H-I! Earth Day Tangled

A few tangles here.

First, an Earth (aka Amanda) Day tangle for the challenge #164 at I am the diva blog. I found a string at Tangle Patterns (#77) that reminded me of the earth, but also had the yin/yang feel to it that I feel best represents how I feel about the Earth Day initiative - that the Earth is in a delicate balance that we need to keep in check. And I decided to be different and color instead of shading. A little practice for the present I am working on for my husband. I used in the corners Paradox, Nipa, Magma and Droplets, and for the inside Grubz and Sedgling with some Croon and Wartz swirled in. I really love the Grubz.

Next up are a couple of challenges over at Cheryl's Artful Creations. She's been going through the alphabet and this week she is at I. Of course, I had done last week's challenge and hadn't gotten around to posting it yet, so without further ado, here is "H" (Hopscotch, Hypnotic, Hibred, Huggins, Hollibaugh, and Hoodie), using TanglePatterns string #76 - I actually put it into a sentence - "Hollibaugh  in her Hibred Hoodie plays Hypnotic Hopscotch with Huggins.". Yeah. OK.

And here is "I" (Inapod, Ixorus, Indy Rella, Inersis and Ibex), using TanglePatterns string #93:

An inspired tangle

So I was inspired in two different directions this week with my tangle. First, I was inspired by Easter here coming in a couple of days and created a "string" with the cross symbol.

Then I was inspired by the challenge over at the I am the diva blog with the weekly challenge to use the new official Zentangle Rixty (named so in honor of one of the founders of Zentangle Rick, who turned 60 - get it, Ri(ck-si)xty?). At any rate, I was planning to use Rixty for the lines of the cross, so it worked out perfectly! The rest I did rather randomly - I used the official Zentangle patterns Rixty, Hibred, Huggins, Tipple, Quandary and Ixorus, and unofficial tangles Arnia, Y-Ful Power, Pavonia and FishNet.  Here is how it turned out:

I really like how it turned out. It feels so organic and alive.

Zentangle-Inspired Tangle

I recently started going back to doing an art form called Zentangle, and related tangled doodling. I was inspired to blog again in response to a Zentangle challenge posted by CZT Laura aka I Am The Diva. In the challenge, our string is supposed to be our initials; so I used my full set - LADC. This is the string before I started on the actual drawing.

I had done some die rolling to find select some patterns semi-randomly and that's the notes that you see. I followed some of those, but ended up doing a few things differently. Here is the final product, which I kind of like:

I put the names of the official (Keeko, Beelight, 'Nzeppel, Paradox, Jetties, Ennies) Zentangles used as well as some un-official ones (Bead by Bead, Paushalov, Puf, Waves, Stone Necklace, Reticulated, Quare, and Onamato).

I am hoping to get some tiles to use, but for now I am using some Canson sketch paper. I am using Pigma Sensei instead of the recommended Pigma Micron, and I've opted to use blenders to help with my shading. I also hope to take a class one day with a CZT. Luckily, not too far away is Carole Ohl, a CZT whose work I really love and has designed a number of un-official tangle patterns (such as the Puf one I used in the above drawing).