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KaleidoPaint Tricks

KaleidoPaint tricks I’ve learned

Posted on 2015-06-10 by Champagne Design

I am assuming you have read all of the help files within the KaleidoPaint iPad App. It’s not very complicated. Go read it. Continue reading →

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Sharing Areas between tessellations, dual purpose space

Sharing areas within a tessellation — dual purpose space

Posted on 2015-06-09 by Champagne Design

It’s so nice to share with your friends! Sometimes when I am drawing, Continue reading →

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Symmetry Group P4m Explained

Symmetry Group P4m

Posted on 2015-06-09 by Champagne Design

This tessellation method uses 3 reflections in a 45/45/90 degree triangle.   Continue reading →

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Symmetry Group P31m Explained

Symmetry Group P31m

Posted on 2015-06-09 by Champagne Design

Symmetry Group P31M can easily be confused with P3M1 which has 3 different mirror reflections. I’ve made the mistake often Continue reading →

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Symmetry Group P3m1 Explained

Symmetry Group P3m1

Posted on 2015-06-09 by Champagne Design

Images formed in a 3 mirrored equilateral triangle kaleidoscopic shape. Here as well, bilateral symmetry is at play. Three figures reflected in their 3 different mirrors, all 3 lines joining in the middle of the Continue reading →

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Symmetry Groups P31m vs. P3m1 Explained

P31m vs. P3m1

Posted on 2015-06-09 by Champagne Design

Oh, so confusing. I still can’t quite wrap my eyeballs around these two sketches. They look so similar in topic and distribution across the surface. Their construction seems the same at first glance.

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Symmetry Group P3 Explained

Symmetry Group P3

Posted on 2015-06-04 by Champagne Design

Symmetry group P3, or 3 rotations through 120 degrees. This is quite a versatile symmetry group, and easy to accomplish. Only two lines to draw the outline of your classic tessellation. Continue reading →

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Symmetry Group Cmm Explained

Symmetry Group Cmm

Posted on 2015-06-04 by Champagne Design

Symmetry Group Cmm, a.k.a., C2mm for us nerds. This is a tessellation built within a 30 / 60 / 90 degree triangle. It has mirrors on the 2 short sides and a two-fold rotation on the hypotenuse.

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Symmetry Group Pmm Explained

Symmetry Group Pmm

Posted on 2015-06-04 by Champagne Design

Group Pmm is also known as P2mm in Peter S. Stevens’ Handbook of Regular Patterns. A four-sided mirrored box. Figures with bilateral symmetry work best in this type of group. Continue reading →

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