Kidz Fun Art has a quick and easy way to add pretty patterns to your image, and it's with the classic child's toy, a Spirograph!

See how it's done

A Spirograph is a circle with holes in it. You stick a pen through one of the holes and move it around inside another circle, drawing a different pattern depending on

• the hole you choose
• the size of the inner circle
• the size of the outer circle

To begin, choose the tool from the Pen menu on the right side

This will place a Spirograph on top of your drawing, like below.

Place your pen/mouse/finger on one of the holes in the inner circle and move it in a circular motion. You'll see the inner circle move around the outer circle, drawing the colour you chose along the path that the hole follows.

Moving and Resizing

To create even more varied patterns, you can move and change the size of both the outer circle and the inner circle.

To move the whole Spirograph around, press the button on the bottom left and move it wherever you want, like in the animation below. To move the inner circle to a place inside the outer circle, press the arrow icon on the top left of that circle, and move it to wherever you like.

To resize either the outer circle or the inner circle, you can press the button next to it and move your pen/finger/mouse to change the size, as in the animation below.

Give it a go, I hope you make beautiful things with it!