The Dangerous Existence of Madame Lee

So today's assignment was to draw a zentangle with the last three tangles I learned (Knight's Bridge, Nekton, and Fescu), plus any of the previous tangles. I had to work to make it look not like the book, because I am not at all sure of myself when I'm drawing. Hopefully it doesn't suck too hard.

( Tangle #1 )

This one was difficult for me to get the hang of. I had to erase it and start all over. Awkward, right?

( Nekton )

Okay, so getting back into this again. I think I could have dialed down the boldness on the brush tips a bit. (Have I mentioned I ultimately plan to go back and do these all in traditional media? Which I think gives me a little more control.)

( Crescent Moon )

Not very long ago, I bought myself a Wacom tablet (small Intuo5, if you're keen on the gory details), with the idea of ultimately drawing scenic XFO myself. I used to draw a lot as a kid, but ultimately stopped when I got to be in about high school or so; I don't remember what the immediate catalyst was for this. Shortly after I got the tablet, I bought a copy of One Zentangle a Day (Beckah Krahula); you can read more about Zentangling here, but I bought this one in part because it's supposed to be non-representational, and consequently the onus of producing any sort of likeness is off me.

I think once I've done the entire book, I'd like to go back and do it in traditional media as well. As groovy as the Intuo5 is, I think that would give me a little more control in some regards (I've already discovered I like drawing faces better with traditional media).

This one is called Static, and looks absolutely nothing like the picture in the book. The shading is particularly crap. Ah well, I can only get better, right?

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