Saltz

I think this is the first pattern I came up with.

I had some empty space, and Iwas not so happy with the way I drew Pepper. I am too shy with shading with the pencil, and in the beginning I never even tried.
It reminds Pepper, but not in a ring shape, rather a line. But the line can be as irregular as you want!

You draw two dashed lines and then decide how to connect the dashes of one line to the ones of the other. If you need some more dashes, you just draw them.

I also drew Ayame so bad here to the point that it is not recognizable, but it was less than 2 weeks that I was tangling... I recognized the pattern only by checking my YouTube history. This video from Emiko Kaneko would be a better reference!

Pepper, Saltz, Bugz, Ayame, Mooka. 5 June 2025

This is the first deconstruction I came up with.

I was suggested to give examples with zentangle tile format and to avoid text in images.
Notice that I use the defnition string, when I should have used ribbon.
I have not studied all Zentangle terminology yet, shame on me!

Saltz Deconstruction. 9 June 2025

And then I came up with another format for new patterns.

Two tiles for the deconstruction and some variations. I keep it also separated, so it is easy to link if this pattern gets published somewhere.

Saltz Deconstruction. 17 July 2025

But I really like the whole page format with some examples.

Saltz, Eddyper, Akwa, Aleuba. 17 July 2025

This pattern inspired me so many variations that I ended up drawing two pages.

Saltz, Jetties, Crescent Moon, Tupuk, Paradox, Lenche. 17 July 2025

I have not used this pattern as often as I should have had, because I am still in the beginning and am also always looking for new patterns to draw and so often end up trapped with deconstructing some patterns that flow, inspired by the real world, by another pattern or by something that comes out from my pen on its own.

I love exploring new forms. Finding easy ways to draw things that can look complicated but are not.

EDIT: I forgot these tea bags! I just found them while looking for the ones for the next post, Den Long.

Left: Saltz, Fluxfan, Side-Winder. Center: Lotsadots. Right: Antidots, Akwa, Steps, BB. 18 July 2025

My Patterns

Saltz

Zentangle Head Quarter Patterns

BB

Crescent Moon

Jetties

Mooka

Paradox

Pepper

Other Patterns

Akwa, Joanna Quincey, CZT

Aleuba, Jaxeline Blanco Ruiz, CZT

Antidots, Anita Roby-Lavery, CZT

Ayame, Emiko Kaneko, CZT

Bugz, Danielle deRome, CZT

Eddyper, Damy Teng

Fluxfan, Christiane Musiol CZT 

Lenche, Anita Aspfors-Westin CZT

Lotsadots,  Carole Ohl CZT

Side-Winder, Laurie Patterson, CZT

Steps, Helen Williams

Tupuk, Ria Matheussen, CZT