The Scribbler
 

I found this interesting flash-based drawing tool online a few months ago, and I had completely forgotten about it until I was browsing through my images and found a few screen captures of the drawings I'd done with it.

It's called The Scribbler. At first, you use the mouse to draw something-- anything-- with basic lines, and when finished, you click the "Done Drawing" button, and the engine re-draws your image with random "scribbles." You can control the scribbling line width, color, etc (using set or random values), and create some nifty effects. There's a large gallery on the site, with some cool stuff in it.

Here's a few samples of what I did with it awhile back, I'll probably fart around with it later today and see what I can come up with:

http://www.alanbellows.com/cellar.org/scribbler02.jpg
http://www.alanbellows.com/cellar.org/scribbler03.jpg

Here's one I titled "Denial":

http://www.alanbellows.com/cellar.org/scribbler04.jpg

hot_pastrami -- that is a damn neat tool. I wish I understood the algorhythm it uses to select what paths it takes, as the lines it adds truly add more substance to what you draw. Very cool.

Well, the algorithm seems pretty simple, really... the results just look complex. Each "scribbler" point starts at a random pint on the path you defined with your drawing. It then calculates all of the possible points it can jump to on the defined path which are within N pixels (where N is the adjustable "scribbliness" setting), and randomly selects one. It then draws a line between the current point and the randomly selected point using the settings currently defined for the line (thickness, color, transparency). It then repeats that process from this new point. Occasionally, each scribbler is moved to a new random point on the path, so that otherwise unreachable "islands" won't be left unscribbled.

Pretty simple, but it creates a cool effect.

way cool, alan. nice work there.......

why denial? i see a magical red sea horse.

or a fancy dragon

Here's what I got...

- Pie

It's supposed to be a dude's face... in a pained screaming expression. I can't see where you're finding a seahorse, or a dragon. But of course my eyes are biased towards what I was attemptiong to draw.

Imagine the eye is a face pointing the other way.

wow..it's like that sillhouette of candlesticks/two faces pick...you have a little escher in ya.....

now, here's a little help with what I saw. if i look at it as a face, it's obscene, but i REALLY didn't mean it like that....

Ah, I see it now. I had to look for a few seconds, and blur my eyes. Wait... I mean... that was intentional, eh! Damn I'm good.

The dual image still occurs with the cow-eunuch added, though as you say, it's a bit on the racey side. And not in a pleasant way. Ugh. I'll have to eat a whole can of Ajax to get that image out of my brain.

Jim. Lay off the crack. Seriously.

Self Portrait

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This is a keeper :>

This is a really neat drawing tool. I haven't yet put it to good use, but I will soon.