what's this called - Spirograph light painting

[kevin99989]

I hung a string from the ceiling, and attached a small LED light and swung it in a circle using several colors.

I was trying to find what this kind of "artwork" is called, but couldn't. Would like to see more examples online of what people have done!

[AcadieLibre]

Light painting I do believe.

[Bambi]

very cool!

[kevin99989]

it's a specific kind of light painting - I remember that someone mentioned it on this forum, but I can't find the original thread...

[vyeko]

It is a spirograph light painting. Excellent work.

[kevin99989]

that's it. Thanks! I found a few links already:

Create Geometric Light Painting Spirographs | DIYPhotography.net

[Iguanasan]

Very cool results... I love the different colours.

[Marko]

Cool kevin. If you like that you'll likely also like this - Camera tossing. be careful though I don't think insurance covers damages caused by deliberately throwing your camera into the air Flickr: Camera Toss

[kevin99989]

Thanks Marko - wow - that's crazy. Some the results are excellent! However I have a hard time believing that such well organized light painting patterns can emerge from the randomness of a camera tossed in the air. There must have been some constraints somewhere such as tying a string to the camera and spinining it, for example. I will have to try it!

[Marko]

Keep in mind that there are different ways to toss the camera. If you toss it willy nilly you get scribble scrabble. But if you toss it/toss it with spin carefully, you can easily get very non-random patterns that look similar in principle to your spirograph image. Glad you are having fun with this.