MORE STRING ART GENERATORS
When Hackaday posted Vrellis’ work, and again
when I posted my project at Hackaday.io, many
readers shared their own string art generator
programs. Here are a few you can try; there are
lots more out there.
• WEAVING ALGORITHM by Make: author Dan
Royer, same algorithm, but in Processing
so you don't need an EXE file or Windows.
Includes a few different styles like square,
circle, and color (still experimental). github.
com/i-make-robots/weaving_algorithm
• KNITTER by Christian Siegel, in Processing, to
generate a circular or square pattern. github.
com/christiansiegel/knitter
• AUTOMATE THE ART by Erich Eisler; this one
is Processing and Arduino code for his string
art machine (see opposite page). github.com/
ericheisler/AutomatedArt
• THREADTONE by Tobias Scheepers, Python
code using OpenCV for image processing
and Gcode for stringing the thread. github.
com/theveloped/ThreadTone; there’s also a
PROJECTS: Digital String Art
semi-finished web app by Gerben at gerben.
algemeenbekend.nl/threadtone
GOING FURTHER
I tried a bunch of variants for the algorithm, but
surprisingly the results mostly looked the same.
My code was written in GameMaker Studio; I
have no idea how easy it would be to convert into
other languages, but I guess the important part
is the main algorithm, which you can extract from
controler.object.gmx.
I’m mostly done with this project, but I like
to see what other people do with it. A number
of people are doing amazing portraits, some
in different shapes and some even in full color,
like husband and wife duo Ani and Andrew
Abakumov (ugallery.com/artist/ani-and-andrew-
abakumovs). Their work (Figure
F
) is super
impressive — hard to believe it’s the same
process, the color images look so much better.
I guess how you layer the colors has a big
influence on the final result. I hope they publish
the tools they use or even the source code.
Darya Kondrateva
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