wire frame effect

[Ross Macintosh]

What I attach might be the old graphic of mine that Gary is thinking of. It was made using an approach like Soquili showed above but then rotating/flipping multiple copies for a spirograph kind of thing.

Regards, Ross

[Big Frank]

That's really cool! It makes me think of the London Eye or the Eiffel Tower

[Ross Macintosh]

I attach my old 'Mars' image that originated out of making an irregular grid of lines like those in this thread - but then applying a technique Big Frank discovered to generate the shapes from the spaces in the grid.

I attach a old mini tutorial I had made regarding Big Frank's technique. Since the release of Xara Xtreme it has become even easier (more intuitive if not easier) to capture the areas defined by a grid/mesh. Now all you need to do is get your mesh ready by making sure it is comprised of only lines. (Convert blends to editable shapes and ungroup). Then select all the lines and use the 'Join' command followed by 'Convert Line to Shape'. You can then underlay a filled shape (like a rectangle) under that mesh shape and subtract the mesh from the filled shape using the 'Combine>Subtract' command. The result will be a cookie cutter effect leaving you with many usable shapes once the 'Break Shapes' command is applied.

I note that if you try this note that the contour tool's inset path feature can be used to resize all the pieces so the gaps between them are greater.

FUN STUFF!!

Regards, Ross

[Ross Macintosh]

And this old flag was created using the above technique...

(I'm still on-topic aren't I?)

Regards, Ross

[gwpriester]

Ross's Master Class.

Brilliant.

[Giovanni]

What an interesting thread came out from a very simple question. Refreshing!

[jvila]

Ross,
My english is not as good as I dessire and I can't realize how you get that grid, using moult tool I just have 4 points and that grid appears to have more than that.
Did you use mould tool to get the grid or use another technic?.
Un abrazo

[Ross Macintosh]

No mould tool jvila.
Just layout lines in whatever mesh pattern you like so you have a bunch of overlapping lines. Select them all and 'Join Shapes'. To that joined set of lines apply "Convert line to shape". The result can then be combined with another shape like a rectangle using the 'Combine Shapes>Intersect' command followed by 'Break Shapes".

The mars image and the flag actually originated with the same grid of lines.

[jvila]

Thank you Ross,
One more, the lights over the flag are from the picture or you added later?.
Best regards

[Ross Macintosh]

The flag is just a series of shapes so what you are seeing as a bunch of blue and red shapes is those filled shapes.