I'm trying to duplicate a complicated floor pattern I see in a photo. It's
texture has texture_map's couple of layers deep.

I have one scene in an animation that is rendering unusually slow compared
to some of the others.  In considering the suspects I'm wondering if it's
the floor tile!

Q: do multi-layered patterned textures slow up render speed?
 
Any tips on how to speed it up: 
        is it better stick to patterned pigments and do without "normal" in the
texture?
        are there any problems with the way in which you define a pattern--is there
a trick to defining it all in one gulp?

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