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Hexiamond Zodiac

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Sometimes I do make designs that are not ambigram related, for example this hexiamond set styled after the symbols of the zodiac. The hexiamonds are the shapes that can be made by joining six equilateral triangles together. There are exactly twelve ways to do so, hence the association with the zodiac.

My initial sketches for this set are actually fairly old, and my inspiration came from a similar design for the pentominoes by Ton Schotten (see this page, 5th image). Schotten's work actually depicts the animal and human figures of the zodiac, so I decided to base my hexiamonds on their related symbols instead.

The hexiamonds form a nice puzzle, as they can be arranged in a wide variety of interesting shapes. Although I'd love to make the zodiac hexiamonds as a physical set, I only have a digital version for now. By the way, the colours in this rendering are a tribute to MS Paint Adventures.

For a nice arrangement of the pieces, see this deviation.

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Hello! Love your design, totally a great work :) This literally made me sign in to deviantart.
May I use your design to make actual hexiamond puzzle pieces?