Xtreme String Art

[iamtheblues]

Great technique, Steve. Could become addictive.
Saludos,
Bob.

[angelize]

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!

[HayTay]

Mighty groovy Steve. This brings back fond memories of my childhood back in the early '70s. 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

[angelize]

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.

[salaam]

Some amazing designs on this thread.

[steve.ledger]

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.