Using the “String Art DIY” mobile app and like to weave the thread art of your own custom photo (not using the app’s pattern library)? If yes, you can hire our artists (inside of the app) to prepare your string art pattern for you. They will enhance your photo by putting a few hours of work into your photo to prepare it (for best weaving results and highest quality) before the app’s algorithm starts to digitize it.
What is a String Art?
A string Art (Thread Art) is an artwork that gives birth to a portrait, logo, personalized art, etc. It can live on canvas, wall, billboard, or ground! It is embraced with a number of equally spaced nails (or something else that can act as nails). It is a single string (thread, or even rope) that runs continuously from one nail to another.
When you look at a string art closely, you see almost nothing! But when you take some steps back, and take a look at the artwork as a whole from a distance, you will see that it is presenting something! It can be a logo, icon, or a more realistic illustration, such as your own happy face 😀
So how to weave the best String Art for free?
Well, all you need to do is to download the “String Art DIY” app! The mobile application lets you yourself to be an artist and weave your own custom string arts! The app is 100% free and helps you step by step to have a ready thread art from nothing to a masterpiece that can be hanged on your home/office wall, or put up for sale! (The “String Art DIY” mobile application is one of our child projects that is backed by myzigzagart.com)
- Download the app. Click here for IOS. Click here for Android.
- Inside of the app, you can find variety of already prepared String Art patterns that you can start weaving. You can also upload your own photo into the app, and let the app to read up the pattern data, generate its digital string art with its smart dedicated algorithm, show you the final string art results, and read up the step by step weaving progress for you, so that you yourself can weave your own art!
Now do you need our artists’ service or not?
Short answer: Yes, ONLY IF you want to weave a custom photo of yours by using the “String Art DIY” app! No, IF you’re using the app’s pattern library to weave a pattern that already exists.
Long answer: Well, the “String Art DIY” app, has the option that lets you upload your photo directly into the app (Your photo can be a portrait image of yourself, a landscape, a logo, an illustration, or a photo from your pet)! It will read up your photo’s data, generates its digital string art version, and shows you how the final string art looks like when you complete weaving it! But when you look at the final results in the app, it may not look satisfying! And that’s normal… Most of the photos won’t give you satisfying results… It’s because robots cannot simply understand what are the most important parts in an image, and what parts should be ignored! That’s exactly when this service is needed! Our experienced artists, put a few hours of work into your photo to prepare it (for best weaving results and highest quality). We use photo editing software (such as Photoshop) to edit your photo by hand! According to what is important in an image, the photo editing progress differs. e.g., in a portrait photo we need bold eyes and strong shadows that separate nose from other parts of the face! Many other details need to be worked on, and all of these steps take time and efforts.
What do we provide at the end?
After our artists finish editing your photo, finally we will provide you a pattern ID (and a pattern ID QR Code), so that you can import it into the app! Here’s the process that is going to happen:
- You hire our artists for the “DIY Custom Zigzag Preparing” service inside of the “String Art DIY” app.
- After your request is submitted, we will get back to you (max 2 working days) to notify you if your submitted photo is appropriate based on the String Art Standards.
- When we contact you regarding your submitted photo:
a. If your photo is not approved by our team: We provide you guidelines on how to send a better photo.
b. If your photo is approved by our team: Well, we will provide you a pattern ID (and a pattern ID QR Code).
How can you test if you need the “DIY Custom Zigzag Preparing” service by artists or not?
Well, first read this blog post to know what photos work the best when weaving string arts (In this post we show you what types of photos can be converted to a thread art). Then upload your photo directly into the app! If you have seen that the generated digital string art doesn’t look good (e.g., if your face is not clear at all in a portrait image), then you can order this service! By ordering this service, you’re actually asking our artists to enhance your photo weaving results by working on your photo and preparing it based on the String Art Standards.
“String Art DIY” app helps you weave thread art in any size, any where, using any tool
The app lets you to be an artist and makeup a high quality string art in less than 2 hours like a piece of cake! As it reads up the step by step weaving progress for you, so you won’t focus on how to weave, but focus on how to give birth to a creative artwork! So don’t like to weave a thread art using canvas, string, and nails? Like to weave it on a huge empty land, or a billboard by using different tools? It’s all up to you… Be creative, and send us what you have weaved, if you wish to! We would be happy to see what you come up with!
P.S In the future we might have a showcase gallery in our website (and social networks) that will showcase our user’s artworks there… If you like us to showcase your artwork as well, just let us know by the time you’re contacting us and giving us a link to your awesome artwork’s image/video. Cheers 🥳
Sizes & shapes?
You can weave your artwork (zigzag) anywhere! On a canvas, wall, or land! It doesn’t matter in what dimensions you’re going to weave your artwork. So by size, we mean the number of nails (or something else that can act as nails) that are needed to produce the artwork! So basically you can weave in 3 sizes and in 5 shapes.
- Available Art Shapes: Circle, Hexagonal, Octagonal, Vertical/Horizontal Rectangle, Foursquare
- Available Sizes: Large-sized (~380 nails needed), Medium-sized (~240 nails needed), Small-sized (~180 nails needed)
So as an example if you like to weave a 4 m2 thread art in square shape on a wall in your office, you can request “Large-sized” size and “Foursquare” Art Shape. Our artists start working on your photo, and when they are done, we will provide you the final pattern ID! You will import the pattern ID into the “String Art DIY” app, and see that the app generates the digital string art version of your photo! Now, before starting to weave, you need to hammer the nails into the wall, right? So in order to have a 4 m2 string art, you can put ~2.1 cm space between each nail!
Tip! Large-sized patterns are suitable for artworks larger than 70×70 cm, Medium-sized patterns are suitable for artworks between 70×70 cm & 30×30 cm, and Small-sized patterns are suitable for artworks smaller than 30×30 cm.
how you do it?
- You prepare the needed tools (such as nails, string, and canvas) and download the app.
- Import your pattern (the pattern ID that we provide you) into the app and let the app render it with its smart dedicated algorithm (Digital Phase)
- Now listen to the app and start weaving as the app reads up the step by step weaving progress (Handmade Phase)
“DIY Custom Zigzag Preparing” Service FAQ
Where to request for this service?
Inside of the “String Art DIY” app.
What photos of mine are more suitable for the string art conversion?
If you like the string art of your logo, a simplified version of your logo suites us the best. And if you’re going to have your portrait in thread art, a bright and close up photo of yours is better. You can read this blog post to know what photos work the best.
What size is suitable for me when requesting the “DIY Custom Zigzag Preparing” Service?
“Large-sized” patterns are suitable for artworks larger than 70×70 cm, “Medium-sized” patterns are suitable for artworks between 70×70 cm & 30×30 cm, and “Small-sized” patterns are suitable for artworks smaller than 30×30 cm.