739 Types 1–5: The Reinhardt pentagons

- Hey gang, this is Deke McClellend.…Welcome to Deke's Techniques.…Now last week I introduced you to the 15 types…of irregular convex pentagons that tesselate.…So many syllables.…And so I figured, a lot of you would like to know…exactly what those pentagons are.…Because after all, your workmates and your buddies,…they've got their rectangular tile patterns,…and their hexagons, you have those things too.…But do they have pentagons?…They do not.…And so we're gonna start things off…with the original five Karl Reinhardt pentagons…which include this guy, type four,…as well as this variation right here,…and so much more.…

Here, let me show you exactly how they work.…Alright now, if you have access to this exercise file,…and you're working along with me…once again inside Illustrator,…then drop down to bottom left corner of the screen…and click on this down-pointing arrowhead…that reads art board navigation,…and choose the fourth art board which reads type one.…And that's gonna take you to the first type…of tessellating pentagon, first discovered…