SAVILLE RASTER
The Saville Raster was the first script I wrote for Scriptographer, though I have to admit that I had alot of help from a friend.
The idea wasn’t my own. Jürg Leni, creator of the Scriptographer plugin, had commissioned a script, called Faust, that produced this effect for an artist and the script wasn’t published on the site. Alot of people in the forum had expressed a desire for this script and I thought that if the Faust script couldn’t be released due to some reason or other that wouldn’t stop me from posting my own version. I really liked it too and figured that this couldn’t be all that hard to do so I sat down with a friend, with a much higher understanding of javascript than me, and started scripting.
It didn’t take long and the result was very satisfying and really sparked a new interest in trying to use Illustrator as a tool for more procedurally generated art/design, such as Processing or NodeBox/NodeBox 2. I named it Saville Raster after its strong resemblance of Peter Saville’s iconic album cover for Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures.
Unfortunately, just a day or two after posting the script, I was contacted by Jürg who felt, although glad I had started using Scriptographer, obliged to remove the script. We exchanged some mails and sorted it all out.
If anything, I felt kind of flattered by the whole thing.
14 Responses to “SAVILLE RASTER”
October 27th, 2011 at 10:36
do u still got the script file….its not avaible anymore
would be fantastic if u could share it
andii
November 28th, 2011 at 20:14
Incrivel este script. Onde consigo fazer o download
November 28th, 2011 at 20:27
Muito obrigado. Depois de muitos pedidos, vou colocar esse script em breve. Manter os olhos abertos. [Google translate]
November 28th, 2011 at 20:28
After many requests, I have decided to put this script out for download soon. Keep your eyes open.
December 13th, 2011 at 19:57
Boa tarde! Como pretende postar o script para download. Seria muito gentil se antecipasse à minha caixa postal. Kiladesign@yahoo.com.br
Agradecimentos!
December 22nd, 2011 at 4:55
Faust, Saville and/or Hector script available by now?
Thanks!
Rapha
January 4th, 2012 at 12:55
Trying to stifle the spread of something thats relatively easy to repeat is a loosing game
January 4th, 2012 at 13:01
….and somewhat ironic that its a copied style in the first place.. Jürg has plenty to claim his fame for. Not sure why he’s still so ‘my precious’ about this personally
January 4th, 2012 at 16:28
Hi Jim,
A while back I sent an email to Jürg asking him if he minded I released my Saville Raster script. As he didn’t replied I figured it wouldn’t be that big a deal anyway. Litteraly 5 minutes before I was about to post it I got his reply saying:
“I still plan to release the Faust script, but need to brush it up a bit. So if you could refrain from releasing the Saville, that’d be great.”
So, I am NOT stifling, I have gotten ALOT of emails asking me to release it and believe me, I do want to. But on the other hand, it’s is all due to Jürg that we have this wonderful plugin to toy around with in the first place and I feel that I want to honour his wishes because of that.
I hope you can endure, otherwise I would suggest to make your own version as it is really a very small matter but nonetheless personally rewarding in doing so.
/ Håkan
February 16th, 2012 at 13:48
I’m waiting for the download link. Congrats for the work.
March 16th, 2012 at 19:46
I really love your work, Håkan!
The only thing is i don’t understand why Jürg preventing you from posting your script? You didn’t use or see his code when creating your script and the ideas cannot be copyrighted.
Anyways, I wonder if you could try to add this level of functionality to your script as shown here: http://ertdfgcvb.com/p2/etw/iloveyou (by the way since this app is out, maybe there is no point to keep your own script under the table?)
Cheers!
April 20th, 2012 at 11:19
Hello Cool! Where can I get this script?
May 9th, 2012 at 12:17
Hi,
and thanks. As of right now it is not for public use. Maybe sometime in the future I will make it available.
In the meantime you could always try this one out, by Gareth Williams, as it produces a very similar effect.
May 2nd, 2018 at 2:35
Hello,
I would love to try this script.
Is it possible,
Thank you,
Mario