Inktober18, Full Moon, and IAST 266

Tons of Inktober 2018 tiles again, but the end is near and soon another year has gone by way too fast if you ask me. So here we go...

Inktober18 with day 24 Patience. I wasn't too happy with this one, too dark for a beautiful flowery tangle like Patience, so I made another one and of course, wasn't thrilled with that one either and had already a sketch for yet a third one when people on FB and Instagram insisted that this dark tile is OK.

I still have the sketch though.....

Tangle Pattern: Patience

♻️ The 2nd tile...again on a toilet roll. I love drawing on toilet rolls, don't ask me why.

Tangle Pattern: Patience

Inktober18 with day 22 Yuma. After I drew an earlier Inktober18 tile with Yuma in little squares (because in my twisted mind that was the only way I could accept Yuma), I thought I give it another try as the author intended. Well, I changed my mind...Now I like Yuma, too - here on a yellow Post-It note paper.

Tangle Pattern: Yuma on a yellow Post-It notepaper

Inktober18 day 26 - Q-Belle, day 27 - Cross-ur-Heart, and a tiny day 28, down there in the right-hand corner - Oybay.

Tangle Patterns: Q-Belle, Cross-ur-Heart, Oybay

Inktober 18, day 27. I had to give Cross-Ur-Heart another try - a monotangle try.

Tangle Patterns: Cross-Ur-Heart

Inktober18 day 26 - Q-Belle on Post-It note paper. I didn't  do it justice on the tile above. Q-Belle looks like an angry bird or something. So here 3x in a better mood. The idea was that I keep the lined areas, but change the ones with the swirly thingy.

Top - Printemps that covers both opposite areas.
Middle - transparency.
Bottom - the swirly thingy as an extension of another line.

Tangle Pattern: Q-Belle

Found the Full Moon challenge on Instagram. For October 24th the tangle is Naaki and there has to be at least ONE circle all in gold. It sounded simple enough. Next full moon: Nov 23.

Tangle Pattern: Naaki

Finally the IAST challenge #266. Honestly, I felt like coloring...so here it is.

Tangle Patterns: Flux, Well, Indy-Rella

Other Art

A Pirate Ship

Last week I had the air ship made of cardboard that looked like out of the Three Musketeer movie. This week I have yet another ship....a pirate ship. No, not from the Pirates of the Caribbean, but could be. All those details...it would take me weeks to see them all. Click here to see the actual amazing ship.

Tangle Patterns:

Animal Happy Day

If dogs could watch Hope for Paws dog rescue videos this video wouldn't be 12 minutes long. However, the heartwarming catch-me-if-you-can rescue of Daisy is accompanied by great music! So you get something for your ears, too.

Have a splendid weekend and happy tangling to you all.

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Inktober18 Tiles, IAST 265, a Refresher 189, and DIVA 372

Starting with Inktober18 tiles. Below my result for day 19 - Abeko and day 21 - Hamadox (in and around a circle). The background consists of some 'shady' Toodles - no day.

Tangle Patterns: Abeko, Hamadox

The next three tiles are all dedicated to Inktober18 day 25 - Sand Swirl. I like Sand Swirl, but wondered whether I could put a spin on it. The first tile is my Sand Swirl Nautilus branch and the things on the side is a liberal form of Dewd - day 13 and DIVA challenge #372 (I am cheating here, I know).

Tangle Patterns: Sand Swirl Nautilus, Dewd

Number two tile is made of Sand Swirl flower buds. Could be leaves ... well, whatever you see first.

Tangle Patterns: Sand Swirl flower buds or leaves

And last but not least a tiny Post-It tile with Sand Swirl in a wonky grid.

Tangle Patterns: Sand Swirl in a wonky grid

♻️ IAST challenge #265 with progressive Bales, Msst, Printemps and the annual Candy Corn string on one of my fav tiles: toilet tissue roll. To flatten the cardboard this time I pulled the cut open roll over the table edge - better than lightly water spray and press it, the glue still 'melts'.

I never tasted Candy Corn, but it sounds super super-sweet and the mere thought of it makes me reach for some boiled salted peanuts for taste balance.

Tangle Patterns: progressive Bales, Msst, Printemps

Refresher #189 with tangles Oof, Trifle, Clamz, Ballby and Elloso. I am still into this although only halfheartedly. The problem: once you worked your way backwards to the very first refresher it is kind a hard to stop now. It is like a let-down.

Tangle Patterns: Oof, Trifle, Clamz, Ballby, Elloso

Other Art

The 3 Musketeers' Air Ship

The first thing that jumped to mind when I saw these air ships was the 2011 movie the 3 Musketeers. I could almost see the Duke of Buckingham at the helm. I have no idea what the ship in the movie was made of, but these are made of cardboard. Click here to see more.

Animal Happy Day

When the right dog meets the right human the world for them both can change...

Enjoy a most wonderful weekend.

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DIVA 371, IAST 264, and many Inktober18

This week is my RED OCTOBER theme week. Pen colors are limited to black, white, red and graphite, but tiles can be in any color.

Why Red October you may ask. Simple. a) it is October and b) I have 3 red pens, 01, 02, and 08 that I bought more than a year ago and practically never used. So before they dry out... à RED OCTOBER.

Let's start with Inktober in the Red October week. I had to catch up and once I was into it, I just kept going. Day 4 - Facets (another tangle I turned into flowers); day 9 - Fe-Ba, day 10 - SeZ.

