HELP! What is the name of a pattern...

[limr]

Dante's Inferno?

 

[tirediron]

Are you thinking of Fresnel, like the rings in a lighthouse's Fresnel glass, or the Fresnel pattern inside of viewfinder screens?

The Million Dollar Lens: The Science and History behind the Fresnel Lighthouse Lens - CADENAS PARTsolutions

Fresnel works as well...

 

[zombiesniper]

If you are talking like a spiral of a shell it would be infinite helical symmetry.

Here's a good link for cosmetology that goes into symmetrical and repeating patterns in nature.

 

[smoke665]

Not sure what it was called, but way back in my younger days after a long night on the town, when I went to bed I'd have to keep one foot on the floor to keep my head from spinning in the spiral you describe.

 

[otherprof]

which repeats inside itself in ever-decreasing size; for instance a series of concentric circles? I know there's a particular name, but my Google-fu is weak and my brain weaker...

Could you be thinking of fractals?

Nope, they're random in appearance.

Check out: fractalfoundation.org/resources.

which repeats inside itself in ever-decreasing size; for instance a series of concentric circles? I know there's a particular name, but my Google-fu is weak and my brain weaker...

Could you be thinking of fractals?

Nope, they're random in appearance.

Not necessarily: Check out: fractalfoundation.org/resources/what-are-fractals
The animation on that page is clear, non-random - and hypnotic.

 

[jcdeboever]

Bad lsd trip?

 

[terri]

Bad lsd trip?

Yeah dude. Order a pizza and just look at it. The slices, cut in such beautiful symmetry. And the colors.

Take a slice out of the pizza and reflect on the damage you've done to the symmetry. Should keep you from worrying about this other nonsense.

 

[480sparky]

Bad lsd trip?

Yeah dude. Order a pizza and just look at it. The slices, cut in such beautiful symmetry. And the colors.

Take a slice out of the pizza and reflect on the damage you've done to the symmetry. Should keep you from worrying about this other nonsense.

But............... it looks like.........................................

..........PAC-MAN!!!!!!!

 

[gk fotografie]

which repeats inside itself in ever-decreasing size; for instance a series of concentric circles? I know there's a particular name, but my Google-fu is weak and my brain weaker...

I think that you might mean the accompanying effect, for PaintNet editing program this effect is called 'layer cake' (aviable as an extension), don't know if such an effect, as a plugin, exists for Photoshop.

Gerard

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[vintagesnaps]

Something I think I learned in art in school but can't think what it is.

Meanwhile look at these infinity rooms and listen to either Pac Man or the Twilight Zone while you're at it.

http://www.designboom.com/art/yayoi-kusama-hirshhorn-museum-six-immersive-infinity-rooms-03-08-17/

 

[compur]

The Twilight Zone is coming back once again, by the way.
‘Twilight Zone’ Reboot From Jordan Peele, Simon Kinberg, Marco Ramirez Greenlit at CBS All Access

 

[vintagesnaps]

Yeah but will Rod Serling all of a sudden be in the room??

 

[Fred von den Berg]

@tirediron: Recursive may be the term you're looking for.

 

[snowbear]

"Lots" as in "Lots of round things"

 

[Designer]

Have you found your answer?

You didn't respond to my guess, so I presume it was incorrect.