Below is a picture that I am working on and is in mid-zentangle.
As you can see, the hair of the girl is what I am zentangling. The different wide strands of her hair will be filled in with zentangle patterns.
There are so many patterns that you can find on the internet. I found this quick and simple video that shows a number of different zentangles.
However, the best thing I found for zentangles is too look at various examples and copy them. Here are some samplers that I look at for zentangle ideas: