A week or so ago the Square One Facebook group pattern focus was my pattern Steps (thrilling) - my experimentation took me in a bit of a different direction and I ended up with this tile: I was asked to do a step-out showing how I did the tile above, but ended up getting distracted (as usual) with a spin-off idea and ended up with this which I like way better: Here's the step-outs, it can also be done as a continuous pattern: This pattern did not make it in time for the 2015 edition of the Pattern Folio which, by the way, will be going out in a few days, if you're not signed up please make sure to do it right away - you can read more about it here. Note to email subscribers: you should have gotten an email today with a discount book offer. There's actually a couple of reasons for me sending this out: 1. I wanted to send it to you :) 2. The 2015 Pattern Folio will be going out in the next few days - if you did not receive today's email, please check your email settings and make sure that [email protected] is on your safe senders list. I will not be resending emails that have been blocked by servers. 3. My email list has become very large and unwieldy. I'm sure that some people on it don't actually want the emails and have probably consigned me straight to the junk mail folder, so, by having a couple of mail-outs during December (the discount offer and the pattern folio in a few days), I'll be able to do some housekeeping on my list. Hope your day is amazing! hx
It's a lot easier than it looks.
More of my tangle patterns can be found at LifeImitatesDoodles.blogspot.com. Sorry about the poor quality. I need to start using a differnt journal for these, that will lie flat! Feel free to use, print, or share my patterns. The more the merrier! I'm not associated with zentangle.com and I'm not a certified teacher of zentangles. Official zentangle patterns can be found in the Zentangle newsletter (www.zentangle.com/whats-new.php) or at Beez in the Belfrey (beezinthebelfry.blogspot.com/search/label/Tangle%20of%20t...)
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"Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something." Jean Paul One of my favorite tangles is 'Nzeppel, so I was happy to see that it's the focus tangle this week on the Facebook group Square One. Right off the bat I knew I'd be creating multiple tiles for this "One." When I taught a class a few months ago all about tangleations, 'Nzeppel was one of the tangles I showcased. I had worked on several tangleations and decided to use some of them in my tiles for this focus. In case you don't already know, a tangleation is a noticeable variation of a tangle pattern. I will be showing you my tiles, as well as the step-outs for the tangleations I used. If you aren't familiar with the tangle pattern 'Nzeppel, you can see the step-outs here. For my first tile I chose to use the random variety of the pattern, not based on a grid. This is not one of my tangleations, but one of the ways to draw 'Nzeppel introduced by Maria Thomas and Rick Roberts. First I drew Cosmo, by CZT Sonya Yencer, as my string and filled all the background with random 'Nzeppel. I didn't take a picture before shading, but believe me, the shading made such a huge difference in this tile! I only wish I could get the shading in my scanned photos to look like it does in real life! Here is my second tile, using one of my tangleations, along with my pattern Sharmin, from my e-book Step Out in Style. Below are the step-outs for this tangleation. Notice that the first 2 steps are what you would do for the standard form of 'Nzeppel, which I think of as squishing balloons into the triangular spaces. But then I drew auras inside each of those squished balloons. An aura is a line traced around the outside or inside of a tangle. In the last box I demonstrate two different ways this can be shaded, and used the one on the right side to shade the above tile. Next I decided to try out the pattern Onion Drops by Shasta Garcia, which I've never used before. I added another tangleation of 'Nzeppel in the background. Here are the step-outs I used for the tangleation shown above. After drawing my grid and an X in each square of the grid, I drew lines dividing each of the triangles into two sections, as shown. Then I added a squished balloon in each section. For my last tile, I used a third tangleation. I created a very large 'Nzeppel in the center of the tile, surrounded by a little Tipple and a lot of Hollibaugh. The step-outs for that tangleation are shown below. Instead of drawing an X in each square of the grid, I only drew one diagonal line, alternating the direction of the diagonal in each square. Then I added a line in each of the triangles to divide it into two sections, and squished my balloons into each one of those sections. 'Nzeppel is a pattern that you can really do a lot with. Other ideas that I've used are a really curvy grid, an offset grid, and one more that I did the step-outs for, but do not have a tile to show you. In this one, I again started with an X in each square. Then I drew another triangle inside each triangular section (an aura), and squished a balloon into each of those triangles. 'Nzeppel isn't the only pattern you can create so many tangleations for. Try it yourself with another pattern and you might be surprised by what great variations you end up with. A wonderful way to make a pattern your own!
