The Artist's Husband: Warping the Grid
· zentangle generative art the artists husband javascript p5.js entanglement grid 
The Entanglement library has a few grid-based tangles now: Huggins, W-2 , Ambler and Emingle. But we have limited control over the grid: we can affect the spacing in the x and y directions, and we can add some random fluctuations to where each intersection on the grid ends up. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could warp the grid in some more dramatic ways? Yes, I thought so too! So I spent some time adding some more grid options. This turned out to be harder to do than I thought it would be – I ended up having to rewrite big chunks of the Tangle class, then I ended up subclassing Tangle and creating a special class just for grid-based tangles: GridTangle.
The Artist's Husband: Ambler
· zentangle generative art the artists husband javascript p5.js entanglement github 
The Entanglement library now supports Ambler! This officially doubles the number of tangles it can produce! Two tangles! Progress! OK, so two tangles isn’t really all that many, but still! Progress! Using Entanglement to draw a basic Ambler is easy. Here’s the program that generated the image at the top of this page: const height = 600; const width = 600; function setup() { createCanvas(width, height); background(255); } function draw() { let amb = new Ambler(width, height, {}); amb.paste(new Point(0, 0)); noLoop(); } So how does it work? Unlike Aah, the other tangle supported by this library, Ambler is a repeating pattern in a grid. So, no need for the collision detection we used with Aah; each pattern has a defined place where it can be drawn. The pattern that goes into each grid square is a box spiral. We build that in each square by dividing each square side into 6 sections, drawing a crosshatch of lines through those points and finding the intersections of those lines. We then use those points to draw the spiral.
Daily Zen: ah2018111201
· drawing tile zentangle 
I haven’t posted a Zentangle from Amanda Higbee, CZT in a long time. The camera on her phone has been broken and other life things have interfered. But I have one for your pleasure today! I love the way she used strips of Ambler to draw the eye into the center of the tile. I also got a big kick out of the list of tangles on the back of her tile. She called Bronx Cheer “boo boo berries”!
Daily Zen 2013051501
· drawing tile zentangle 
Rotation. It‘s interesting the way the design feels like everything is wrapped around the Bunzo as if it‘s surrounded by a mini cyclone of patterns. Zentangle drawn on Strathmore Bristol Vellum using a black Micron pen. Tangles: Ambler Bunzo Ennies Florz Indy-Rella Jetties Knase Purk
Throwback Thursday: October 2, 2010
· drawing tile zentangle 
Avocado. I don‘t remember what I was thinking when I tangled this tile. I know that what is on here is a result of randomly selecting tangles, so I‘m going to call the upper center Lava Juice, and I‘m guessing it started with that, and then just did it‘s own thing. Sometimes, a drawing takes on a bizarre life of it‘s own. Zentangle drawn on Strathmore Vellum Bristol using a black, Micron pen.
Daily Zen 2016120901
· drawing tile zentangle 
Zentangle drawn on Strathmore Vellum Bristol using brown, black and sepia Micron pens. Polychromos colored pencils were used for shading. Tangles: Ambler Intersection Ixorus Knase Lobella Onamato Sand Swirl Snugz Tink
Daily Zen 2016100501
· drawing tile zentangle 
Elevation. It‘s interesting how much shadow and light influences us. Here, I chose to move the shadows of the disks and D.-D. away from the tangles enough to create the illusion that they were “floeating over the rest. I think it was very effective on this tile. Zentangle drawn on Strathmore Vellum Bristol using a black Micron pen. Tangles: Ambler Cool 'Sista Dessus-Dessous Florez Flux Gryst Snare Stoic
Daily Zen 2016112101
· colored pencil drawing tile zen gem zentangle 
Rhodochrosite. I have always been fascinated with beautiful stones. But it never occurred to me to draw them until recently. Now, I‘ve become obsessed with them, so I plan on challenging myself to draw and color more of them in the future! Zentangle drawing done with Micron pen , Faber-Castel Polychromos Artist‘s pencils and Derwent Paint pen on Strathmore Vellum Bristol . Tangles: Ambler Bucky Chillon Diva Dance Dribbetz Knase Knightsbridge Pinch BTW, if you are enjoying seeing these daily drawings, please consider liking my Facebook page ! Then you will see them in your feed every day!