Snowflake Symmetry Types Gallery
Angel Dance - 2
Hedge - 41
Possibilities - 184
Satin Composition - 325
Satin Composition - 361
Composition L - 332
Composition L - 367
L System Star H - 128
Foliage - 31
Quonset HHH - 74
Railing HHH - 133
Rails HHH - 134
Hexgosper - 162
L System Star P - 129
L-system Tree - 158
Waterfront 1 - 146
L-system Tree 2 - 157
Workplace - 161
Fine Lace - 1
Pinkpetals Q - 66
Sun Squared - 93
Incoming - 98
treeform - 238
August - 266
Yellow August - 296
Frosty1 - 241
Frosty2 - 262
Composition G - 305
Composition G - 341
Sky Composition - 318
Pinks - 326
Sky Composition - 354
Pinks - 362
Bricks - 274
Smoke Filled Room - 22
Woodwards Assym - 104
Yard - 106
Bearing QH - 108
pods - 179
Gorgeous - 201
October Tree 1 - 222
Cobble - 307
Cobble Invert - 308
Dawn - 312
Cobble - 343
Cobble Invert - 344
Dawn - 348
Scylla and Charybdis - 4
Barb - 8
Cordovan Flox - 20
Cris - 21
Empties - 26
Cross-Sectional - 29
Cool Mint Flavor - 35
Ken - 42
Alley - 45
Lizard Dance - 47
Candy Hearts - 50
Electric Sky - 52
50s Print - 54
Outgrowth - 78
Do-Si-Do - 79
Shadow - 82
Ken - 111
Atrium QHH - 115
Atrium QHHH - 117
Thornton Tile - 152
October Tree 2 - 223
Assymetric Toonies - 231
Foliage2 - 261
Spiral 1 - 291
Composition E - 303
Composition E - 339
Bathwall - 10
Brick Circle - 14
Quonset QHHH - 76
Wet Walk - 102
smashed - 125
Escalator QHHH - 127
Puddle And Pole - 131
Summer - 143
Bars - 209
Blue Tiles - 212
Ceiling - 213
Central - 214
Milk Crates - 216
Fall Colors - 219
October Tree 3 - 224
Broken - 247
Treeform - 250
Foliage1 - 251
Wetpath2 - 260
Double Happiness - 276
Waterfront 2 - 147
Pink - 226
Hall - 278
Bench - 271
1940s - 13
Cage - 16
Moorish Tile - 30
Goose - 38
Reflect - 181
Building - 246
Banana - 267
Bluetree - 273
Hearts - 279
Peaches - 282
Rain A - 284
Rain - 285
Walk - 295
Composition H - 306
Dawn Sky - 313
Composition J - 315
Composition H - 342
Dawn Sky - 349
Composition J - 351
Gaol - 36
Grass - 39
Mirror - 60
Pentagonal - 65
Deceptively Simple - 96
Tree - 97
Woodwards - 105
Chainlink QPP - 110
Tree QHP - 141
Pillars - 145
Centre - 160
Structure - 165
Steel - 174
Thistle - 175
Thistle Tessalation - 176
Green - 196
Palm - 225
Toonies 2 - 230
Composition K - 324
Composition K - 360
Backpack - 5
Diamond Dasies - 25
Evoving Shapes - 27
Hedge 2 - 40
Mama - 51
Bearing QHH - 109
Heather - 118
Pink - 120
Chile 76 QHPH - 126
Path QHPH - 130
Rail QHPH - 132
Armandnav - 148
Cordovan Facade - 149
Thornton Geese - 153
Smoke - 166
Augbark - 167
Inversion - 169
Bars - 170
Window - 172
Pole - 180
Cobbles - 187
Shop at Dawn - 188
Fallen Leaves - 192
Early Fall - 193
Green 2 Inverted - 194
Green 2 - 195
Mulberry - 197
Ramp - 204
Garden in September - 205
Shadow - 206
Central - 215
Dawn - 217
Lawn - 221
Quarters - 227
Toonies - 229
Toonies - 232
Rogers 2 - 235
Spring Corner - 90
Bath - 9
Birds on a Wire - 12
Wet Path - 233
Redcar - 244
Reflection QHPPH - 135
Sun Is Coming - 189
Tree - 207
Spiral 2 - 292
WindowWall - 61
Silver - 323
Silver - 359
Treeform2 - 253
Treeform - 256
Bubbles - 298
Bubbles - 334
Composition B - 300
Discovery - 328
Composition B - 336
Discovery - 364
Chrome - 275
Treeform - 245
Treeform2 - 248
Bark - 268
Street o Gold - 293
Seat - 289
Red - 319
Red - 355
Dusky Daw - 58
Stellar Focus - 63
Pinkpetals QP - 67
Breaking the Surface - 95
Deep Inside - 103
Bed - 269
Composition D - 302
Composition D - 338
Ent World - 46
Close Encounter - 56
Starburst - 57
Composition C - 301
No Colour - 327
Composition C - 337
No Colour - 363
Pennsylvania Dutch - 3
Moorish Dome - 19
Dead Tree 1 - 23
