Sea Serenity
made by Masterpieces ~ artist Steve Read ~ 500 pieces
I was surprised that I really enjoyed this one. Ribbon piece cut but it ran in waves instead of straight lines, and had plenty of variety within the standard shapes. Nice picture- more realistic than some (like below). I found myself enjoying the details even though I couldn’t find all the hidden images. Realized partway through that there were images in the shapes of things- nicely done, too- plus other outlines that show up if you look at it in the dark. Glow-in-the-dark. Both kind of disappointing- the hidden images were hard to make out on the actual puzzle, I only found a few because I noticed them on the box picture, and there was no indication of how many. The glowing lines showed up if the puzzle had bright light on it for a while right before being switched into the dark- which wasn’t the situation very often. That had (as far as I could tell) outlines of main parts of the picture, plus some additional dolphins and other things. It was hard to make out. But aside from those details, I liked it as just a plain puzzle! From the neighborhood free exchange.
Completed on 1/12/24. Finished size 15 x 21″.
Ocean Harmony
made by Ceaco ~ artist Howard Robinson ~ 550 pieces
Another dolphin puzzle, felt packed with as many sea creatures as the artist could think to put in there. It was engaging to put together, but not my favorite kind of picture. Piece cut felt very repetitive. Some parts, particularly with all the blue, and corals with the same shape repeated over and over, were tricky. Made my fingers sore, too.
Completed on 1/13/24. 24 x 18″.
I took a photo of the two together on my board, just for fun:
