Kaleidoscope with Square Grid Pattern

Kaleidoscope with Square Grid Pattern, a photo by randubnick on Flickr.

I am still playing around with Painter's kaleidoscope mode, figuring out what works and what doesn't. I have been wondering what would happen if I combined a pattern pen with kaleidoscope mode, so tonight I tried it. I tried several patterns and some didn't seem to work well, but then I tried this one and I like the result. (This pattern began with a photo that I took of a sidewalk grate with a grid pattern.) Depending on how you move the pattern pen, you can make circles or create a texture that suggests pleats or crinkling.