Dead Tree2 - 24
The Entrance - 28
Fresh Leaves Assym - 32
Fresh Leaves Blend - 33
Fresh Leaves - 34
Livestock - 49
Puddle - 59
Sharpening Focus - 62
Barb and Cris 2 - 64
Port Entrance - 72
Science World - 80
SFU - 81
Spring - 89
Simple edge - 91
Target QPH - 138
Descend - 164
Hells Gate - 171
Bouquet - 173
Brickflower - 178
Mural - 198
Oil on Water - 199
Cookshack - 18
Texture - 94
VAG Stairs - 100
VAG Stairs 2 - 101
Sluice - 151
VAG1 - 11
Target QPHP - 139
Bench - 185
Blue Rail - 186
Target QPHPH - 140
Byantine Floral - 15
Milky Way - 37
Howard and Pat - 44
Pinkpetals QPP - 68
PinkTree - 71
Organic - 84
VAG - 99
Main Station - 123
Stair - 121
Sky Blend - 85
Sky 1 - 86
Sky 2 - 87
Cafe Window - 144
Shady Bricks - 150
Driveway - 155
Driveway 2 - 156
title - 159
Blinds - 177
Overhead - 190
Fallen Leaves - 191
Rails Asymmetric - 202
Rails - 203
Window Box - 208
Driveway 2 - 218
Colonial Porcelain - 17
Pinkpetals QPPP - 69
Quonset QPPP - 77
Siding - 83
Steel - 92
Wrinkles - 107
Grass - 113
Leaves - 119
Sky QPPP - 136
Skytrack QPPP - 137
Belfry - 154
Pool - 168
BlueCorner 4 - 210
BlueCorner - 211
Flower - 220
rogers - 234
Pillar - 236
Treeform - 239
Frosty - 243
Dawn - 264
Frosty - 258
Redcar - 242
Treeform - 249
Station - 122
Pepper - 283
Light - 240
Spiral - 88
Plaid - 48
Treeform - 265
Morn - 252
Morn - 263
Roger Tree - 288
Tree - 321
Tree - 357
MandCusp - 280
MandelCusp - 316
MandelCusp - 352
Red Pepper - 287
Puddle 2 - 73
Blue - 297
Blue - 333
Dawnfog B - 311
Dawnfog B - 347
ShrinkWrap - 290
Wrap - 322
Wrap - 358
Barb and Cris - 6
Barb and Cris Tiled - 7
Orange - 281
Extreme - 317
Extreme - 353
Composition A - 299
Composition F - 304
Cover - 309
Composition A - 335
Composition F - 340
Cover - 345
Red - 286
Warmth - 330
Warmth - 366
Nikstai - 255
Composition I - 314
Composition I - 350
Treeform - 254
Skylamp - 257
Dodecagon - 259
Treeform - 294
GreenYellow - 277
Hexagonal - 53
Tangled Web - 55
Quonset HHH Tiled - 75
Empties Tiled - 112
Mama Tiled - 114
Howard and Pat - 43
Pinkpetals Seed - 70
title - 163
Park Path - 200
Dawmfog A - 310
Composition K - 320
B&W - 329
Dawmfog A - 346
Composition K - 356
B&W - 365
Bench A - 270
Bench - 272
Smashed Tess - 124
Smashed Tess - w - 124
This page shows the snowflakes arranged by symmetry types. I use 6 types; 5 rotational symmetries and a simple translation symmetry
I have q - which stands for quad which is taking a square and then making a mirror image horizontally and lining the squares up and then taking that whole thing and flipping it vertically. This creates a bigger square that is very symmetric arond the centre lines.
I have p - which stands for pent - which involves taking a section of an image that is a 72 degree isosceles triangle that can be rotated and matched 5 times.
I have h - which stands for hex - which is much like pent but uses triangles that can be rotated 6 times by 60 degrees.
I have t - which stands for tri - which is much like pent but uses triangles that rotate 3 times.
I have d - which stands for dec - which is like pent but uses triangles that rotate 10 times.
The images that you see that are over all involve translation where I take snowflakes and fill a plane with them. The hexagonal ones tile a plane perfectly but the pentagonal ones have an aperiodic tiling.
To make the snowflakes I start with a photograph as a seed and then extract and combine chunks repeatedly - the string of characters after the title shows the transformations in the picture and the order they occured in.
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