geometric patterns
Natalie Scawthorn
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Contents 5 Introduction 6 Grid Patterns 34 Brick By Row Patterns 46 Brick By Column Patterns 54 Hex By Column Patterns 62 Hex By Row Patterns
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introduction This book looks into patterns influenced by the fun, exciting genre of children’s design. The patterns are created using geometric shapes exploring the diiferent tile layouts that can be used when designing a pattern and the advantages and disadvantages to each one. This book also explores different shape combinations and colour palettes which will influence designs for chilldrens gift-wrap based on the most successful layouts..
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Grid Pattern
In a grid pattern the center of each tile is horizontally and vertically aligned to the center of the adjacent tiles. The advantages to using a grid tile layout are that they bring order to the pattern and almost any images can translate into a grid pattern however sometimes the grid repeat can look obvious and the pattern doesn’t flow well.
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Tile Layout brick by row Pattern 34/
In a Brick by row pattern the tiles are rectangular in shape, and arranged in rows. Centers of tiles in rows are horizontally aligned. Centers of tiles in alternate columns are vertically aligned. This tile layout can create patterns that flow well especially with circles and rectangles however some of the results are very similar to the grid pattern layouts.
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Tile Layout brick by column Pattern 46/
In a Brick by column oattern tiles are rectangular in shape, and arranged in columns. Centers of tiles in columns are vertically aligned. Centers of tiles in alternate columns are horizontally aligned. Similarly to Brick by Row pattern these layouts are also successful in creating patterns that flow well.
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Tile Layout hex by column Pattern 54/
Hex by column pattern tiles are hexagonal in shape, and arranged in columns. Centers of tiles in the columns are vertically aligned. Centers of tiles in alternate columns are horizontally aligned. Although this layout can create unusual patterns it is difficult to create a seamless pattern.
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Tile Layout hex by row Pattern 62/
In a Hex by row pattern tiles are hexagonal in shape, and arranged in rows. Centers of tiles in the rows are horizontally aligned. Centers of tiles in alternate rows are vertically aligned. These patterns are similar to hex by column patterns as they also create unusual patterns but only with certain designs.
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