I love creating Zentangles that offer optical illusions. This tile, for example is actually just Cadent with a square in the middle of it. But after the echo lines are drawn around the inside of each, you can’t tell where one begins and the other ends! And those simple white squares are magically lifted right up towards you in the design. Shading just further enhances the effect.
This concept came from a video recently added to the Zentangle Mosaic app. In the video, Rick used a random scattering of dots for the corners of his initial Cadent reticula. Then he created the central diamonds or squares by going from the center of one line to the center of the adjacent line. As a result, his design had irregular shapes, which was also interesting. I happen to find regular, repeating patterns calming, so I chose to make mine very “regular”. Either way, this concept makes for a really fun Zentangle.
Zentangle drawn on Strathmore Vellum Bristol using a black, Micron pen. Shading done with graphite pencil.
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