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Running a little behind...I have so much to do and keep adding more to my plate. My goal for today is to catch up with my calendar journal by finishing the January journal entries so that I can move on to February. I'm almost there!!! At least I have the February page completed and ready for the journaling to be added. This is how I made the February page: I used Dylusions sprays for the background and date squares and Tombow markers for the basket of hearts and the background behind the heart basket. I was pleasantly surprised how the yellow Tombow marker matched the yellow color of the Dylusions and how well they blended together. The basket of flowers is a on a fold-out page. When closed, you can see the quote that was part of the January page. I planned the February page first so that the shape or cut-out would follow the shape of the hearts....then I made the quote page fit the shape. The basket is made by using a Zentangle pattern. It looks hard but is easy peasy. A little time consuming but easy just the same! Here is how you do it: Next up...MARCH! Hmmmm....I'm thinking March flowers! March is the month to plant flowers and vegetables in Florida. Maybe I will fill the page with lots of flower doodles. Until next time! Hugs!!!! Ginny
In this found story, or blackout poetry, or... (what?) I added more color than previously, including a bit of gold. Tangles: Afterglo, Drupe/Fracas mash-up, Pearlz, Puffle Thus far I seem to have been finding "stream of thought" series of words. I wanted to try to compose more sentence-like things. I'm having some success! My most recent effort incorporates a landscape, and the onion domes I adore. And sentences!
above image: Hypnopaedia by Emigre. PROJECT ONE: Surface Design and Pattern Study - creation and application! Make four final customized wallpaper designs out of type letterforms through constructing, deconstructing, and customizing letterforms from selected fonts. Objectives: Illustrator vector drawing tools and attributes, drawing in the digital environment, pattern design visual language. We will be looking at lots of pattern examples and also studying how pattern is used and applied from a 2-d to a 3-d surface. Each document will be 7x7. You will have FOUR documents. You may start with only black and white. You may only use one character...
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I really enjoyed this combo of Pangea and Mrth on a Zendala, created during ZenAgain. I like it so much I went and created TWO MORE!
I'm a perfectionist. I didn't always know this about myself, or maybe I wasn't always one and I'm just settling into my own shoes a little as I get older. But "ehh.... good enough" is probably not something you'll hear me say. Because if I'm working on something I care about, and I know it's not the best I am capable of, I have to force myself to not redo every little thing and make it as good as I know it could be (and yes, I do realize that this occasionally makes me a little bit annoying). For example, I've attempted a few methods for collecting and organizing tangle patterns... index cards, flip cards, graph paper pads, Moleskine notebooks, different-sized journals, a small binder with page protectors, et cetera. First I had to let go of the idea that any journal I created would/could ever resemble Maria's... that just wasn't realistic for me. I don't mean that in a self-depricating way... but she uses journals that the pages don't rip out of. Having a journal full of mistakes and oopses and crossed-out things next to the occasional pattern that came out absolutely perfect would drive me insane. Once I cleared that mental hurdle, it was easier to think realistically about what I needed. I had a handful of requirements in mind for an acceptable method of organizing a bazillion tangle patterns: Each pattern needed to be 1) big enough to be as detailed as necessary, but 2) not so big that each one would take up a lot of room. It had to be 3) organized in a way that I could find what I was looking for without a lot of page-flipping, 4) sturdy and 5) portable with 6) an infinite amount of room to add more patterns. 