Getting Closer

I figured out that what was bothering me about the pattern thing is that the patterns themselves weren't enough to express the articles and fulfill the assignment (since typography is an essential element)... Adding the type over the pattern felt contrived and took away from all the work it's taking to actually make these patterns... so, I'm going to make the type an actual part of the pattern, then the pattern itself becomes the complete visual response the the article. Here is the new golf pattern: