Unveil the beauty, harmony and balance of nature's proportions.

Apply it to your own analyses, designs and artistic creations.

PhiMatrix: Graphic analysis and design software based on phi

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Examples of the appearance of Phi

Below are a variety of images, each of which embodies phi proportions in at least one way.

To see where phi appears in each image, just click the "Show phi grid" buttom below each photo.

To explore the images on your own, Download the free trial version of PhiMatrix and install it.  Click on any image to enlarge it and then use PhiMatrix™ to analyze the phi proportions.  If you need a hint on how to get started, just hover your mouse over the photos below before clicking on them.

See "Using PhiMatrix" to learn how to change the orientation to all four corners of the grid, add mirroring grid lines and experiment with the number of horizontal and vertical grid lines.

Shift the position of the grid to align with different key elements of the images.  You may be surprised at what you'll find.

 

Click on images to see original photo in full size.

 

Hover mouse over image for hint on using PhiMatrix
 
Click on buttons below to show overlay of phi gridlines.
 
Hint: Set grid to meet pupils of both eyes and bottom of chin Hint: Surround sand dollar with grid Hint: Set bottom of grid just above large arch at bottom Hint: Measure from head to toe and also the length of arms
Hint: Border the spirals with the grid Hint: Border the spirals with the grid Hint: Do not include ears in grid Hint: Place grid from nose to back of head and bottom of chin to top of head. Use 6 vertical lines.
Hint: Set grid from head to toe and use horizontal lines Hint: Set grid from head to toe and mirror the lines Hint: Set grid from head to base of body Hint: Set grid to meet pupils of both eyes and bottom of teeth and then bottom of chin
Hint: Surround car with grid to the bottom of the wheels and use horizontal lines

Hint: Put corners of grid at upper left high and lower right low, using horizontal lines

 Hint: Set grid to surround entire plane
Hint: Set grid from head to tip of tail Hint: Measure the divisions of the rings Hint: Surround the entire fish and fins with the grid
Hint: Measure the opening in front of the table, the windows in the back of room and other dimensions Hint: See the image in the header of this page Hint: Align grid to SECOND step and top to the top of the triangle
  Hint: Set grid to cover center tooth and eye to to left See our PhiDental
software for dental
applications.
   

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