Liquid crystal display

A liquid crystal display, comprising:

• a first substrate comprising a first alignment layer, gate lines, and data lines;
• a second substrate facing the first substrate, the second substrate comprising a second alignment layer;
• and
• a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate,
• wherein a plurality of pixels are arranged in a matrix defined by the gate lines and the data lines,
• wherein an alignment direction of the first alignment layer or the second alignment layer of a first pixel is different than an alignment direction of the corresponding alignment layer in a neighboring pixel,
• wherein neighboring pixels form a pixel group,
• wherein an overall alignment direction is determined through the vector sum of the alignment directions of the first alignment layer and the second alignment layer, and
• wherein the overall alignment direction of the pixel group is circular.