symbolic pattern to make it more bird-like.  So I drew the crest and the tail and something like the claws.  The lattern bird suddenly became a chicken.

一幅雞臨天下圖就完成了。  Now, the chicken rules the world.

有了雞、豬、鼠，我再湊九隻就可以完成十二生肖了。 I have now chicken, pig and mouse.  Maybe I can draw 9 more animals to make them a full set of 12 zodiac.