The theory behind the zebra stripe design

I have been asked a few times if the airbrush artist came up with the design of the zebra stripes. I replied no, it was mine hence was not charged for the design work merely having it transferred to the motorcycle. How I came up with that unique design? I surfed at pictures of zebras and realized no two zebras have the same stripe design just like the whorls on our finger print, even the stripes on one side do not repeat itself on the other side of the zebra.

1. Firstly, the width of the stripes was to be 7 stripes on the side of the tank  to make them stand out. I also made each stripe look different.
2. The original design did not work as plan because when the stripes hugged the tank, they crisscross thus were adjusted on the tank itself.
3. By coincidence, on the tank was the face of a Zulu warrior with black war stripes over his eyes and cheeks.
4. As for the fenders, inverted triangle stripe was placed where the frame meet the fender based as found at the leg joint of zebras to their body. This meant concave shape stripes would be drawn away from that triangle.
5. The front fender has to have the stripes pointed out like the horn of a unicorn so turned around the stripe design normally found at the back of a zebra whereas the rear fender would have the stripes drawn like a normal zebra.

I am no artist but was very pleased with the results. My helmet was also another difficult exercise because I wanted the stripes to 'flow with the wind' and felt it was harder to design that than the stripes on the bobber.