You see? This is where my hands naturally fall in place. Right here. These jacket designers went and put the pockets way back there, as if I’m a gunslinger reaching for my Colts. Continue reading
Tag Archives: glide reflection
Raven’s Zen tessellation
It is difficult to tell the difference between a raven and a crow. Un corbeau ou une corneille. Corvus corax & corvus brachyrhynchos, corvus caurinus on the Island here. Or the white ravens in Qualicum Beach!
- A raven is bigger than a crow. Maybe 25% bigger?
- A raven has a ruffled throat, wicked haidoo, and stronger thicker beak than a crow… Continue reading
Mmmm Cookies, product placement models
The canines reluctantly agreed to pose, for a fee, with the product they were modelling for. Continue reading
Squirrel Tessellation
A quickie tessellation in group Pg, built around two parallel, but different glide reflections. One of my critics said Continue reading
Cowzilla tessellation
A fantasy creature I sketched a few years ago. Refined it recently. All is not as it seems at first glance. Continue reading
Snoring dogs line tessellation
Drew a slew of these dog packs. A line symmetry system instead of a plane symmetry system. Built on a vertical stack of glide reflected dogs. Peacefully snoring, on her back, Continue reading
Weightlifter tessellation
This tessellation inspired by a nephew. A weightlifter. Isn’t he a nice guy? Sharing his weights with the Dude next to him. Good gym etiquette. He can squat 550 lbs, just for fun. Depending if you are looking at the one right side up, or upside down, they all share the same bar. Continue reading
Ocean Spray Surf tessellation — Symétruc d’embrun de mer
Sketched this Ocean Spray Surf tessellation a few years ago. Quite peaceful in colour, yet invigorating in movement. Continue reading
Dog Walker tessellation
Can’t help drawing poopers, I have two huge ones here. Yahoos that have the freedom of fields, forests and beaches. Spoiled rotten. Not like the poor buggers tied up to leashes in tiny city dog parks. Continue reading
Orangement tessellation
Third post in the series, in trying to figure out which symmetry group is being showcased. In order to do this, you must determine if there are any mirrors, any glides, any rotation points, any translations. Go for it! Continue reading
Green Gadgets tessellation
Same challenge as the previous post, Magenta Mayhem. You must try to figure out which is the underlying symmetry group in this drawing. In order to do this, you must determine if there are any mirrors, any glides, any rotation points, any translations. Continue reading
Magenta Mayhem tessellation
Lucio was my painting professor a few years back. One of the exercises he threw upon us was to camouflage an aqua square in our painting. A rather large sheet of paper on the easel, and our newly acquired knowledge of colour effects, Continue reading
Manta Rays tessellation
Just as in the previous post, a decision is made to post the sketch of the tessellation rather than the attempt at re-doing it. I did a Google images search while I was trying to re-draw this Manta Ray Tessellation Continue reading
Sasquatch tessellation
Sasquatch, a.k.a. Bigfoot, Yeti, Aah yik ii. Sasquatch is a local dude here on the West Coast. The hill just south of here has been unofficially renamed Sasquatch Hill in honour of the entertaining stories we have heard in these parts. Continue reading
Elephant tessellation
Sad and playful at the same time. A pleasure to draw with this symmetry system as there are no mirrors to render rigid the emerging creatures. My sole purpose is to entertain while filling the surface with identical motifs. Continue reading
Tessellations by Francine Champagne 