Unfinished scribble turned to something really interesting.

I did a final experiment with fibre and gel pens, plus used some watercolor pencils. I wanted to create something zentangle that fills me with joy. I’ve always admired zentangle drawings, watched a lot of tutorial videos, but mine never got pretty. I note my handwriting is also awful.
Instead, i felt like a waste of time and didn’t finish it, preparing to throw it out.
Then i changed my mind and gave it a last chance.

Scribble step-by-step:
The base is watercolor

Lines drawn with fibre pen - the blue one was soon out of dye, so it died! 😤

Continued with purple, corners were rounded

Then I used watercolor pencils, fibre and gel pens.
My glittery gel pens also died in raw 😞

Closeup details

I stopped scribbling and filling the spaces.
Then threw out the empty pens. Never more buy them!

Deep Dream (Styles are my old paintings, preserved colors)

Some more plays in GIMP:

Two DeepDream images merged into one layer, difference+ one layer inverted

"Bad TV screen":

"Little planet":