One of the big things I took from reading Magic Moments was that when you zentangle you should really get to know a tangle pattern and try to make it your own. So I’ve been having fun lately pushing a pattern beyond my original thought of it to see where I can take it.
This week the Diva Challenge was to use the pattern Keeko… I initially wanted to use it with a ‘string’ of a daisy and paired with the pattern Jilli, then I decided to play around a bit more with both Keeko and Jilli in a traditional zentangle tile. I found that with both patterns I liked them one way but not another. I also learned that by adding an additional stroke to Keeko it changed the way it looked. Then I got the idea to change the number of strokes multiple times with Keeko to see what it could become. And finally I had an idea of incorporating what I had learned from Flips and Ribbons throughout many of these tiles.
Up close and personal
The first tile I wanted to play with flipping petal leaves and adding a ribbon…
The second tile I decided to go a bit more traditional… testing out different ideas for both Keeko and Jilli …
I had an idea to make Keeko with 3-strokes, 4-strokes, 5-strokes, and then 6-strokes…
Keeping with the idea that Keeko looks like weaved ribbon, I played around with making it look more like ribbon…
How was your week? Mine was clearly avoiding paperwork, because I kept finding myself *needing* to do some more tangling instead of working on “work”. Heh.
Until next time…
~nic
Photography by Nic 
All are beautiful! Your play with Keeko produces a wonderful variety of Keeko! Very nicely done!
Thank you so much, Annette! 😀
Thanks for showing us so many different ways to draw Keeko, nice work, I do like your tiles very much, especially the last variation is wonderful!
Thanks, Ria! I had fun playing around with the pattern, I’m so glad you like take on Keeko. 😀
I’m very impressed by the way you took Keeko and ran with it—-so to speak. The Keeko inspired woven ribbon pattern you came up with works really well.
Thank you so much, Suzanne! 😀
Wow! These are all amazing. Who would have thought that Keeko had so many variations. I absolutely love that last piece. The ribbon effect is so dynamic. Well done!
Thanks, Michele! 😀 I didn’t know Keeko before this challenge, so it was interesting to see where I could take it. 🙂
WOW!!!!! Especially the last one.
Thank you so much, Annemarie! 😀
I love how you’ve taken the time to get to know Keeko! This is a process I should start. I love your Keeko ribbons the Best!
Thanks, Deanne! 😀 I used to just dive in and then be a little upset when I ‘ruined’ a tile because I wasn’t very good at a pattern I had tried… after reading 3D Tangle: Zentangle Magic Moments, I realized that practicing the pattern in a drawing journal first really helped, and then making a few tiles with that pattern throughout the week gave me the opportunity to open up the pattern and make it look more like mine. 😀