"It's a String Thing" #49

Tenth Anniversary String with Bunzo, Rain, and N'Zeppel

This week was the tenth anniversary of Zentangle.  That's pretty cool.  To celebrate, Adele designed a string in the shape of the number ten.  She asked us to choose our favorite patterns to tangle with.  That means this week's challenge results will be fun to see because there will be so many different patterns.

When I look at a string sometimes I immediately know what I want to do with it and sometimes it takes a while.  This was one of the immediate times.  As soon as I saw it I knew I wanted the number 10 to be negative space.

I started looking through my pattern book.  I wasn't planning to use favorites, just what I thought fit well.  As it turns out, I did use three of my favorites because they were the ones that fit.  This is the first time I've used Rain with the aura only on one side. 

It's also the first time I've added sparkle afterward by adding white instead of just leaving white as I tangled in the first place.  I really like how the sparkle turned out and am grateful to have that option.  Too often I get done with a piece and then decide I should have put sparkle here or there.  This way, I still can.

I'm very much a fan of free-form N'Zeppel.  I almost never use it in a straight grid anymore.  I love the way it seems to go under the 1 space.  Isn't it cool the difference shading makes?

Father's Day Gift for My Husband

With N'Zeppel

I made this tile for my husband, who also tangles, for Father's Day.  I also added a nice note to the back.  Lots more emotional connection in this than there might appear, but that's just for us!

"It's a String Thing" #44

String 044 with Neuron, Navaho, N'Zeppel, Nipa

This one came together so quickly and I really like the results.  I used a wavy Neuron grid over the top of the original string (string 044).  Then I worked to stay true to both. 
 

I added extra weight to the original string line to bring it out more because I really like it.  The patterns were used in spaces created by the original string but within the framework of the Neuron grid.  So each of the petals of the original string have Navaho in them, but it starts and bends and curves along with the Neuron grid.  Nipa in the center does the same, although I let N'Zeppel in the surrounding parts fit those spaces a little less true to the Neuron grid.  I used a heavier pen for N'Zeppel to bring it out a bit, too.  Then I shaded several of the Neuron spaces to bring extra attention to that aspect, even though the "squares" of Neuron spread into multiple patterns.  Then a little extra shading around the inside of the petal pieces for just a little more pop!
 

This is one of my favorites!