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.
UPDATE 01/01/2015 – CZT Margaret Bremner has added one of her “and then some” tutorials, this one on Cubine here.
UPDATE 04/25/2018 – Margaret’s been experimenting with “Sprinkled Cubine” (or “Floating Cubine”) here.
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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Related Links
- 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.
- 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
- Zentangle terminology — a glossary of terms used in this art form
- 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
- Strings! Have we got STRINGS! Click on the STRINGS link in the pink alphabetic menu bar below the tangle images at the top of any page for 250 different (free) Zentangle-starters. More than enough for any lifetime!
- What is a Zentangle? — if you are new to the Zentangle Method, start here for the fundamentals
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why are there some steps on how to make them and on some there arent?
Hi Kate, the only patterns I include step-by-step instructions for on my site are patterns I’ve created, or that tanglers have submitted to have them included here. All other patterns contain a link to the pattern creator’s own illustrations of the steps for drawing their patterns.
CZT Margaret Bremner has been experimenting with “Sprinkled Cubine” (or “Floating Cubine”) on her blog. I’ve added the link above, look for the UPDATE.