A challenge centering on organic tangles? How could I not do this one to death? ^_^ Before doing these, I scribbled out a bunch of Mooka on a piece of cardstock and promised myself that I wouldn't do it in any of these tiles. ^_^
Moving on - but keeping with the organic theme - your Vocation this week is Verdigogh. And I should have my Cadent example here, but summer is when I plan to do a whole bunch of different things Zentangle and end up doing nothing but the Diva Challenge, so I don't. Sorry. ^_^
I'm...uh...not sure exactly where the inspiration for this tangle came from. Topographic maps, maybe? Either way, I'm glad it did! ^_^ Undu (named so because it's very undulating - I know, I'm not creative) is pretty easy and forgiving, although it definitely requires some focus if you want to get all the auras juuuuuust right. The steps are simple:
First, draw a squiggly line going across your section.
Aura it a few times (I did 3).
Then add more auras...but have them "diverge" from the previous ones (this picture got flipped 90 degrees somehow, but you get it. I hope.)
Then aura the "sections" created by those a few times.
...And repeat.
Here it is finished - and looking quite bold with some of its lines filled in! This works really well to cover up those little "hand spasms" or whatever you want to call them (not mistakes!).
I don't really have much to say about this week's challenge, except...fun fun fun! ^_^ Also, Fescu. <3
Tangles used: Tropicana, Cack, Fescu
Oh yeah, and the YouTube project has (surprise!) been canceled. Not because I'm too lazy to shoot videos, but because my iTouch is being a butt and not properly deleting said videos. Even though I've gotten them off of my photo stream, they're still in the "Photo Library"...which I apparently can't access. If anyone has any idea as to how to remedy this, please tell me. ^_^
Note to self: when you go on a vacation for a month and can't do any blogging during it - say something about it.
On a cheerier note, I'm not dead! ^_^
Yeah, I was on vacation for a month. It was awesome. I went to California with one sketchbook and left with six ^_^ I guess having artsy grandparents will do that to you. Obviously, a lot of drawing was done...and I had my first class with a CZT! It was awesome...I finally met someone who was just as into Zentangle as me. And, of course, I was introduced to a bunch of new art supplies I really really really want now...funny how that works. ^_^
I'll slowly be posting some of the stuff I did while in CA (there's a lot of it!), scattered throughout all my other posts I suppose. And now to the point - Diva Challenge! I really enjoy the Simplicity challenges - my instinct is always "detail detail detail" so these are like a breath of fresh air. This one kinda reminds me of water lilies...really stylized water lilies. Without the water. ^_^
Tangles used: Indy-Rella, Fescu
And now for the second order of business - this week's Vocation, Cadent (in case you somehow aren't aware of the steps). Enjoy and be inspired! ^_^
Also - I'm setting up a YouTube channel! ^_^ My first video should (hopefully) be up later today - it might not be the greatest quality, and there won't be any audio, but ah well. After all, I'm just beginning ^_^
EDIT: It's been done! Check it out here. ^_^ Turns out there is some audio, which is mostly me talking while recording, only sped up so it sounds like there was a mouse on the desk. Yeeaaahhh...you might want to mute it ^_^
Ah, another Diva Challenge...the one-stop shop for anyone's Zentangle needs ^_^ I ended up not participating in last week's mostly because my first few attempts were such awful catastrophes I just needed to stop risking an aneurysm over it ^_^ I can't do all straight lines...I just have to fit in some curves somewhere. Or everywhere.
Anyways, this challenge was yet another fun one...All Boxed Up is a wonderful tangle, and shading just makes it so much more amazing.
Tangles used: All Boxed Up
Tangles used: All Boxed Up, Prestwood, Striping, Opus, Mooka, Pokeroot
I did the bottom one with a fountain pen, as I did with last week's Tangleation Vocation challenge.
Tangles used: Phicops, Meringue
And speaking of the challenge, this week your tangle to play with is Veezely by the incredibly talented Sandy Hunter. Enjoy and be inspired! ^_^
P.S. I just have to say...the object of this challenge is to create a tangleation of the focus tangle, not just use it. All the submissions are lovely and I appreciate all of them, of course, but they're not all true to my original intents. Sorry if I'm coming off as rude or something, I'm just saying. Thanks ^_^
School's finally out! Hurrah, hurrah! Hopefully this means more posts with more art, but if it doesn't...well, there'll still be more art. It'll just be cluttering my room instead of my room AND my computer ^_^
This (last?) week's challenge was a fun one...I already liked Prestwood, but now I appreciate it even more ^_^ I came up with a fairly simple arrangement of 3 tangleations along with the original. And its name, because I needed to fill up that corner ^_^
Tangles: Prestwood
Moving on, this week's tangle to play with is Phicops, by "B-rad" Harms, who I'm sure you all know ^_^ Enjoy and be inspired! ^_^
