Tangle Doppelgänger

Tangles: Black Pearlz, OoF, Zenith

Recently on the Zentangle blog Maria floated the idea of a tangle doppelgänger, a tangle that represents you in some way. I easily thought of 'go to' tangles and favorite tangles, but those are not tangles that represent me somehow. It took some thought. 

This was my response:

Three tangles that you’ll find in almost anything I do are Printemps, Tipple, and Black Pearlz. But those are go-to tangles, not doppelgängers. Naming my favorite tangle is like trying to nail jelly to the wall. My favorite tangles are constantly changing, and they aren’t doppelgängers either.
What tangle is LIKE ME… hmmm…
My mind is Fengle, way too much going on and constantly taking off in another direction. (I was just now able to see some beauty in that, rather than a frustrating annoyance.)
My heart is like Zentangle itself, interested in other points of view.
My eyesight, without my glasses, is OoF (Out of Focus).
My drawing hand is Paradox; very controlled gets the best results.
My house is Dust Bunny.

More about those tangles...

FENGLE was introduced by Zentangle in March 2012 and I immediately liked it. So many possibilities! You can find the steps here (scroll down).

A whole page of Fengle in my 2018 Tangle-a-Day calendar.

OoF was introduced by Zentangle in May 2011 and it took several tries before I got it. You can find the steps, and the story of its name, here (again, scroll down). There's a more elaborate OoF at the top of this blog post.

Basic OoF on February 21 in my 2018 Tangle-a-Day calendar.

PARADOX - sometimes called Rick's Paradox - was introduced by Zentangle in February 2008. Maria's step-outs are in their newsletter here. Some years ago I posted a "Paradox and then some" tutorial which you can find here.

Paradox with some highlighted stripes.

DUST BUNNY is one of my tangles, and has only two steps which can be found at this link. I sometimes use it for clouds although it's usually found under the sofa!

Dust Bunny, with Flux, Marasu, Tipple.

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Fluxations

Zentangle has just posted step-outs to the tangle Flux, complete with two iterations, Maria's and Rick's. Flux is the Diva's challenge this week.

I've liked Flux since I learned it at the CZT seminar I attended in May 2010. At that time Flux was Maria's version. It was joked that Rick had difficulty doing the little indent before continuing with the shape. Maria jokingly called his attempts "Tongues" in reference to a Rolling Stones album. Another student at that seminar remarked, "It looks like purslane." and I've thought of Rick's tongues version as Purslane since that time.

Here's Maria's Flux with some of the additions I like to include, especially if the round ends are large: a spiral end, little droplet 'stems', and a zigzaggy thing. There's also Rick's version (Purslane).

Tangles: various Fluxes, Black Pearlz, Tipple

 And another, with both iterations, and Phuds, a tangle that uses similar shapes.

Tangles: Black Pearlz, Flux (both M & R), Phuds

Using only official tangles

This Monday I'll share some tiles I did recently using only 'official' tangles: tangles developed and shared by Maria Thomas and Rick Roberts, the founders of Zentangle. The drawing instructions for the tangles in the tiles below are all public, so you can find them if you're interested. Check Tangle Patterns or the Zentangle website for past newsletters.

Tangles: Assunta, Aura, Flukes, Rain, Tortuca, Tripoli

Tangles: Betweed, Knightsbridge, Munchin, Paradox, Shattuck, Strircles, Tipple

Tangles: Bales, Drupe, Fife, Finery, W2, Yincut