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I Wrote An Algorithm That Doodles Drawings From A Single Line
After sharing my results on single line spiral drawings here is another single line drawing style.
When I was a kid I made small drawings by just scribbling with my pen on the paper without ever removing the pen from the paper. I moved the pen all around the paper without any clear direction, but after a while, some images came to live. Here I tried to implement this playful motion into a program that converts photos into drawings.
It is one of the styles of my small shop LinesLab. It takes my computer about 10 minutes to compute one drawing. These images are all digital. Some may know that I have programmed a plotter to draw with a pen, but these images are too complex for my plotter to handle.
More info: Etsy
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Dane Pearson 8 years ago
Seriously cool! All I've got is putting googly eyes on things...a= IMG_2766-5...9e4671.jpg 
Sergej Stoppel (Post author) 8 years ago
That is a talent you can use in almost every situation!
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Sergej Stoppel (Post author) 8 years ago
Thanks! I will try to do my best.
Load More Replies... Sergej Stoppel (Post author) 8 years ago
Thanks! Feedback like this is what motivates me to work on this.
Load More Replies... Echo 8 years ago
Can you have this program run your plotter. Would be cool to see what the drawings would look like on actual paper! Great work.
Sergej Stoppel (Post author) 8 years ago
Hey, those doodles are too complex for my plotter so it just crashes. If I manage to fix that, then I will definitely make some physical drawings.
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Emily Seilhamer 8 years ago
Fantastic! This reminds me of one of my college art classes where we had to use one continuous line of wire to create a 3-d drawing. And the sculptures were no where near as complex as these drawings! Oh the blisters and challenge of not being able to cut the wire until the end...
Sergej Stoppel (Post author) 8 years ago
Doing a sculpture out of wire is way more complicated than my thing. But thanks for appreciation!
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Jan Virtue 8 years ago
Very interesting. Obviously you have the picture and the software takes your line formation and figures out a way to replicate the picture. Nice.
lemontzz aide 8 years ago
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE the effect of that 'dizzying line' <3 This is really good artwork !
Sergej Stoppel (Post author) 8 years ago
Thanks! I have a small shop on etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/LinesLab
Load More Replies... Dane Pearson 8 years ago
Seriously cool! All I've got is putting googly eyes on things...a= IMG_2766-5...9e4671.jpg
Sergej Stoppel (Post author) 8 years ago
That is a talent you can use in almost every situation!
Load More Replies... Sergej Stoppel (Post author) 8 years ago
Thanks! I will try to do my best.
Load More Replies... Sergej Stoppel (Post author) 8 years ago
Thanks! Feedback like this is what motivates me to work on this.
Load More Replies... Echo 8 years ago
Can you have this program run your plotter. Would be cool to see what the drawings would look like on actual paper! Great work.
Sergej Stoppel (Post author) 8 years ago
Hey, those doodles are too complex for my plotter so it just crashes. If I manage to fix that, then I will definitely make some physical drawings.
Load More Replies... Emily Seilhamer 8 years ago
Fantastic! This reminds me of one of my college art classes where we had to use one continuous line of wire to create a 3-d drawing. And the sculptures were no where near as complex as these drawings! Oh the blisters and challenge of not being able to cut the wire until the end...
Sergej Stoppel (Post author) 8 years ago
Doing a sculpture out of wire is way more complicated than my thing. But thanks for appreciation!
Load More Replies... Jan Virtue 8 years ago
Very interesting. Obviously you have the picture and the software takes your line formation and figures out a way to replicate the picture. Nice.
lemontzz aide 8 years ago
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE the effect of that 'dizzying line' <3 This is really good artwork !
Sergej Stoppel (Post author) 8 years ago
Thanks! I have a small shop on etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/LinesLab
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