Spention Verve and more

This piece feels like it’s part of a series that started a while back (see the piece here). I used a variety of different elements - including tangles Spention (Emily Houtz), also Mysealiam, Opus (Zentangle), and Verve (JJ LaBarbera).

The other elements were borrowed from photographs I took from the Pantages theatre and other places using a strategy of “borrowing” elements from the world in an ethical and respectful manner which is being discussed in my series Zentangle MatchMaking.

Here's the before and after shading:

And here is a closer view for you to inspect:

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Remember that all Copyright is 2023 Eni Oken

 
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