Here’s a super easy one for you from Jennifer Hohensteiner, not unlike her Lichen tangle pattern in simplicity.
Jennifer writes, “Ipso is Latin and if I did my research correctly it means ‘the thing itself’, which you gotta admit is a great name for a tangle pattern! So I am giving it to this one because it’s one of my favorites. I just think it looks cool (if I may say so myself).”
Jennifer’s Ipso is composed of a wandering line with loops added – “let the loops flow, make some big, some small” – and the Zentangle® enhancer called Rounding. Using just the tip of my graphite-laden tortillion, I added a little fill to my example.
You could vary this tangle by using different shapes such as triangles or squares or figure 8’s (whatever gets you back to the line in a continuous flow) and so on instead of the loops. This is a good tangle to use as a border along a string line or simply let it wander wherever your pen takes you.
Jennifer illustrates the step-by-step instructions for drawing Ipso here where she demonstrates it in a straight line but as she notes, “it doesn’t have to be“.
Check out the tag jenniferh for more of Jennifer’s patterns on TanglePatterns.com.
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January 29, 2014 | 
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Thanks Linda! I really like the way you did Ipso. I’ve never shaded the loops entirely … but I am sure going to now. I love the way it looks. Your other suggestions (squares, triangles, etc.) are great, too, and I’m kind of going: duh. Now why didn’t I think of anything like that?
Ipso is one of my favourites! I can always depend on it, whether it is filling a funny spot, or gallivanting all over the page…….It’s a great tangle Jennifer!! Thanks Linda too for including it here on your super dooper site!
This is why I love people making comments on tangles that have been up for awhile. I find some wonderful ones that I hadn’t found yet, like this one.
Thanks Jennifer for sharing this one with us and thanks Sue Z for commenting on it.
Thanks Melina, I wish more people would leave comments for the very reason you’ve pointed out. And I’m quite sure those who shared the tangles would appreciate receiving new comments of support too.
Ipso is definitely one of my favorite tangles. It is very relaxing to create as a border or a filler and the possibilities are endless. Rounding seems to make it elegant. Thanks so much for this gem.
I am a beginner in Zentangle, and I never saw this pattern. I like it because is all in curves! (I leave rarely my comment because my English langage is so bad!)
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When I received this email message this morning I just had to laugh and absolutely had to look at it because our recently departed Lhasa Apso companion dog’s name was “Ipso Facto” which means “after the fact”. I hadn’t noticed this tangle before this morning. This is one that I definitely will use in the future because it will remind me of him every time! It’s such a fun name, and also a very easy and fun tangle to do! Thanks!