Humans are Random Houndstooth Generators

P. Doyle's sheer madness. A programmed random houndstooth generator!!! Why is it that this pattern intrigues artists and designers to such an extent that they feel the need to produce such a massive abundance of variations on a theme. Please tell me what is so compelling about this crappy pattern that has made it so pervasive! There has to be some cosmic depth to it that I'm just not reading.

Jessica Childers uses it in the background of one of her "Critical Introspection" portraits. The artist's statement: "I hope to create paintings that communicate to the viewer a sense of frustration, anxiety, and discomfort, but almost on a subconscious level." She's certainly successful.


And the random generator births another new wave of houndstooth courtesy of St. John. The barbarian invasion continues.

Gordon Magnin's Houndstooth Slasher

A little houndstooth number from Gordon Magnin's online portfolio. Wicked razor collages that look like the work of some demented stalker from an early Argento slasher. I hear a soundtrack of discordant lullaby melodies sung by creepy dolls with shattered faces... La La La... as the leather gloved hand of the monstrous tormentor cleaves another houndstooth shape from the flesh of an innocent italian ballerina who just happened to stumble upon a coven of witches and alchemists in a derelict graveyard on the outskirts of rome.