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My Ozbird, ( for which this website is named), is another example. Its large patterns don't compare with those of my five bat and five lizard set, or the set of eight beetle tiles, but it is nevertheless a favorite of mine for its simplicity, for the clearly figurative character of its almost geometrically straight-lined outline, and for the fact that it , like my other supertilers, consists of only one shape yet will tile in considerably more interesting ways than the other supertilers. And I like it not least for its snarky Homer-Simpson-disguised-as-a-bird look. Homage to Mat Groening.

The Ozbird's exceptional tiling versatility comes from the added fillip that its point symmetric side need not be mated with another tile's point symmetric side in only one way.

©2000 John A.L. Osborn