tessellations
Repeated shape coverings
Tessellations are patterns of shapes that fit together without gaps or overlaps, covering a surface completely.
The term comes from geometry, where regular tessellations use identical polygons—squares, triangles, or hexagons.
The concept extends to art and design: Escher's tessellations transform geometric patterns into interlocking birds and fish.
Floors, mosaics, and honeycombs all tessellate.
Finite instruction sequences
- computationalRelating to digital calculation
- proceduralFollowing set steps
- generativeAble to produce or create
- pixelsDisplay's smallest points
graphics · rendering · vector · software · CAD · seamless · texture · mapping
Gapless pattern arrangements
- polygonsClosed plane figures
- geometryScience of spatial relationships
- EscherDutch impossible-geometry artist
- symmetryInvariance under transformation
patterns · vertices · edges · plane · regular · semi-regular · Penrose · congruent
Pictures made from fragments
- muralsLarge wall paintings
- IslamicOf the Muslim religion
- AlhambraMedieval Islamic palace-fortress
- MoorishOf medieval Iberian Muslims
decorative · interlocking · motifs · arabesque · geometric · ornamental · tiles · repeating
algorithms
Finite instruction sequences
- computationalRelating to digital calculation
- proceduralFollowing set steps
- generativeAble to produce or create
pixels · graphics · rendering · vector · software · CAD · seamless · texture · mapping · subdivision
tilings
Gapless pattern arrangements
- polygonsClosed plane figures
- geometryScience of spatial relationships
- EscherDutch impossible-geometry artist
symmetry · patterns · vertices · edges · plane · regular · semi-regular · Penrose · congruent · angles
mosaics
Pictures made from fragments
Moorish · decorative · interlocking · motifs · arabesque · geometric · ornamental · tiles · repeating · handcrafted
honeycomb
Wax matrix of hexagons
basalt · columns · turtle · snakeskin · pineapple · dragonfly · wings · cells · foam · bubbles
- pattern recognitioncolor matching, geometric patterns, repetition, symmetry, mirror images
- patternspattern, chevron, geometric pattern, stripes, plaid
- paper craftsorigami, paper folding, paper cutting, kirigami, quilling
- geometric artfractals, symmetry, spirals, geometric patterns, polyhedra
- science artscientific illustration, anatomical drawing, botanical illustration, medical illustration, Vitruvian Man
- math artgeometric art, fractals, symmetry, patterns, golden ratio
tessellationsrandomness
Lack of predictable pattern
disarray · chaos · disorder · gaps · discontinuity