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Though not strictly conforming to the art of creating pictures with string, this simple Blended Lines technique can produce similar 'String Art' style images, some of which produce very interesting results.
Professionally printed and mounted, they might make striking wall hangings?
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Impressive Steve. I used to love Indian ink sketches when I was a boy at school.
The trouble is with X4 the sky is the limit, just so many options to create great work.
I agree they would look great mounted on the wall.
Rupert
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Very nice drawings Steve.
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Lovely work, Steve.
Hope you won't mind, works well with dashed lines too.
Saludos,
Bob
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Interesting results with that method Steve.
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I enjoy the suprising results gained from simple changes.
This started off as my signature.
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Co-incidentally, a similar type of thing that I was doodling with yesterday - not lines but elipses on edge, blended and shaped with mould tool
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Great effect Steve.
Maybe you could show just the various lines before the blend?
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Try this:
stage 1
[1] Create wiggley horizontal line (1pix thick is enough) of any colour you fancy
[2] Create a second wiggley (or just curved) horizontal line of any other colour you fancy
[3] Seperate the lines by a reasonable distance on the page (one under the other)
[4] Select the Blend too (W) and blend the lines using 99 steps
[5] Draw a vertical wiggley line through the blend (start and finish outside the blend)
[6] Set that line to no colour
[7] Select all (Ctrl+A)
[8] Select the blend tool (W)
[9] Press the 'Blend along curve' button on the info bar.
stage 2
[1] Draw another horizontal wiggley or curved line through the blend (start and finish outside the blend)
[2] Set no colour to line
[3] Select all (Ctrl+A)
[4] Select the Blend tool (W)
[5] Press the 'Rotate along curve' on the info bar.
Optional
[1] Select all (Ctrl+A)
[2] Select the Blend tool (W) and change the steps on the info bar to whatever you fancy.
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Keep on Dancing :)
Some deep seas fishes having fun
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8mb flash demo of the blended lines method previously described.
Might be slowish on dial-up (sorry :o ) - Click pause and let it buffer before playing.
(I didn't record any audio so as to keep file size down..)
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Great technique, Steve. Could become addictive.
Saludos,
Bob.
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They make great desktop wallpapers! and if you use the wire frame view you can edit the curve and rotate lines by holding down ctrl and selecting the line. Then use the shape editor tool to change the line. Great idea Steve!
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Mighty groovy Steve. This brings back fond memories of my childhood back in the early '70s. :cool: I remember driving nails into some cloth covered plywood and making a string art angel and a ship.
Here's a couple of my feeble attempts using your technique. Thanks for the inspiration, instruction and video tutorial they came in mighty handy.
I'm feelin' kind of strung out, now. Time for a break.
Harry
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Here's a bit of a 'twist' on the basic idea. I blended from a line to an ellipse, added a bit map fill to the ellipse, then I added a few more shapes and a couple more string art blends and voila! I think it looks kind of pre-historic.
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Some amazing designs on this thread.
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Harry, Frances, Bob and John. Good stuff.
Imagination is the only limit. It's the suprising results that I find addictive.
Another trick you can try is once you have completed the StringArt drawing, reselect it, click the Blend tool button, then click the 'Blend along Curve' to remove it and again to re apply it. You will find you get a different result again.
You can also get nice results from cloning and flipping.
Here's one that took on a very familiar appearance...
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Those produce some really interesting effects.
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Experimenting with blending the original two line blend to text I got this ... a bit of tweaking needed :)
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Moving away from the topic slightly there John, but good to experiment none-the-less.
If you have a tablet, or even if you're ok with the mouse, try using your signature as one of the string lines.
You can also change the line Stroke Shape from the default 'constant' to any of the other shapes for more interesting results (though do be prepared for some rather slow responses if you select the 'propeller' profile).
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The initial stroke shape was a 'blip' ;) What I was trying to do at first was use the "J" as the curve of "blend along a curve", if you see what I mean. The button was greyed out though. So I ended up messing with the above and thought I'd post anyway. Not left the track totally ... fun possibilities :D
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All great work. Gives me good ideas for a project I am working on..
Thanks Guys!
Larry
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Hi everyone
Could not resist trying out this craze that Steve started off :D I have now got pages full of crazy, but great looking, designs which I am sure will come in use sometime.
Here is a sample.
Sammy
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Very nice Sammy.
First thing that comes to mind is a Lily.
First thing that came to mind here was some strange deep sea creature feeding.
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Thanks Steve.
Yes without doubt, deep sea creatures. The beauty of this string art is that even a minor alteration can create somthing completely different. Also its fun to adjust the line curves once the blend has been applied.
Here's a wierd one. :D
Sammy
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And another one before I go to sleep. Early start tomorrow :D
Sammy
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My attempt at a proper one :)
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Here's an old 'string art' piece I did...
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How long did that take Ross - Was any of it duplicated, or did you draw every line?
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Ross - Great looking String Art. How did you do it ?
Sammy
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Old fashion style string art. ;)
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Keith - Thank you. Yes I was kinda pleased with the outcome. Pure accident, I hasten to add.:D
Bill - Nice strings. Will have to figure out how you did it.
Sammy
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Sammy it is simple blend between lines at a 90 degree angle. Cloned and positioned for effect.
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