edit: I wrote spiralograph instead of spirograph throughout the tutorial.. will correct it asap, not that you won't be able to figure out what's going on with an extra "al", but still...

This tutorial is a general source of information and hopefully inspiration on using the spirograph variation. The first part has information on the variables of spirograph and what can be done by just one spirograph transform. The second part has instructions on two types of spirals that can be done using spirograph as a base. It has many opportunities for you to branch out, and it certainly isn't a walkthrough to an art piece. It simply provides a few tips and bases you can work on to create your own fractals.

Hope this is useful in one way or another.. please do link me via note or a comment if you come up with anything, I'd love to see what you've done.

Things you need to follow this tutorial:

1. Apophysis 2.06 beta or higher (2.06 Z+ is ok, 2.05 z+c++ isn't) available at [link]
2. The spirograph variable plugin (available, along with many others, at [link] )(if you have problems using the plugin pack, don't hesitate to ask me or ~Lu-Kout himself for instructions, though the instructions in the description are quite self-explanatory)
3. Basic knowledge of the program Apophysis and the editor window (you basically have to know how to follow instructions in the editor window to follow the tutorial along). basic tutorials available at [link] )

My deviations with spirograph:

It's Electric: [link]
Genes Gone Wrong:
[link]

Other deviations with spirograph:

Interlaced: [link]

mandala: [link]
this was the one that led me to play with spirograph actually, as some of you from #Apophysis room would know

enjoy!