Creating a repeated pattern over a mesh?

[fa2020]

Hi
How can I create this pattern you see in the image below over a mesh for example a cylinder?
Do I need to sculpt all of them one by one?
Other example is snake pattern that the pattern isn’t equal all over its body, the tail has smaller pattern.

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[dillster]

There are a few ways to do this. I would make one of each of them and use Nanomesh to place the required number of each around the cylinder.