Infinite Knot 7.4

Infinite Knot 7.4

Infinite Knot 7.4 The knot with the beautiful symmetry here is the 7.4 infinite knot. That means it’s the 4th variation of a knot with 7 points at which it crosses.  I gave the knot a rough surface texture and overlaid that with plaid stripes.  The background is...
Infinite Knot 5.2

Infinite Knot 5.2

Infinite Knot 5.2 .In my brief study (so far) of mathematical knots, I’ve learned that an infinite knot essentially can’t be simplified further without cutting the “strand”. Mathematical knots have a number associated with them. the first...
Tiled Carrack Bend

Tiled Carrack Bend

Tiled Carrack Bend After realizing it had been some time since i’d done a knot, I decided to do this Carrack bend. it’s a knot used to tie two ropes of large size together. As I was texturing it, I was trying to replicate the tile like you might see on a...
Celtic Trinity

Celtic Trinity

Celtic Trinity Once I had done the Leonardo da Vinci knot, I became fascinated with infinite knots, and one of the first ones I tried was the trinity knot (3.1) It’s often called the Celtic Trinity knot. A number of the Celtic trinity variations that I saw also...
Leopard Stevedore

Leopard Stevedore

Leopard Stevedore Another texture that I tried to do was this leopard. I used the musgrave texture as the base, though I don’t think it quite got the look I wanted. still, it’s a nice look. The background is supposed to be reminiscent of a grassland...