Aiman Soliman

I used a modified snub square tiling as a base for creating two grotesque motifs, a winged and horned monster. Both the right and left tessellations are identical. However, the optical illusion of folding is visible on the right tile. Our minds take clues from the visible shapes and shadings to estimate the spatial configuration of observed objects. For example, the rhombus shapes and surrounding square tiles in this semi-regular tile give an illusion of an isometric perspective. I further emphasized the sense of depth by shading this tile as if it is illuminated from a single source of light. As a result, the juxtaposed monster tessellation appears to be folded in a three-dimensional space, though it is perfectly flat.