The challenge this week - read about it here - is to play with the Zentangle embellisment Auras, using either tangles that incorporate auras or to use auras to enhance your Zentangle. As an added challenge for myself I wanted to use tangles that do not have auras as part of the design and I wanted a tangle that would have a straight line aura. I started out with BB as the main tangle - I kept trying to keep it small but after a few attempts I just let it grow however it wanted and then filled in with a bit of Keeko. Considering the size of BB this one might have worked better for the Biggify Challenge a few weeks ago!
Laura's Auras
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A note about the framing - no I didn't actually frame it with a matte. I use an online photo editor (no interest in Photoshop) to clean up my scans and to resize them. I had used Picnik for years and was very disappointed when Google (who purchased it about a year ago) decided to shut it down. I've been testing out a few alternatives - most were OK but none as good as Picnik - until recently that is. Seems a few of the former Picnik folks have started a new endeavor called PicMonkey It's still in beta- more features to come. It's free and I'm sold but I will gladly pay for it if they offer a premium version. That's a long explanation for how I came to frame this challenge tile.
One of the features is the ability to add frames - I usually just add a simple thin black frame and round the corners but today I wasn't liking the way it looked - with BB being so prominent it just seemed very harsh. I played with the different frame options - while BB is still large using the Museum Matte frame option seems to tone it down a bit.