7) Patterns need to be protected against bending and dust/fingerprints but 8) removable without ruining the book and 9) not too much of a pain to move around. AND 10) it had to be pretty. I'm a little embarrassed to admit that last one, but I want what I want. *shrug* Here's how my lofty standards and I arrived at a solution I could run with. The top binder contains my seminar notes, workshop resource pages, my price list, my tangle pattern PDF from Linda Farmer (a $10+ donation will get you one of those here), and other miscellany. The pink (1.5") binder on the bottom is my personal tangle pattern collection. It goes without saying that it's a work in progress. This beast of a craft punch came from Michael's. This size was available with two different edges, this scalloped one and another one with plain straight edges. Hobby Lobby is my usual haunt, but they don't carry a punch (that I saw) in this exact size and shape. Kudos to the manufacturer... it has held up really well, and as you'll see in a minute, it's got some serious miles on it. This one is 2.5 inches if you're measuring diagonally (I think that's how these punches are marketed), or about 1.75 inches on each side. I'm sorry about the quality of these pics... the glare from my work lamps blows out the whites, and I can't do much about the shadows. Hopefully you can still see ok. The bottom view. (I heard turtles also look like this underneath when you flip them over.) I keep spare blanks in a zipper pocket in the front of the binder with a few pens so everything gets stored together. These are from blank white 4X6 index cards... you can get six squares from every index card if you're careful. No, those are not Microns... they're Copic Multiliners, and I LOVE them. They're waterproof and archival and pigment-based just as the Microns are, but the barrel is more comfortable to hold. Plus they're kinda sparkly. So here's the cool part... these are coin collecting pages! They're thick and sturdy, and you can get 40 tangle patterns in one sheet, front and back. And, awesomest of all, the paper doesn't fall out. Ever. They're not crystal clear, but they're good enough. It's not archival quality plastic, but I really don't care about that. A word of advice: If you're planning on using these, take them out of the plastic and lay them out unstacked for a few days so they can air out. You know that overwhelming, noxious smell you get when you open a new shower curtain? Oh yeah... these'll make you dizzy. Here's a scan so you can see the page more clearly (still missing the names on some of them, but you get the idea). This is the side with the pocket openings... see how they slide in the top? Front and back view... room for 20 patterns per side. So far I have only had to go to a second sheet for a couple of letters. I opted to skip the shading on these to save time, but also because I didn't know if the pencil would eventually rub off on the insides of the pockets. I really didn't want to risk everything getting smeary after having put so many hours/days/weeks/months into this project. Then I would have to redo the whole thing. Just kidding. Sort of kidding. I don't want to think about it. I made page markers for the upper right-hand corner of each sheet by printing out the alphabet in a font I like (it's Jimbo, in case you care), traced them on a light table and tangled them. I'm in the process of adding all of the 'official' tangle patterns that aren't published/obvious/available to the general public. (Probably should have done that first.) Eventually those will have their own section in the binder. I was in the middle of the Cs when I started adding the name of the person who came up with the tangle pattern on the side of each square (the name of the pattern is across the bottom). I haven't gone back to add names to the first ones yet, but I'll get to that eventually. Then I'll start combing blog posts and Genevieve Crabe's weekly roundups for new patterns to add. I LOVE that I don't have to throw away a whole sheet of paper if I mess up one pattern. Especially since some of these took me several tries to get right. I have them grouped by the first letter of the pattern names, but they're not alphabetized within each group. That way, if somebody comes up with a pattern called 'aardvark', I don't have to pull out all the patterns on the A page to put them in order. That would definitely cut into my tanglin' time. If you've made it all the way down to the bottom of this blog post and you're still awake and alert, please take a moment to name the vicious fish (he's a pencil sharpener actually) that guards Ambrosia, my awesome drawing from Norma Burnell. If your suggestion is my favorite, you win one of these: A shiny new black .01 Copic Multiliner! You can check back after Sunday to see if you won. 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I've been playing with a new pattern recently, and it falls right in line with my affinity for round things. Cruffle can be used with grids or dot guides if you really want them in neat rows... but personally, I'm down with chaos. I like mine all over the place like a roomful of toddlers on a rainy day. The basics: Some half-cruffle variations: If you like your cruffles well-mannered and domesticated, you can wrangle them into a grid: Arrange them into a bouquet: ...teach them how to walk on a leash. Happy hump day... it's all downhill from here! • ❃ • ❋ • ❁ • ✿ • ✽ • ❀ • Come hang out with me on facebook... we have fun!
