Initial rough marker design (very small) - no plan in mind.  Was later
mostly abandoned



Initial,  small  technical  pen  design begun on a diagonal "tilt" and
centrally located on a 32"  x  32" illustration board.  Random.  Still
no plan for central circular incorporation.



Development of "expansion ideas" with enhancements  WITHIN  the  light
penciled  sub-design  --  and  within  the  center-most circle of the
famous Metatron's Cube  design.  The  perimeter  of the central circle
boundary is somewhat visible.



Central circle perimter line drawn to  "connect"  the  central  randon
design to the main "orderly" design. "Pathways" subsequently created.



A  seperate TRACING PAPER overlay sheet was then created to try to get
a sence of how to  "contain"  the  now  circular design INTO to proper
angle and orientation WITHOUT cropping any of its bountary  lines  AND
so  it  would actually BE the central circle itself for the Metatron's
Cube II design.	



Super-imposition of ideas  here...   The  triangular  tracing is again
just an overlay for confirmation.



Here  we  see  an earlier "investigation" (somewhat expanded upon) for
the 12" x 12" colored pencil version in the Metatron's Cube I drawing.
Since the Metatron's Cube  II  painting  was  going to be considerably
larger, I wanted to cet a clearer idea of the  pie  pieces  and  their
proper  angles (and quantities) within each of the circles.  There was
also a color scheme to  develop  and  this color scheme DID have "cube
faces" incorporated in it.  It was  fairly  complex  to  remember  how
tinting  should  be  done  and where the basic hues (for the inner and
outer cubes) would be, so I developed a number and lettering guide, to
help with these color and tinting sequences.



The previous text represents  yet  another  abandoned  idea for how to
"do" this paining, howver. I included it mearly to show  SOME  of  the
detail for not only the desired CUBE "look" but also the proper tinting
and  color  transition  boundaries.  It  was  only  after TRACING this
generalized design  pattern  and  superimposing  it  onto  the lightly
penciled (un-painted) design when I was then abler to know what #  and
colorwas  to  be  used.   It  then  was mearly necessary to refer to a
developed list  of  colors  and  tints  (light  to  dark).  Cutting of
respective stencils and numbering them FOR those areas would  help  in
the  proper  location  for adhearing them to the illustration board.  After
adhearing, these stencil "eares" would  be manually cut with an Exacto
blade -- and hand painted.  5 minutes of drying time would be all that
was needed before removal of the stencils.



Here we see what is beginning  to  look  like  the  TOP  FACE  of  the
"greater"  cube  in  the Metatron's Cube II design.  It won't be until
later on when the smaller "inner" secondary cube face(s) appear.



Here we see  futher  development  of  a  2nd "greater" cube face
in (teal-green)"



Finally, after more development of the individual cube faces,  we  can
see both the inner and outer cube in the 32" x 32" painting. I was not
entirely  happy  with  the color scheme for the inner cube, as its top
face is quite  "hidden."  The  geometry  for  the famous Metatron Cube
design is very interesting and pleasing to the eye.   Since  it  falls
under  the  category  of  "sacred"  geometry,  I decided to add my own
Universe of stars all around it.   It's worth noting this design could
be made to be infinitely larger outword in 3 DIMENTIONSAL directions! 
This obviously is not  very  easy  to  "capture"  on  a  2-dimentional
surface!