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This was a project for my math class. I really love tessellations.Related content
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Have you done other tessellations?
I've submitted this one to be part of the "M C Escher Style" club's gallery. Before that happens, you have to click somewhere to allow us to display it.
If you have other tessellations, I hope you'll let us display those, too.
I would have asked also to display this in my personal website, Tessellations dot org , but that website adheres to a very puritanical "safe for kids" code, and the naked-person fish in this tessellation would make the littler kids giggle. *sigh*. I even had to hide the breasts of a Moser tessellation of trout (with a mermaid), circa 1899, on my site for the same reason. The site gets 3,000 to 8,000 hits per day, most of 'em 8-to-15-year-olds in math or art class.
If you have other tessellations that are more G-rated, or if you'd be willing to display only a portion of this one, would you consider showing your work on my site? There'd be room for a descriptive paragraph underneath the art, which could contain link(s) back to your gallery here and/or another gallery or blog you might have. Before displaying the art on Tessellations dot org it would need to be watermarked, of course, with your name and the phrase "(c) 2013" to thwart piracy. I could do that, or you may want to do it yourself.
It's interesting how you solved the question, "where do I put the tail, in this essentially diamond-shaped tessellation?"
I've faced the problem myself, and found three OTHER ways to handle the tail problem.
Check 'em out:
1) One fish holds another's tail in its mouth: tessellations.org/seth-tessell…
2) One fish's tail wraps around another's whole head: tessellations.org/seth-tessell…
3) Arse-kissing: one fish's tail rests on the another's' forehead. This one's a bit of a cheat because I chose a fish whose elongated mouth is peculiar to the species... but heck, the variety of fish shapes and flexibility of their fins and bodies is 90% of the reason why fish are such a popular motif for tessellation. I wrote a fun essay about that: tessellations.org/essays-commo…
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Thanks for the advice! I have one other tessellation piece here: blackmagdalena.deviantart.com/… I also have a version showing the outline: blackmagdalena.deviantart.com/… Feel free to use them on the educational website, I'd very much like that. I don't think there is anything objectionable in it. I can attach a watermark no problem, just message me to let me know how you want the text format and I'll add my actual name to it.
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OK. In the watermark, try to make your name's title, (c) 2013, and "by YOUR NAME" visible, as in
"FISH TESSELLATION" (c) 2013 by Jonathan Hill
I usually throw in a "www.TESSELLATIONS.org" as well, but this is YOUR art, not MINE.
Visit my website tessellations.org and go to the "contact" page to email me a copy of the watermarked art as you want it to appear on the site. Include your name as you want it shown on the gallery page, and the URL of your gallery here at dA so you get some traffic from admirers. Include a description of things you think visitors would want to know, like who you are, what your inspiration was, how you discovered tessellation art, what technique you used to create the art, and what tools (paint? pencil? Digital canvas?) you used.
All the best,
Sethness
P.S. The site gets between 3,000 and 8,000 visitors per day, so it's worth appearing there.
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Cool! I just sent the e-mail. Sorry it took so long, I've been swamped with school. Thanks again.
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....And I just posted your art to my website.
You do amazing work with just a black ballpoint pen & the crosshatching technique.
Technically there was a little problem in the tessellation: there were gaps, especially between the octopus's legs, and tessellations should be "without gaps and overlaps"...but the gaps were not between the tiles, so I'm just nitpicking.
My overall impression is that this tessellation feels like a puzzle challenge: "find the pattern in this picture" because it's difficult to say where one tile ends and the next begins. Most tessellation artists totally club the audience over the head making their tiles' shapes obvious by using thick outlines and contrasty colors.
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Yeah, I wasn't trying to be really technical with this one, but your advice on tessellations has got me thinking of ideas for more. Thanks, and I'll let you know if I make another one in the future.
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one of these things is not like the other...
oh how I envy your patience
I could never do something like this
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Amazing 
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