My New Random Pattern Generators and some not-so-beginner tiles

As you probably noticed, the blog had a major restyling. Mainly because I wanted to see if it helps with indexing on Google, but also to feature a tangle of mine in the background. I actually did a continuous pattern that could have been repeated throught the whole length of the page, but I have not found a recent blog theme that supported it.

This weekend I have added some random page generators on the side bar. One for a random page of this blog, also available here. And some random generators for TanglePatterns and Musterquelle. I did not manage a good way to find a random pattern, but I found a way to load a part of the archive, with 12-30 patterns. Can you see them? If you do not see the side bar, you have to click the white hamburger (3 horizontal lines) icon on the top left in the main page.

This blog and the side bar with the random generators

I started this post with the idea to do a kind of first tile, probably because ChatGPT told me so, but I already do enough first tiles at my tangling meetings when I explain the basics. You should join there if you want to do it together! If you happen to be in Berlin, let me know, I will do my best to organize an extra tangling meeting if there is none planned yet!

But I anyway started showing where you can tangle. A 9x9 tile, an A6 watercolor paper, an A5 sketchbook. Or anywhere. If you wait to have the perfect stuff, very often you never start. Just draw with what you have.

First thing you have to put dots close the corners. For surfaces bigger than A6 I suggest to delimitate a smaller area with your page.

Then, connect the dots! Straight lines, wobbly lines, curved lines. Everything works! I forgot to take a pic of this stage, sorry.
Now you can draw more lines, or strings. And still, draw them like you want. I love curved lines, but you do you!

I arbitrary chose some sections to tangle first, you can see them marked somehow. I swear, no wax crayon was harmed intentionally for the making of this video, they were already broken. :D And from now on, you should draw with your fineliner, or any pen that you have around.

I checked then the side bar and loaded a random page from TanglePatterns and one for Musterquelle.

I got
https://tanglepatterns.com/2024/10
and
https://www.musterquelle.de/?start=138.

I will take all patterns I find interesting, feasible and tangle them on my tiles.

Even if you divided your tiles in sections with the strings, you can trace extra lines to add a section if you feel that a section is too big, leave a section empty, use the same patterns in two sections.

I first chose Windflowers, used on the square tile. Then Alfi 1 for the rectangular tile, andI will see. I also want to draw Ease. I am drawing them in the sections I decided before, but if you feel more inspired for another section... your tile, your freedom. You can use any of the patterns that I am using here or load a random page yourself! I am trying to use easy patterns, even if not the classic Hollibaugh, Crescent Moon, Florz, Printemps, Tipple and Bales that are always featured in the first tiles.

Windflowers is a Fescu variation.

Alfi 1 is a fragment, or a pattern drawn into a grid, and it looks very similar to Printemps and Fescu.

I will go on looking for more random patterns, and if there beginner patterns related to the ones I just found, I will tangle them in the sketchbook! The tiles will go with the random patterns, which make this post no-more beginner friendly. :D My bad!

And guess. I tangled the two tiles. I did it only with random patterns, apart from some fillers I used.
In the rectangular tile at one point I was trying to draw Maroko and I did parallel instead of meeting lines. So I did some different strange grid pattern. I managed to do Maroko correctly in the square tile.

Alfi 1, CDjoy, Schoggi, Fünf, Tipple, Printemps. 12 April 2026

And I also managed to use only ZHQ patterns for the drawing in the sketchbook. But Scena is definitely not an easy one, and neither is the draw behind I did with Tortuca behind Fescu.

Tortuca, Fescu, Printemps, Tipple, Florz, Scena, Munchin. 12 April 2026

Should I color or shade the tiles?

I will see.

Do you want to try a tile using any of the random generators to find inspiration? I am pretty sure I will do this again and again, especially when I don't know what to draw.

Zentangle Original Patterns

Fescu

Florz

Munchin

Printemps

Scena

Tipple

Tortuca

Other Patterns

Alfi 1

CDjoy

Fünf

Schoggi