Upload a photo: a single thread runs across it and settles where the shadows are, until the image appears. Choose a taut thread in straight lines or curves, a thread stretched between nails like string art, a spiral or waves that swell in the dark areas. Add three-color inks, a stroke that thickens in the shadows, then watch the drawing trace itself on video.
At each step, the tool tries dozens of directions and picks the one that crosses the most shadow not yet “drawn”. The line builds up in the dark areas and leaves the light areas almost empty.
It is a drawing made with a single thread stretched between nails set in a circle or a frame. The “Nails” mode works out the order in which the thread goes from nail to nail.
Yes: the SVG export contains the line in one piece (one path per ink), with no fill, ready for a plotter, a cutter or Illustrator.
No, all the computing happens in your browser.
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Jérôme Enel-Réhel, graphic designer · enel-rehel.com · Instagram