A Radial Octagonal Tessellation of Squares and Rhombi

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I believe this can be continued, outward, indefinitely. I also believe it is aperiodic. However, I do not have a proof for either of these conjectures.

32 Octagonal Mandalas, Rotating in the Dark

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To create the octagonal mandalas, I used Geometer’s Sketchpad and MS-Paint. I then projected them onto the faces of an all-but invisible icosidodecahedron, and created this rotating .gif image of it, using Stella 4d: Polyhedron Navigator, software you can try for free, right here.

A Dozen Octagonal Mandalas, Rotating in the Dark

DodecaTo create the octagonal mandalas, I used Geometer’s Sketchpad and MS-Paint. I then projected them onto the faces of an all-but invisible dodecahedron, and created this rotating .gif image of it, using Stella 4d: Polyhedron Navigator, software you can try for free, right here.

Compound of Three Octagonal Dipyramids

Yo color this thing as a compound

This compound was created using Stella 4d, software you can try here.

Variations On Octagonal Prisms

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Variations On Octagonal Prisms

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I made these with Stella 4d, a program you can find at http://www.software3d.com/Stella.php.

Octagonal Mandala II

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Octagonal Mandala

If the colors are inverted, but the background remains black, this is what it turns into:

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Octagonal Mandala

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Octagonal Mandala