Friday, November 02, 2012

Snake String

Rick and Maria have done it again! The founders of Zentangle released a new tangle last week. It is called Bunzo, and I absolutely love it!

The Diva's challenge this week was to tangle a tile utilizing Bunzo. I'm always up for trying a new tangle, and since Bunzo consists of only one shape, how hard could it be?

Here the writer would normally state how difficult the seemingly easy task he just mentioned was, but in this case it actually was that simple, and I'm no normal writer! So if you haven't tried out Bunzo already, go do it! Now!

Last weekend I was watching my little 3-year-old brother, and he sweetly drew me a picture of our pet snake (the one featured in this post). It reminded me of a Zentangle string, especially since he drew it on a square piece of paper. So I adapted it into a string for my tile:



Thank you for the string, Seth!

I think my enthusiasm for this new tangle is evident in my final tile:

Tangles used: Bunzo, Paradox, Knightsbridge, and Bales.

I mentioned recently on Designed to Create's Facebook page that I wanted to do some night photography with my Zentangle tiles. Halloween offered the perfect opportunity! Of course, you need some light when you take photographs in the dark, or else you wouldn't be able to see anything. Desiring an unusual light source, I ended up using a candle's flame as my illumination. The long exposures required for the darkness allowed me to play around with the candle, moving it around while the shutter was open. Here is the result:


14 comments:

  1. Delightful string (yay Seth!) and I love the tile you created!

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  2. Your tile is amazing and then the setting...WOW!!! This is very cool.

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  3. Super tile. I like the combination of tangles you used.

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  4. Hehe sorry please delete the previous comment I pressed send by mistake. D'oh.
    Zach I LOVE your work!!! Totally love your quirky creativity and creative quirkiness - fantastic!

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  5. You did a beautiful job of your tile. Fantastic!

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  6. Beautiful tile - I really love the line in the centre of the tile travelling through the bunzo. The sepia tones created by your lighting look great.

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  7. Love how it turned out. Lots of good contrast. What a clever way to get a string to use too. :)

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  8. Neat look with the Bunzo, and the white accent looks like it is pulling up the knightsbridge floor!!

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  9. Like your tile and the Bursting Bunzo in the middle.

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  10. Super spooky effect, sensational tile!

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  11. very cool! i really like the night/candle light photography - nice technique with the dragging the light. and your tile is awesome, too :)

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  12. I really like your tile. It's so beautifully balanced. Cool photography also!

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