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I am trying to create a scribble drawing but make it spherical as if the pencil or pen lines are twisted within. I have tried to extrude planes and uv map a texture to those planes and unfortunately I lose dimension when planes are parallel to the camera view.

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Any thoughts to approach this would be appreciated.

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    You might try using a curve object – gandalf3 Aug 12 '15 at 20:31
  • I wrote a small plugin (not addon.. so this must be run from the text editor and it will add itself to the 3d view) -- https://gist.github.com/zeffii/9497c16760f36ed52d15 -- this auto rotates the 3d view to help with the grease pencil drawing -- unfortunately it's not continuous ..working on that... – zeffii Aug 19 '15 at 09:25

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There are a couple ways you could go about this.

Curve object

  1. Add a curve object (I used a path, ⇧ ShiftA> Curve > Path)

  2. In edit mode (↹ Tab), extrude a vertex around randomly (⎈ CtrlLMB LMB is a fast way to extrude a vertex many times)

  3. Use the Randomize operator in edit mode to further increase randomness (Space> Randomize)

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Grease Pencil

  1. Enable Continuous Draw in 3D view > Tool Shelf > Grease Pencil and press Draw to start drawing

  2. Draw scribbles while rotating the view at intervals

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Once you are satisfied with your scribble, convert it to a curve object with the Convert button in the tool shelf:

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  • After adding a curve you'll have to give it some thickness (otherwise you won't be able to see its shadow). See how to do it here: http://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/22932/how-to-add-thickness-to-a-curve (check out a pink vertex's answer). – Paul Gonet Aug 12 '15 at 21:22
  • Thank You! I was thinking of extruding along a path may do the trick then adding some material and texture to rough it up. – tomstuder Aug 12 '15 at 23:10
  • Rough render and post effects from instagram http://tomstuder.tumblr.com/post/126561215317/scribble-blender3d – tomstuder Aug 13 '15 at 03:53
  • @tomstuder nice result. Looks like a charcoal sketch a bit. How you achieved this interesting texture? – Paul Gonet Aug 13 '15 at 09:42
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    Here is the blend file - https://www.dropbox.com/s/qmk3r0xpmxgpcev/scribble_revised.blend?dl=0 – tomstuder Aug 13 '15 at 12:18
  • Here is the refined sketch Scribble – tomstuder Aug 13 '15 at 13:00
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Use a long strand of hair with 2 or 3 children, then use one of the styling options to randomise them, ie curl, braids etc

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