Oh my, I think you’re going to have so much fun with Cornerz.
Didier Gervy recently caught the Zentangle® bug and he joins Jonathan Baetens in contributing tangles from “beautiful little Belgium”.
Cornerz is Didier’s first tangle on the site; Jonathan’s is the lovely Meo.
Cornerz is a grid-based tangle that’s simple and totally random – it looks different every time you do it. It’s a bit addictive!
You can use either a regular grid, or a channel-based grid using parallel lines. I experimented with both and in my first example I combined Didier’s steps with one of the variations he illustrates in his monotangle.
As Didier writes, “It’s simple, but the result is amazing. Always different, due to the random placement, and always with some continuous curvy lines.”
“I discovered Zentangle 6 months ago and literally fell in love with those tiny drawings. Since then, I practice every day and some of my Zentangles are posted on Flickr under my nickname Triskell314.
Visiting France, we stayed in a motel in Normandy. The bathroom floor of our room was quite unusual and we found that its pattern could easily be translated in a nice tangle one. We took a picture of the floor. It’s made of one unique little tile with rounded corners, randomly placed on the floor.“
Didier shares this photo of his Cornerz tangle inspiration.
Here are Didier’s step-by-step instructions for drawing Cornerz. “In addition, I illustrate it with a monotangle and two variations,” he writes.
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Thanks for sharing a great tangle, Didier. We look forward to seeing more from Belgium!
Check out the tag didierg for more of Didier’s patterns on TanglePatterns.com.
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March 25, 2013 | 
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Love this Didier! This one takes a little more thinking time and it is fun! Thanks for sharing and your instructions are great!
This is such a cute pattern like the other patterns.
Brilliant – looks like great fun, thanks for sharing!
I am a complete beginner…need a simple pattern!
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So excited. I just used this pattern for the first time and I’m in love. Thanks.
Very good!
Love Cornerz ! Also love Didier’s photo of the floor…fascinating, as it is is the same as a board game called Amoeba which i have ! I’ll be using this a lot…many thanks ! x
This looks like so much fun! I’m going to try this today!
I really appreciate others comments on a pattern I haven’t seen before. It draws my attention to it and then I have more fun in my life. 😀
WOW! From just 2 little lines per tile! Amazing works.
This is gorgeous, I’m a complete beginner to.
Chrissy xx
This is such a wonderful tangle, Didier, that I first d myself at a loss for words to say how much I appreciate it. Thank you so much for sharing it.