Zentangle "C" ATC

You say to use your creativeness and send something you would be happy to get, and then you say all patterns must be Certified Zentangle Patterns & give website where these Certified patterns are found.

Perhaps retitle this swap series for swappers of Certified Zentangle Patterns only & draw your artists from a special interest group of Certified Zentangle Artists.

When you added the rule you may have lost a number of artists who wanted to express the art style of Zentangles in a personal artistic expression.

I'm sorry, this isn't inspiring & doesn't warmly welcome new artists.

We may have a "flaker" in our midst. Please let me know if you get "flaked" on.

I have to disagree with Whippet. The requirement encourages new artists to learn how to do it right. There are plenty of videos and instructional pages around to learn each tangle if you want to.

I have received many zentangle tiles in other hosted swaps that were doodles and made-up tangles that were not of quality, but thrown together. If you are going to call your work/swap Zentangle, then it should be true to its name. I am grateful to participate in a swap with this requirement!

I like the requirements, they help me learn new patterns for the ever growing number of patterns. And it seems as though this has become a quite popular Swap. Glad I was in on the "A", and plan on working on all 26 letters. =)

@latentsmile ...........I'm glad you got the message I was trying to put across. They are called Zentangle for a reason. If Zendoodling is what one prefers, there are swaps for that as well.

@BlueEyesDarkly ........I appreciate your comments and am so happy to have you in this series.

Have you all seen the number series I have up. Number "1" is up now and there's still time to sign up.

Happy Tangling everyone!

I have enjoyed learning Tangles as I go....I agree with the majority...I went on the site, practiced a couple of the patterns, and from there, have participated in several swaps. Am I a master Zentangle-ist (made that word up) Nope, I'm still learning. BUT...it's fun and I intend to keep participating. Good job, and I joined the Number 1, Yay! If you're learning to crochet, you don't grab some yarn, and then tie a bunch of crooked knots in it...It's the same with any other craft...you learn how to perform it by looking at the instructions and practice.

And the rules are to use actual Zentangle patterns, It don't say not to put your own flare into it, I guess as long as it is still able to be recognized out of the Zentangle Patterns.

@BlueEyesDarkly .........you can use any kind of flare you wish. This is and ATC afterall. You can add embellishments, glitter, use gel pens, etc. as long as it doesn't distract from the pattern and the letter. B L I N G it up all you like. =-)

With the ATC I made I've written down the types I've used just in case you want to try it also :)

Great idea @qutumnbreezzz It's a requirement on my number series.