Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Flux- Ditto


Flux is a tangle I have loved ever since I learned about Zentangle.  It's a classic shape that reminds me of the comma strokes that I learned in decorative painting years ago.

The latest newsletter from Zentangle.com  gives the step outs for both Rick's and Maria's version of Flux. I put it into the center of this Zendala.  I surrounded it with my tangle, Ditto.  Ditto uses a similiar shape to Flux. The directions for Ditto can be found on my blog here and also in a YouTube video shown below that I made a while back.


19 comments:

  1. Sue I love your pattern Ditto and use it quite a bit on borders. Love your tile with Ditto and Flux!

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  2. Like the ring effect created with your shading of Ditto. These patterns are different enough that they really do compliment each other.

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  3. I love the combination of these two tangles. Great tile.

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  4. Indeed a great combo flux and ditto. They are born to be together in your zendala. Beautiful!

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  5. You know I am a great Ditto fan! I resisted the temptation with this Challenge but you are quite right - they go together so well. Love how you effortlessly make a circle with yours here. Axxx

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  6. yay ditto! I have a few pages in my sketchbook, playing with that one. Such a fun tangle. the unity that comes from using this tear drop shape, in the more gridlike structure of ditto, and in the free hand style of Flux. Lovely work.

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  7. Beautiful combination of Flux en Ditto!

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  8. I'm surprised that you used Flux in a ring, because I did too! Great minds think alike;)

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  9. I have not seen Ditto before, but I love it! I just learned Lokomotive for the That's New To Me "L" challenge, and the layout is similar. Ditto is like a cross between that and Flux - cool! I love your tile with Flux and Ditto - one freeform and one more structured. Lovely!

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  10. It is so funny...I just commented on someone else's blog that their rendering reminded me of tole painting classes years ago and doing comma strokes and how the teacher stressed "praciticing" . Pattern and design have been with us for centuries...really interesting to see people's pictures of their travels with ceramic tiles and Moorish influences. I love your tile and how you have combined the two tangles in the round, really well done!

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  11. Well, if ever you wanted evidence that Less is More, here it is. Just the two patterns, similar and yet different and some expert shading. Excellent.

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  12. Beautiful application, Sue, of both Flux and your Ditto pattern.

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  13. Beautiful tile using these two similar yet different patterns. Nice work.

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  14. Beautiful in combination with your Ditto.

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  15. Love the combo and the tangle you designed! Your shading is fantastic. I tackled this with a Zendala this week too--it seems to lend itself to that nicely!

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