It is hard for any newcomer to understand all the terms used by fellow tanglers during conversations. Here is a small list of commonly used terms for a quick reference:
- ATC – artist trading card. Measures 2 1/2 inches by 3 1/2 inches made of card stock.
- Aura – an outline drawn around a shape as an embellishment.
- Bijou – 2″ x 2″ piece of card stock.
- CC – constructive criticism or “Caring critique”.
- CZT- Certified Zentangle® Teacher (# after CZT means class they graduated from Zentangle® school).
- Deconstruct: take a pattern apart into simple steps.
- Eraser – a tool to add highlights to your shading.
- Filler – A pattern that can expand to fill an entire area.
- Inchie – 1″ x 1″ piece of card stock.
- Meditative drawing – Mindful repetition of the same strokes.
- Mistake – the chance to turn an oops into something amazing.
- Newbie – A term used to refer lovingly to new people.
- Opportunity – Also the chance to turn an oops into something amazing. (This is from the mouth of my CZT).
- Opus Tile – 10″x10″ paper ( and very hard to get a hold of and expensive FYI!).
- Orb = circle (for those that use a translator tool).
- Renaissance tile – Renaissance are tan tiles.
- Reticula/Fragments – Reticula being the GRID or an empty space that can be filled with fragments. Not exactly the same as a segment of a string to be filled with tangles. Fragments being the block of a pattern used to fill the grid.
- Shading – adding dimension to a pattern by using pencil lines to simulate shadows.
- Stacked – placing one row of a pattern onto the next row of another pattern.
- Step-outs – step-by-step instructions on how to draw a pattern.
- String – Light pencil guidelines dividing a tile into sections.
- Tangle is also a verb. As in “I tangled today”.
- Tangle-enhancers – Embellishments, such as Aura, Sparkle, etc.
- Tangleation – variation of a tangle/pattern tangles.
- Tangling – The act of drawing a pattern from a step-out.
- TIA – Tangle Inspired Art.
- Tile – 3.5″ x 3.5″ square piece of card stock.
- Twinchie = 2″ x 2″ piece of card stock or Bijou.
- WIP- work in progress.
- Zen peeps = fellow tanglers in the fam here.
- Zengems=gems embellished with tangles.
- ZIA – Zentangle® Inspired Art.