When I first started authoring puzzles I mostly used images on the internet that were already pixelated. These were mostly from patterns for making items out of Perler or Hama Beads. See this Pinterest page for more examples. Most of these patterns are smaller and use only a few colors. It is fairly easy to transfer these patterns to a Griddler puzzle. From Hama beads I moved on to cross stitch patterns that are easily found on the internet. These were more intricate and allowed me to make larger puzzles. While it was very time comsuming copying these patterns box by box into the Griddler puzzle workshop app, I was able to find so many patterns that were fun and cute. Most of the Christmas puzzles I have authored so far came from cross stitch patterns. Many late nights were spent down the Pinterest rabbit hole looking for patterns that would make good puzzles. Due to the source of the images being easily accessible to anyone with the internet and ease of making Griddler puzzles with this type of image some of my earlier puzzles were similar to other previously published puzzles. I have never notified by the Griddlers.net site managers that a puzzle has been a duplicate. But solvers have notified me of this in the comments section. Today I received such a comment. Comment I received today on puzzle 148397: Your blog looks interesting, I was going to check out more of your puzzles....but speaking of authoring puzzles...Another author made a puzzle exactly like this before you. Well, not exactly, their puzzle has 2 more lines of dark brown above the head. Aside from that, it is an exact copy. My reply (in comments and sent directly to Otis) Otis. Thanks for the comment. Yes. When I first started making puzzles I used images that I found on the internet that were already pixelated like this one. For this reason some of my earlier puzzles are extremely close to other authors who used the same source for images. Another puzzle that this happened with is 148396 (Wolf). When I was notified that Wolf was a duplicate puzzle I asked the site managers to take the puzzle down and I was told that as long as it is slightly different they will leave a puzzle up. Any puzzles I have made in 2015 should be original. I don't use pixelated images or cross stitch patterns any more. Instead I find interesting images and take them down to 8 colors and then make them so they pixelate well enough to make a solvable puzzle. Thanks again. |
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Kendra SongI have loved solving griddlers for many years and I have recently begun authoring puzzles myself. This blog is a documentation of this new hobby. Archives
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