Circular Pleasing Patterns

This page will be updated as I update the main Pleasing Patterns article.

This article is accompanied by several images that are rather necessary.


This article is a companion to my Pleasing Patterns article,  yet that article is suitably large and
this concept suitably different  to warrant a new such article.   I intend to create more variations
on this idea  in the future.   This article will focus on  differences with the main article  moreso
than stand alone and so read that first if you've not already done so.

Firstly is the translation of the basic grid to a circular form.

Following is the same for the true grid.

This is such a simple transformation  that no informational differences  in the most compact storage
arise; the pattern data is the same and it is merely how the grid is used that changes.

I will now display my pieces.   This translation of the first  (the dark)  is the oldest and is much
more unique and mystical according to this grid.

This translation (the crest) is the second that was made and I rather like it,  although perhaps not
as much as the normal grid; it certainly benefits less from this new grid, I think.

This (the time) doesn't change much, but is still rather nicer for it.

This pattern partially lost (the water) is more pleasant with this grid, I think.

An interesting consequence  of having the numbers on such a grid is display with  the same interface
as those for time; I can envision an interface that gives attention to a number by spinning it along
the perimeter.  I won't bother imposing the common number symbols onto a circle, focusing only on my
symbols for these.

The zero looks better or worse, varying.

There's again no point in showing an alternative one; it wouldn't even change unless it was with the
perimeter, which it wouldn't be.

The symbol for two is still pleasant,  with that slight curve  making it potentially better than its
more rigid form and also perhaps more aligned with how it would usually appear when written by hand.

The three looks worse this way, I suppose.

The four better resembles the two under this grid, which is a pleasant quality.

The five is still recognizable and rather pleasant.

The eight also looks rather great, following from the four.

The nine also looks worse, I suppose, although it's no issue considering the rest.

The ten still looks nice here and still seamlessly combines the two and the five.

There's no difference with the eleven, so it's not reproduced here.

The thirteen is suitable here, also perhaps better resembling how it would actually be drawn much of
the time.

I currently have no other circular symbols, but expect to later, along with other such grids.
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