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Comments on Puzzle #2582: Romance
By Marcus (aanet)

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Puzzle Description:

The moment before a kiss

#1: Francesca (faranda) on Apr 1, 2008

It took a minute for my eyes to adjust... but then I saw the picture. Very nice
#2: Nancy Snyder (naneki) on Apr 1, 2008
very nice indeed!
#3: JoDeen Mozena (Ozymoe) on Apr 1, 2008
It took me some time before I saw it, but it was nice when I did. For about 20 seconds I thought maybe it was an impressionistic puzzle and there was no real pic lol.
#4: Cindy L. Hadden (quiltergirl) on Apr 1, 2008
Excellent use of negative space - and putting it on the diagonal made it more difficult to guess the finished picture. Cool!
#5: Scylla Kat (scyllacat) on Apr 1, 2008
I'm just here to agree with what everyone else has said. Excellent puzzle.
#6: Marcy (triath) on Apr 1, 2008
What a cute picture! I didn't see it until I read the description.
#7: katherine (katherineb) on Apr 1, 2008
I read the description and STILL didn't see it! Then suddenly, there it is. Good puzzle.
#9: m2 (mercymercy) on Apr 2, 2008
Well, I concur. Cool experience.
#10: Marie-Louise Ambrey (marz) on Apr 2, 2008
Ditto! Great little puzzle :)
#11: Ga Hendrick (GaHendrick) on Apr 2, 2008
An excellent abstact image embedded in negative space. Well done!
#12: Meg Tayler (rebelcat) on Apr 2, 2008
Very fun! Thanks!
#13: Debra Greene (dlegreen) on Apr 2, 2008
Superb!
#14: Gypso (Gypso) on Apr 2, 2008
Wow! Great pic and fun puzzle. I love how it suddenly popped right out. Really terrific job Aanet!
Thank you. :D
#15: Katryna (angelfosho) on Apr 2, 2008
I still dont see it :)
#16: Barb Edwards (babarann) on Apr 2, 2008
Oh how cool!
#17: Gypso (Gypso) on Apr 3, 2008 [SPOILER]
Katryna, it's almost like that optical illusion puzzle: "Is this a vase or the profile of 2 people?".

To begin with, the 2 faces are on a diagonal. The man is in the top right corner and the woman is in the lower left. The 3 red squares are the woman's lips. The black squares running diagonally from lower right to upper left represents the space between the two. Their noses touch near the middle.

Hope this helps. The image is really cool!
#18: m2 (mercymercy) on Apr 4, 2008
Gypso you forgot to mark your comment :O
#19: Gypso (Gypso) on Apr 4, 2008
Eep! Thank you M2.
Sorry Marcus. And thank you for classifying it for me. :)
#20: Arduinna (arduinna) on Apr 5, 2008
Nice! Reminds me of another one on this site. Can't remember who did it, though.
#21: Jan Young (haidapup) on Apr 18, 2008
Boy that took me a little while to see. Reminded me of dual picture - Is it a vase or two faces. My brain wouldn't let me get around seeing the dark parts first. Very good picture. I better get a coffee.
#22: Alaris Zaaqurin (zephyr) on Apr 28, 2008 [SPOILER]
Have you ever played Snafu (Intellivision)? At first I thought maybe it was 2 snakes about to kiss. lol
#23: Sunset Smiley (sunsetsmiley) on Jul 15, 2008 [SPOILER]
It took me a moment before the picture came to me. I really like this one. It is very romantic and very accurate. I love this puzzle. Thanks for the puzzle. :)
#24: Bionerd (nieboo) on Jul 31, 2008
ditto!
#25: Jane Doe (telly) on Aug 25, 2008
ditto all the rest. Way cool.
#26: bugaboo (bugaboo) on Sep 6, 2010
such few pixels to create such a great image
truly excellent
#27: Brian Bellis (mootpoint) on Jun 16, 2017
WOW!
#28: Bill Eisenmann (Bullet) on Aug 17, 2017
Yeah WOW! A stunning picture and a really interesting , fun solve!
#29: Ga Hendrick (GaHendrick) on Jan 10, 2018
As others have said, excellent use of negative space. And helpful to add the accent color.
Thanks.
#30: Steve Band (StevieB) on Jan 12, 2018
I only recently registered and probably my fave puzzle so far :)
#31: Brian Bellis (mootpoint) on Jan 12, 2018
This really is such an excellent minimalist image and a fun puzzle to boot.
#32: BlackCat (BlackCat) on Mar 20, 2021
I'll come back and try again, but I really can't see the image.
#33: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Mar 21, 2021 [SPOILER]
She's at the lower left, facing up (with red lips). He's at the upper right, facing down.
#34: Andrew Schultz (blurglecruncheon) on May 26, 2022 [SPOILER]
I saw it was a diagonal image but tried to tilt my head to the left at first. It wasn't until I tilted it to the right that I saw it!

Very well done.

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