Tangle Patterns: Facets, Fe-Ba, SeZ

Inktober18 day 3- Ginili; day 7 - Onion Drops.

Tangle Patterns: Ginili, Onion Drops, Tipple

Inktober18 day 5 - Fleavy and day 11 - Copada

Tangle Patterns: Fleavy, Copada

Inktober18 day 12 - Heartswell, day 14 - Ando

Tangle Patterns: Heartswell, Ando

Inktober18 day 18 - Luv-A, day 22 - Yuma, day 23 - Ixorus.

Tangle Patterns: Luv-A, Yuma, Ixorus

Inktober18 day 15 - Inapod, day 16 - Joki, day 17 - Narwal, day 20 - W2.

Tangle Patterns: Inapod, Joki, Narwal, W2

Inktober18 day 17 - Narwal

Tangle Pattern: Narwal

DIVA challenge #371 with.... drums....drums...drums....

Onion Drops!!! October must be Onion Drops season. But me not being lazy, I kept on drawing Onion Drops and, if needed, keep drawing Onion Drops till I drop.

Tangle Pattern: Onion Drops

Finally, and to round up my RED OCTOBER week , my "1-Hell-of-a-Challenge" IAST challenge #264. I will never understand how my brain works. 3 tangles to my liking and I end up struggling 4 days to produce a tile. The tangles just wouldn't talk to me. Every day I tried my magic on them and every day ended its cycle without a IAST tile. Then today, Sunday, came along (why is it always Sunday with IAST?). I didn't overthink the task at hand, just knew I had to draw a tile for Adele - albeit only for my website. WOW! In less then 5 minutes I had it worked out. Can brains get stuck? Yes! Definitely YES! Hence the "1-Hell-of-a-Challenge".

Tangle Patterns: Iza, B-Leaf, Heartswell

Other Art

Giant 3D Insects

Impressive these huge alien insects on walls. This would be a 'Mission Impossible' for me even as miniatures on a mini Zentangle tile. Click here to see more of these charming beauties.

Animal Happy Day

It is pumpkin season. Thus this cute pitty video about how "Pumpkin" survived to become "Pumpkin" is fitting the season.

Have a splendid week U'all!

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Inktober18 Tiles, IAST 263, DIVA 370, and Refresher 188

It is October and with October comes INKtober 2018 and thus Facebook's Square One weekly is dropped for the month. I already missed a few Inktober18 days, but it is still early so who knows.

Inktober day 1 and 2 feature Mooka and Yah. On this tile I also added the day 1 challenge "Poisonous" from the original Inktober inventor challenge, Jake Parker. Additional tangles are Onamato, Raindotty, Tipple, SeZ, and Miff.

Tangle Patterns: Mooka, YAH, "Poisonous" with Onamato, Raindotty, Tipple, SeZ, Miff

Inktober18 day 6 - Pais. Actually this is DIVA challenge #370 and Inktober18's Pais is only hopping on this tile because it compliments the DIVA's Mezzanine tangle so beautifully. Some Tipple for garnishing.

Tangle Patterns: Mezzanine, Pais and Tipple

Inktober18 day 8 - Cockles 'n' Mussels. Recently, when the tangle Dropug was published I knew I had to draw it. It was just that kind of tangle. Then on my quest to keep up with the Inktober18 days my eyes scanned the list and the coin dropped. I can use Dropug and populate its big white spaces with Cockles 'n' Mussels listed for day 8. "Perfect!", me thinking. And again with an eye into space.

Tangle Patterns: a string of Dropug, and Cockles 'n' Mussels

IAST challenge #263 with a 3-wave horizontal string and the tangles Kettling, Sails, and AHH. I am happy to announce that I finally finished a IAST challenge tile in time and was able to send it in to Adele Bruno who tickles us to tangle. My tile is called "The Rising Sun" a la 'East' and 'Thailand' and while it is obvious that AHH! is the sun Kettling are clouds and Sails are Heaven and Earth. (Between you and me, I could have done a better job had I thought of it before I had finished the tile!!!! )

Tangle Patterns: Kettling, Sails, Ahh!

Refresher #188 with tangles IX, VO, Siri, Heart2Heart, Ten-shun.

Tangle Patterns: IX, VO, Siri, Heart2Heart, Ten-shun

There is a third 'Inktober' called Mandalatober18. The list is half as long because a challenge is listed only every other day. So for day 1 we have "Smallest Mandala". Mine is the "smallest" among all the Mandalas I've ever made (and I can count mine on one hand): 5cm (2") across. I took a square, traced it 3x in different positions, cut off 5mm on 2 sides, traced it again 3x in different positions and did this 3 more times. The middle is filled with some sort of Paradox. I may mention I am no Mandalatangler and this will very likely be my only contribution to the month challenge.

Tangle Patterns: Squares and some Paradox

Other Art

Chest Playing Sand Elephant

We have all seen sand art, sand castles or tangle-like pattern designs in the sand, but a deep in thoughts chest playing elephant with a mouse as an opposing partner? Click here to see more images of these amazing game players.

Elephant/Mouse Chest game competition

Animal Happy Day

Litter kills you and me and chipmonks IF not for a very thoughtful mailman. Thank you, Mr. Mailman, a job well done.

Enjoy tangling and have a happy week ahead of you!

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