Line figures and marks

Line geometry and printed marks for Seeds of Renaissance: sacred-geometry figures, interlaced and knot marks, a kolam line pattern and checkerboards, as transparent black line work. Made from the botanical flower mood board (moodboard folder botanical-flower-illustration/removal-candidates, on GitHub), where each image was cut out, cropped to a tight box and renamed. See also the other sets in system/graphics/.

Gallery with every file and a link to each: graphics/lines on the design system site, built with every set by python3 system/build/build-galleries.py from elements.json.

Drawn in black ink (--ink, #1b1916) on a transparent ground. The colour is fixed in the files, so use them on light grounds; they don't turn chalk on night. The Metatron's cube is rebuilt from geometry, so it is exact and its SVG is tiny; the others are traced from small sources. SVGs are kept only where they are small and clean (under 150 KB); the finest line work is PNG only. Catalogue numbers in the sources (5312, 795 and so on) are kept in the names and removed from the images.

Elements

In elements/. Names read subject or subject-style. PNGs 1000px on the long side. Transparent edges are cropped close, with about 2px of margin: add space around them in the layout.

NameWhat it isFilesSource
metatron-cubeMetatron’s cube: The full cube: thirteen circles joined by every line between their centres, in even black lines. Rebuilt from geometry, so it is exact.PNG, SVGbfi-07
egg-of-lifeEgg of life: Seven circles around a central one.PNG, SVGbfi-13
metatron-cube-circlesMetatron’s cube with circles: Metatron’s cube drawn with its circles, for a looser look than the exact one.PNG, SVGbfi-13
seed-rosetteSeed rosette: Overlapping circles forming a rosette. PNG only: a trace of the fine lines is heavier than the image.PNGbfi-11
mark-5312-ringsMark 5312: Six looping bands, striped, interlaced around a ring of dots.PNG, SVGbfi-12
mark-795-bandsMark 795: Six bold loops interlaced around an open hexagon, with three thin inner lines.PNG, SVGbfi-22
mark-3956-knotMark 3956: Five solid loops woven around a small star-shaped centre.PNG, SVGbfi-23
mark-4672-crossMark 4672: A circle of fine concentric lines around a woven diamond. PNG only: the fine lines make a heavy trace.PNGbfi-24
mark-885-knotMark 885: Four looped bands woven around a central square.PNG, SVGbfi-26
spiral-knotSpiral knot: Four interlocking spiral bands, in even black lines.PNG, SVGbfi-25
wave-ringWave ring: An eight-lobed ring of wavy bands, enlarged from a small logo.PNG, SVGbfi-27
radial-spiral-4779Mark 4779: Radiating wedges spiralling around an open, notched centre.PNG, SVGbfi-29
kolam-knotKolam knot: A looping line woven around a grid of dots, in the manner of a kolam.PNG, SVGbfi-21
checkerboardCheckerboard: Black squares with slightly rounded corners, white made transparent.PNG, SVGbfi-10
checkerboard-3-rowsCheckerboard, 3 rows: A strip of three rows of twelve checks.PNG, SVGbfi-10
mark-1268-loopsMark 1268: Four looping, ampersand-like shapes around a small square, in solid black.PNG, SVGbfi-30
mark-4684-rosetteMark 4684: A rosette of overlapping circles in fine black line. PNG only: the fine lines make a heavy trace.PNGbfi-31

Source images are bfi-NN-* files in the mood board folder (not committed, and not yet cleared for public use). Elements the owner chose not to ship are listed in removal-candidates (moodboard folder botanical-flower-illustration/removal-candidates, on GitHub).

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