"BrixBox", the new grid in tangle town

In my previous post I promissed to write about my new pattern BrixBox as soon as possible. So, here are the story and the steps! But first you just have to see this video:

It looks like Zentangle in motion, isn't it amazing?!

About a fortnight ago:

Surfing the Internet I suddenly came upon these folding examples for origami from Daniel Piker. Absolutely left-handed for that matter, I looked at them with Zentangle eyes of course!! Wow, could they be deconstructed to make a nice tangle pattern?
I began with examining the squares. No continuous lines, no apparent grid.... As you can see, it consists of large squares and small ones, one quarter of the size of the large squares. Well, that made sense!
There was only one thing after I had finished the steps, the pattern looked very empty....

A few days later:

Rick and Maria of Zentangle sent their Newsletter and posted "Grid (Un)locked" on their blog.... Well, that was very interesting, a real eye opener. I realized my new pattern isn't just an ordinary tangle pattern, but could also be used as a new kind of grid!! I immediately used one of the "grid seeds"  for my example (J-1, see step 8 below) and doesn't it look nice?

Have fun with the grid seeds from Rick and Maria, use your own imagination and don't forget to play with the tangle patterns we normally do in the basic "square" grid: Beelight, Yincut, Emingle, Warble, Stoic/Twile.... You'll be surprised about how BrixBox as your grid makes a difference, it offers many new opportunities!

This is what you have to do:

Step 1: Start with a big square at the centre of the section you want to fill.
Step 2: Add a little square to the bottom right on the outside. Are you a left-handed person? Go for the bottom left! Don't draw the dotted lines, just visualize them in order to determine the size of the squares!
Step 3-4: Turn your tile 90° clockwise, draw another square. Repeat twice. The basic shape is ready.
Step 5: Add more large "boxes", constantly turning your tile.
Step 6: Add more small boxes, also constantly turning the tile.
Step 7: Repeat step 5 and 6 until it is sufficiently.
Step 8: Now fill the boxes with any pattern you like!

Constantly turning your tile may seem a little exaggerated, but you will find that it will make the squares more evenly! If you fully focus on drawing BrixBox this way, you will experience a great feeling of "ZENsation"!

Brixbox works as a tangle pattern if you don't draw the boxes too big. Just add some shade and/or accents with your pen, ready!

Drawing the squares, or boxes, reminded me of brickwork. So I thought it would be a nice pun to call this new pattern "BrixBox". I've never seen this pattern/grid before, am I right?? If I'm wrong, please tell me. Should the name already exist, please do the same.

I'm still working on an example ZIA, which will be included in my next  post!

Addition
Posted on June 11, 2013
The example ZIA is ready! It's also my entry to the Diva's Weekly Challenge #122! More about that in my today's post.

BrixBox used as grid

Thanks to:

Daniel Piker for his stunning Photostream on Flickr; 
Rick and Maria from Zentangle® for sharing their knowledge and discoveries;

You for reading this post.... and maybe even for leaving a comment!!!

Happy Tangling everyone!