Diva Challenge #86: Break Free

I am back for the Diva Challenge after having taken last week off.  I enjoyed this week's challenge.  My submission to the challenge is actually my second attempt at "breaking free".  The challenge was to draw something that breaks outside our tile borders.  

I didn't really have any objective for this challenge other than to simply discover what I could make, and that always seems to be something that happens "in the moment", as opposed to precise planning.  (For me, at least.)  For whatever reason, this challenge made me want to use tripoli and mooka, and you can see that both attempts utilize both patterns.  My first attempt (Tile #2) actually incorporated the use of a free-hand string, while my second attempt (Tile #1) did not. I did however draw a line for my partial circle, which I later regretted when I wanted to connect with mooka.  oh well.  I went with it anyway. 

I don't find either tile to be all that dramatic, but, overall, it was nice to give myself permission to draw outside the lines.

I am still super-new at tangling, and am a non-artist trying to find my creative self.  Any and all feedback (constructive or otherwise) is welcomed.  

***edited to add:

In retrospect, I should say that I typically do not use a "border" in Zentangle(R).  I often will use a string, but no border, therefore using the whole tile with design.  What I find is that I will typically stay strictly inside the borders created by the string, and I will rarely venture out of it.  Because this week's challenge called for breaking outside the border, I actually made a point to draw the border and then draw outside of it.  Perhaps that is not the type of "outside of the box" thinking that the challenge was calling for, but for me, it was not easy to draw outside the lines.  While there are no "rules" in Zentangle(R), I often adhere strictly to internal borders of the tile, so it was definitely a step outside my comfort zone.  

Thank you for visiting.

Many blessings to you!

Tile #1: My second attempt.  It makes me want to say, "Make love, not war."  I don't know why.  lol.  I  did not use a string for this tile, but drew a border and made sure to draw outside of it.  

Tile #2: This tile was actually my first attempt at breaking free.  I don't love it.  I had an idea that didn't really go where I wanted it to go.  I drew both a border and string for this tile.  I made a point to go outside the confines of the border and the string.