Making Patterns from Penrose & Girih Tiles

oldmangrumpy · **Posted:** Mon Dec 12, 2016 7:01 pm **(#1)**

Kimba - thank you for the heads up on geometric tiling - I have become totally fascinated with this subject, it's never too late to learn so I have done some quick research. Now I wish they had allowed me at grammar school to combine art and geometry subjects (we had to choose Art or Science streams!!).

Whatever, I thought that, rather than posting images in the scripts/plugins thread, I should open a new thread in the GIMP Art forum. So here are some starters -

Apparently there are rules which govern the way such tiles should be used/combined - but right now I am just having fun; rules can come later

Roger-Ca · **Posted:** Mon Dec 12, 2016 8:08 pm **(#2)**

Beautiful !

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12854

Wow; some awesome results, OMG.

Issabella · **Posted:** Tue Dec 13, 2016 2:24 am **(#4)**

Beautiful starting new thread, OMG. These outcomes fantastic!

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16231

Really nice results OMG. Keep it up!

oldmangrumpy · **Posted:** Tue Dec 13, 2016 4:05 pm **(#6)**

Roger-Ca, Lyle, Issabella and Rod - well thank you and, yes Rod, I will keep it up as long as I can keep learning :hehe

oldmangrumpy · **Posted:** Tue Dec 13, 2016 10:27 pm **(#7)**

Well Rod did say to keep them coming and when you are on a binge (as Lyle puts it!), keeping them coming is not difficult -

oldmangrumpy · **Posted:** Thu Dec 15, 2016 12:21 am **(#8)**

This is an interesting journey - made a set of paths from the Girih tiles, then arranged those paths into a pattern, which I then used to render two different images -

could not resist a glass option from these tiled patterns

runSPOTrun13 · **Posted:** Thu Dec 15, 2016 2:31 am **(#9)**

is that an Auto-Bot or a Decepticon?!!!

just kiddin, really cool effects, and images OMG, thanks!
And where is this poster? All the parts that should glow in the dark are obvious....lovin it.

oldmangrumpy · **Posted:** Fri Dec 16, 2016 2:43 pm **(#10)**

runSPOTrun13 - thank you :hehe

Last posts before Xmas and I need to spend some time in the garden too -

... a philosophical take

... and a more practical take

Issabella · **Posted:** Sat Dec 17, 2016 3:23 am **(#11)**

Wow! What beautiful creations! Please, continue your binge.

oldmangrumpy · **Posted:** Sat Dec 17, 2016 8:48 pm **(#12)**

Issabella - what would I do without your encouragement

So thank you again and OK then, here is one more for you -

I really am taken in by these Girih tile shapes

Kimba · **Posted:** Sat Dec 17, 2016 9:58 pm **(#13)**

oldmangrumpy wrote:

Kimba - thank you for the heads up on geometric tiling - I have become totally fascinated with this subject, it's never too late to learn so I have done some quick research. Now I wish they had allowed me at grammar school to combine art and geometry subjects (we had to choose Art or Science streams!!).

Yes OMG I have been playing with Girih and Penrose but haven't done a complete project yet. I have also been sidetracked by Rashids Box tiling. I have been doing them in Inkscape rather than Gimp.

oldmangrumpy · **Posted:** Thu Dec 22, 2016 7:28 pm **(#14)**

Still binging - these tile shapes are both addictive and flexible in use -

Best wishes of the season to all Gimp Chatters