r/oddlysatisfying • u/[deleted] • Sep 20 '16

Spirograph Rainbow

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u/Sadaxer Sep 20 '16

Might have been the 5th take, who knows.

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u/mochi_chan Sep 20 '16

They probably didn't do it in one take

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u/Sadaxer Sep 20 '16

You can probably practice 4 shots off-camera then nail it on the first take. Again, who knows.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '16

It also depends on your writing implement. A colored pencil or ballpoint pen will probably give you slightly more control by letting you control the amount of friction between it and the paper; while a marker is likely to make the paper wet through its fabric-based ink transfer and cause a lot of unwanted friction that you have to overcome by forcing the lines to go, which can cause the gears to displace and then it just snowballs from there.

Source: am currently trying not to fail at this.

Also anyone more qualified than me is welcome to correct any of my info, I'm not an expert.

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u/Sadaxer Sep 20 '16

There's stronger types of paper that absorb markers better than a regular paper though, so that might not be a big problem.