Stixnstonez, Knase
One of the real advantages of Stixnstonez is that it works both as a focal tangle and as a great background tangle. Many people tell me that they want to create a tangle but then fill in the white space around it, particularly for things like cards and letterforms. So I’ve demonstrated here how both can work. In the first example, the “M” is a tangle called Knase, and the background uses Stixnstonez. What I like is that Stixnstonez acts as an unofficial grid, meaning it can guide the tangle in the “M” if balance is your key.
Stixnstonez, Fescu
It also works as the shape builder in the “X,” shown here, although you can see the squares are a little less even in this one. The good news? There are no mistakes in Zentangle, so the unevenness doesn’t matter a bit!
Use these letterforms to practice using Stixnstonez as both a focal and a background tangle, and see which letters you feel it works well with.
Downloadable worksheet available at http://www.createmixedmedia.com/zentangle-untangled-workbook