How to draw CUBINE

Cubine is another 3D optical illusion type of tangle pattern.

Variants include using straight or curved lines for the frame and different shapes for the solid areas, shading, and filling shapes with thinly-spaced lines. I tend to like these architectural type of patterns very much. So orderly. 😀

Cubine is an original Zentangle® tangle deconstructed by Maria Thomas. The link to Maria’s illustrated step-by-step instructions for drawing this pattern is here.

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UPDATE 01/01/2015 – CZT Margaret Bremner has added one of her “and then some” tutorials, this one on Cubine here.

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UPDATE 04/25/2018 – Margaret’s been experimenting with “Sprinkled Cubine” (or “Floating Cubine”) here.

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UPDATE December 11, 2018 – As part of the Twelve Days of Zentangle, 2018 Edition series, in this Day 9 video starting at (01:31) Rick demonstrates how to tangle Cubine.

In their conversation as Rick begins the tangle, Rick and Maria recount that they discovered this tangle on a vase in a window. Rick notes that Cubine is one of the few tangles where shading is an integral part of the tangle.

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UPDATE July 21, 2020 – Project Pack #10. As part of The Legend of Zentangle project pack series, Molly tangles Cubine starting at 32:46 in this video.

UPDATE May 24, 2021 – Project Pack #14. As part of the Accessing the Artist Within project pack, Julie Willand tangles Pokeroot, Purk, Diva Dance, Cubine, and Marasu.

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Check out the tag zentangle for more Zentangle®-original tangles on TanglePatterns.com.

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Zentangle Project Pack Summaries on TanglePatterns

1. November 2017: Introducing Sakura’s White Gelly Roll Pens
2. December 2017: The Twelve Days of Zentangle, 2017 Edition - A Stroll Down Memory Lane
3. June 2018: A Zentangle Ensemble
4. December 2018: The Twelve Days of Zentangle, 2018 Edition – Making a Zentangle Spinner
5. April 2019: Zentangle Cartouches
6. August 2019: No Mistakes
7. December 2019: The Twelve Days of Zentangle, 2019 Edition – Light and Shade
8. March 2020: Dancing in the Moonlight
9. April 2020: Spring has Sprung
10. July 2020: The Legend of Zentangle
11. September 2020: Fee-PHI-Fo-Fun!
12. December 2020: The Twelve Days of Zentangle, 2020 Edition - Zentangle Renaissance
13. April 2021: Layers and Transitions
14. May 2021: Accessing the Artist Within
15. September 2021: Alphaborders, Letter Forms, Alphabets and the Birth of Zentangle

1. January - February 2021: The Basics of the Zentangle Method

Related Links

• Looking for tangles by Artist or Type? For details visit the ABOUT > HOW TO FIND TANGLES BY ARTIST OR TYPE page on the top menu bar of any page on the site.
• What is a Zentangle? — if you are new to the Zentangle Method, start here for the fundamentals
• Zentangle terminology — a glossary of terms used in this art form
• Linda's List of Zentangle-Original Patterns — here is the complete list of original tangles (aka "official tangles") created and introduced by founders Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas, including those not published online. If you are new to the Zentangle Method I highly recommend learning a few of the published Zentangle classics first.
• A pattern is not always a tangle — here's what makes a tangle. TIP: a tangle NEVER starts with pencil planning.
  • Un motif n’est pas toujours un tangle — Qu’est-ce qu’un tangle ?
  • Un diseño no es siempre un tangle — ¿Qué es un tangle?
• How to submit your pattern deconstruction to TanglePatterns
• For lots of great FREE tutorials on TanglePatterns, click on the TUTORIALS link in the pink alphabetic menu bar below the tangle images at the top of any page
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