Scriptographer – Spiderweb
So I know I promised more Scriptographer tutorials and here is another one. Spiderweb gets its name from the patterns it turns ordinary paths into. You can check out the instructions for installing Scriptographer and Spiderweb script here.
Make a shape like a square or circle.
To start out make a simple shape in Illustrator, like a circle or a square. I’m using a circle with a 1pt black line.
Next select and run Spiderweb from the Scritpographer Console.
Just like the last tutorial select and run Spiderweb. If you can find the Scriptographer window just go up to Window > Scriptographer > Main and it should pop up.
The Spiderweb options panel
after running hte script you should see this options panel. Here is a breakdown on the options
- point distance : This is the distance between the starting spots of the “strands” of the web.
- use curves : If this is checked the “strands” will be curved like in the thumbnail for this post
- Remove original path : If this is checked the original path that you created back at the start will disappear
- use random stroke width : if checked this will generate random widths for all the strands between the min and max width.
- minimum stroke width : the minimum width of strokes if the random stroke widths box is checked
- maximum stroke width : the maximum width of strokes if the random stroke widths box is checked
once you get your options set click “ok” and watch the web generate.
Spiderweb
As you can see I used curves and random stroke widths. You can just expand the shape once you are done to alter the individual lines by going to Object > Expand.
Have fun!
Look for another Scriptographer tut next sometime next week.
