{"id":133,"date":"2017-07-13T22:38:50","date_gmt":"2017-07-14T02:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/64.25.106.130\/?page_id=133"},"modified":"2019-05-18T19:20:42","modified_gmt":"2019-05-18T23:20:42","slug":"tile-patterns","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.irrelevant-tech.com\/index.php\/tile-patterns\/","title":{"rendered":"Tile Patterns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tile patterns need not be the standard repetitions of conventional tiles.\u00a0 A little creativity with tile design allows an end user to create arbitrary non-repeating long-range patterns.\u00a0 All that is required is a tile image that inter-mates on all four (or three or six) edges and does something useful internally.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a sample black and white line image:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-136 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irrelevant-tech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/TILEC.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"223\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Each edge has 15 lines intersecting the edge at 45 degrees which continue on to an edge, either directly or with internal 90 degree turns.\u00a0 Tiling a surface with these tiles, randomly oriented, produces a non-repeating pattern over the entire surface and disguises the tile edges:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-135 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irrelevant-tech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/TILEBWAR.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"508\" height=\"508\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Multiple sets of inter-mating tiles<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-138 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irrelevant-tech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/TILE6C.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"252\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-139 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irrelevant-tech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/TILE7C.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"252\" \/><\/p>\n<p>can be used to produce dramatic non-repeating covers by randomly selecting which tile to use and its orientation at each tile site.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-137 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irrelevant-tech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/TILE804-1024x1024.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irrelevant-tech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/TILE804-1024x1024.gif 1024w, https:\/\/www.irrelevant-tech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/TILE804-150x150.gif 150w, https:\/\/www.irrelevant-tech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/TILE804-300x300.gif 300w, https:\/\/www.irrelevant-tech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/TILE804-768x768.gif 768w, https:\/\/www.irrelevant-tech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/TILE804-1200x1200.gif 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Any group of four distinct images or objects that could be reasonably glued together four different ways would work as well. \u00a0 Just be sure to use images that hide the periodic nature of the tiles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tile patterns need not be the standard repetitions of conventional tiles.\u00a0 A little creativity with tile design allows an end user to create arbitrary non-repeating long-range patterns.\u00a0 All that is required is a tile image that inter-mates on all four (or three or six) edges and does something useful internally.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a sample black and &hellip; 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