Zendala Dare #2

What can I say about the past week except WOW!  When I decided to throw a couple of templates on my blog I never expected to get the response I received.  So many of you chose to take the Dare while others shared words of appreciation and thanks for the templates.  It just reinforced what a wonderful community both Zentangle and blogging can produce.  Zendala Dare #1 is my second most popular post, only to be surpassed by the post for my tangle Socc.  Before I started the Dare I questioned if there would be enough interest and that question has been answered with a resounding YES!  With that said there are a couple items I would like to address  and some questions I would like to answer before jumping into week 2.  But before I do that let's announce the winner of the giveaway!

The winner of the Zendala tile giveaway is......

DuchyGirl137

Email me your address and I will mail off your prize!

Now for the other stuff:

• Many people asked me if they can still post an entry even though they do not have a blog and the answer is absolutely.  You can post a link for either a Picasa or Flickr account.  Both are free photo sharing sites that are easy to use.  You can Google both and see which you like.  If you need help setting one up send me an email and I'll help where I can.
• How do I transfer the template on the computer paper onto a tile?  This video is the easiest and most full proof way I know how.
• Will you be doing a Zendala Dare every week?  That is the plan.  Barring a catastrophe, illness or amazing shoe sale I will post every Friday morning.
• Will you be doing a slide show?  As it stands right now I have no plans to incorporate a slide show. I have never done one but I imagine they are a lot of work and I don't know if I can fit that in right now.  
• Nobody has commented on this but I noticed a size discrepancy on the page with the standard and Zendala tiles.  The thick black line is meant to just barely fit around the outside edge of the tile so that you can easy center the image.  When I converted the image from the format I use to a PDF I noticed that it came out a little smaller.  I think I have adjusted the image to be correct this week but if anyone notices differently please let me know.  I am doing everything I can to adjust issues as they come up but this is still a work in progress.
• A few people asked me if there will be additional challenges like specific tangles and themes and the answer is yes and no.  I struggled a lot with this one before starting the Dare.  Here is my thinking. Challenges like the Zendala Dare are meant to push you to a place you may not have tried so I think requiring specific tangle or colors can be a good thing.  At the same time I sometimes think the template is enough of a challenge and allows us to just relax and tangle rather than force ourselves to do something that may not feel like "us".  So what I will be doing is incorporating both in a ratio of roughly 3 to 1.  For every three basic templates we will have one Dare that requires something specific.  It may not be a perfect 3 to 1 ratio depending on what I come up with but that is what I am shooting for.  I hope this meets every bodies creative needs.

Ok!  Enough with the technicalities, lets get on with the Dare!

Zendala Dare #2

Simply fill in the template using beautiful tangles.

Link to full page template

Link to standard tile and Zendala tile template

This week I had something interesting happen while preparing the Zendala Dare.  I completed the Zendala tile template first.

Tangles:  Skeins, Squid, Tipple, Zedbra, Limpitz

I really loved how it came out so a couple days later I decided to try another one on a standard tile.  I was transferring the image to the tile and began to trace the triangles that are formed into a circle.  I became very frustrated because I thought I had picked up the wrong template (I have a lot of templates laying around!) so I threw it in 
the trash and got ready to print another.  Then I realized that it was the right template.  My tangles had transformed my template so much that I didn't even recognize it anymore.  To me this exemplified why the Zendala Dare is important.  A simple string can offer so many variations that it is beneficial that we share it with others.  It is the essence of inspiration.  When I finally pulled it together this is how tile #2 turned out.

Tangles: Veinz, Antidot, Facets

I hope everyone has a fabulous week!

Erin

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