Diamond Relief

Fine ruled facets turn a tiled surface into a field of raised diamonds. Peaks rise, flatten and invert in a slow travelling wave.

Diamond Relief: Fine ruled facets turn a tiled surface into a field of raised diamonds. Peaks rise, flatten and invert in a slow travelling wave.Diamond Relief: Fine ruled facets turn a tiled surface into a field of raised diamonds. Peaks rise, flatten and invert in a slow travelling wave.

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Ponta de diamante-inspired geometry · ruled facets

Diamond Relief, tessellation, drawn by GART: Fine ruled facets turn a tiled surface into a field of raised diamonds. Peaks rise, flatten and invert in a slow travelling wave.
Diamond Relief · CC BY 4.0

An original line interpretation of diamond-point tile relief. Four triangular facets meet at a displaced apex; nonlinear line spacing implies depth without shading or a 3D renderer. The animated apex follows a spatially phased closed orbit.