spirograph
- Started
- Last post
- 11 Responses
- moxiedog
I'm trying to do a swirly line background in Illustrator.
A spirograph effect. Anyone know how?
Brooke - u wrote something a while back but I can't get it to work :(
- unknown0
theres a filter too Panopticum doodah thingmajigwotsit..
array thing or something..
- moxiedog0
cool, thanks, I'll give it a go!
- thosethat0
ps:
the scriptographer plug-in is free..!
- moxiedog0
WOW! thanks so much thosethat!! It's really cool :)
- ********0
the easiest thing is to do this:
1. take 2 shapes, (star, outlines fonts, etc) make one bigger and in front of the other.
2. select them both. go to Object>> blend>>belnd options and specify # of steps (try 10 first)
3.object>> blend>>make
coool huh?
- ankixa0
not really a "spirograph" but if you hold down the "~" [tilde key]
while drawing with an unfilled shape - you get a similar effect.
- moxiedog0
thank you supes, I've just had a go at that and yeah it is cool and eeeeeeezy!
I am trying to make that wierd background you get on passport pages, spirogrph was the only word i could come up with to describe it!
- moxiedog0
ankixa - how do you draw with an unfilled shape (sorry if that sounds like a daft question!)
- ankixa0
turn the fill off - just use the outline.
- moxiedog0
oh ankixa, I can't do it :(
yeah... I know u take off the fill, so ur just using outline, but how do'u 'draw' with it? Nothing happens when i hold down ~
?