Infinity Tiles

[NotMyFault]

After years I tried to re-invent an endless pattern tile. It was pure geometric first, but then I found it is very similar to a human shape.

Not yet perfect, but sharing it even in this stage to get your feedback.

• What colors would you recommend?
• Should I add more details like face, hands, or keep it abstract
• Try to model men / woman or keep it androgyn?

 

[Alfred]

14 minutes ago, NotMyFault said:

What colors would you recommend?

I like the colours that you’ve chosen.

14 minutes ago, NotMyFault said:

Should I add more details like face, hands, or keep it abstract

It works well in its present form.

14 minutes ago, NotMyFault said:

Try to model men / woman or keep it androgyn?

The current figures don’t look androgynous to me. I see big hips, suggesting that they’re women rather than men.

[William Overington]

It reminds me of that movie.

William

 

[William Overington]

The scenes near the end of the movie.

William

 

[Alfred]

9 hours ago, William Overington said:

It reminds me of that movie.

 

9 hours ago, William Overington said:

The scenes near the end of the movie.

Please don’t keep us in the dark, William!

[William Overington]

Well, I am wondering if anyone else will think the same without me first having said which movie.

If I say which movie at this time, then some people may say "Ah yes, it does" and some people may reject the idea as ridiculous.

William

 

[William Overington]

The answer is in this clip.

Only click if you would like to know the answer rather than try to figure it out, or if you wish to check if your suggested answer is correct.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSpQ3G08k48&t=135s

William

 

[John Rostron]

11 hours ago, William Overington said:

It reminds me of that movie.

Don't think that I ever saw that one, though I read the book!

14 hours ago, Alfred said:

The current figures don’t look androgynous to me. I see big hips, suggesting that they’re women rather than men.

They look androgynous to me, the 'hips' seem to be fading into the background.

John

[jmwellborn]

They also have narrow waists and rounded shoulders.  Agree with @Alfred.   I like the effect of the upside down ones at the left of the image.  If you look steadily at it, it becomes an optical illusion.  I also like the colours just as they are.

[smadell]

Very Escher-esque. Like the one below, I think your image would have done well on the wall of my college dorm room!

[NotMyFault]

49 minutes ago, smadell said:

Very Escher-esque. Like the one below, I think your image would have done well on the wall of my college dorm room!

Yeah M.C. Escher is one of my absolute heroes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gödel,_Escher,_Bach).

His craftsmanship and creative spirit is unreachable.

[Alfred]

54 minutes ago, smadell said:

Very Escher-esque. Like the one below, I think your image would have done well on the wall of my college dorm room!

Ooh, Escher and Möbius rolled into one! That’s new to me.

[NotMyFault]

Below a cleaner versions, this time more masculin.

Interestingly, the upside down version gives a different "positive" symbol, indeed there are 3 virtual sub-tiles, and the human eye combines them differently. 

I used a lot of swearing while re-drawing from scratch. Unfortunately I re-discovered a year old unfixed bugs (compound shapes inside symbols don't update), so I made a new version using one relatively simple curve shape, based on the compounds. Every night I get new ideas how to develop this shape further.

The right/left edge is now a (almost) sine curve instead of circle / ellipse shapes, allowing a cleaner fit when combining. There is zero overlap.

[NotMyFault]

Another variant of the principle theme, this time really abstract and not interpreted as human.

It has a nice property of shapes and colors forming infinity patterns, in the sense of shapes can be extended infinitely.

Still trying to uncover my original pattern from about 35 years ago, but memory doesn't serve me well without any physical paper reminder.