Layout advice for "brick" layout tiles in walk in shower

[Claude]

Hello!

I am about to lay a walk in shower with 120cm X 20 cm tiles.
In general the room will be a "brick" type layout.
The walk in shower is closed on 3 sides and borderless on the front.
The drain is a hole type drain which is off center, which means I will have to generally cut the 'v shape' to follow the contour of the shower floor.
The shower is 110X120 cm which means a single tile will fit the entire length - but will have to be cut to follow the contours.

My question is: should I follow the brick pattern like the rest of the room - introducing a new grout line, or simply tile this part with the minimum grouting necessary?

Here are the two examples:

thanks in advance for any insight!

regards,
Claude

 

[Albert]

option 2

 

[J K Tiling Cornwall]

Yep option 2, will make the shower floor pattern blend in with the rest of the floor. Unfortunately in tiling the easy option is rarely the right one.

 

[Claude]

thank you for your replies! Option 2 it is 🙂