How to draw BUNZO

It’s always exciting when a new Zentangle®-original tangle makes its appearance and Bunzo is so much fun to draw! Founders Rick and Maria introduced Maria’s new tangle to the CZTs in September and now it’s being released into the wild for everyone to enjoy.

Bunzo is created from just one simple stroke, repeated. “It is a great tangle to shade and it ‘grows’ nicely to fill almost any string. Most elegantly, this tangle is created by using just one elemental shape,” writes Rick.

That elemental shape is a crescent, pretty much like this ) . How simple is that? Throw in a little shading and you’re done.

“Usually we’ll see a pattern and then deconstruct it to create a tangle. With bunzo, it was the other way around; Maria first developed the tangle, then we started seeing it elsewhere.“

When you visit the “how to”, you’ll see what Rick is referring to.

Maria illustrates the steps for drawing Bunzo here, and shows it in use in several elegant Zentangles. Maria is expert at creating the tangle enhancer named Sparkle and her last step showing this variation of Bunzo is an excellent of example of how Sparkle can add add a cool new look to a tangle.

UPDATE December 7, 2018 – Project Pack #04. As part of the Twelve Days of Zentangle, 2018 Edition series, in this Day 5 video Maria demonstrates how to tangle Bunzo.

UPDATE March 3, 2020 – Project Pack #8. As part of the Dancing in the Moonlight project pack, Julie tangles Printemps, Bunzo and Knightsbridge using the new Sakura Moonlight Gelly Roll Pens on a prestrung Zendala tile.

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UPDATE March 30, 2021 – Project Pack #13. As part of the Layers & Transitions project pack, Maria tangles Mooka, Springkle and Bunzo on a grey Phi tile.

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UPDATE December 15, 2022 – Project Pack #19. As part of the Twelve Days of Zentangle, 2022 Edition project pack, Julie Willand tangles Bunzo beginning at 02:42 at in this video:

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UPDATE March 21, 2024 – Project Pack #23. As part of the Birth of the Zentangle Method project pack, Molly tangles Fife and Bunzo in this video:

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1. 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.
2. What is a Zentangle? — if you are new to the Zentangle Method, start here for the fundamentals.
3. Zentangle terminology — a glossary of terms used in this art form.
4. How to use the site — an excellent free video tutorial showing how to use the site as well as pointing out lots of useful features you might have missed.
5. 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.
6. "A Zentangle has no up or down and is not a picture of something, so you have no worries about whether you can draw a hand, or a duck. You always succeed in creating a Zentangle." Thus patterns that are drawings of a recognizable naturalistic or actual object, figure, or scene, are not tangles. A pattern is not always a tangle — here's what makes a tangle. TIP: tangles never start with pencil planning.
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