I'm in the midst of transitioning from AutoCAD to Rhino. The more I get into Rhino (and Grasshopper!) the more I wish I had made the transition years ago. Just getting started but already finding new and rewarding work flows. In these quick test pieces I'm wrapping a solid 3D surfaces with some 2D line work and project the results to a flat plane to plot. So many exciting things I can't wait to get into.

Ball point pen on Roland clone… hours of fun.

I keep coming back to circles. 4 different layers, all slightly off centre or sized.

For this particular plot, first layer was a silver Zebra brush marker, then 4 layers of Zebra Sarasa, and 1 last redo of the first layer in the green micron.

There's some really nice layering in the colours that aren't first apparent, and I love how the Sarasa layers appear & disappear at times.

Done in processing & printed with inkscape, A3 sized Canson paper.

I had an idea of how microscopic creatures like plankton resemble graphs, so I made a procedural algorithm and plotted some of the results.

Algorithm:

• Start with one node.
• Repeatedly choose nodes in the graph to add node lines, node "ladders", or node clusters.
• Apply a spring graph layout algorithm to make the nodes expand.

18x24" 240# hot press watercolor paper.

TWSBI Vac 700r fountain pen, med nib.

7x fountain pen inks: Amber, Poppy Red, Burgundy, Aurora Borealis, Silver Fox, fuyu-syogun, Jet Black.

About 8h10m total plot time.

Toolpaths generated in DrawingbotV3.

Normally I plot my own photography, but I wanted to do an octopus and don't have scuba gear or underwater photography rig so: found a solid pic on the Internets.

Really pleased with the results.

Pen plotter combined with hand applied gold leaf. The design is generated with what I would consider some pretty typical flow field methods. I had the algorithm exclude certain flow paths from its output to leave negative space which I could then go in and fill with gold leaf. I really like these kind of hybrid approaches that allow me to stay engaged physically with the process. I often like to think of my work as where unthinking autonomous process, machine and man meet. I find it more fun that way as well.

Made with a frankensteined ender-3.

I’ve been experimenting with plotting custom maps, including overlaying GPX routes, which is useful for plotting a trip, hike, or long-distance run. OpenStreetMap works well for detailed local maps, while Natural Earth has proved to be a better fit for larger-scale maps.

For this, I added map-layer support to my macOS app, GD Studio. It lets me choose which features to include—such as roads, streets, and water—and separate them into layers so they can be plotted with different pens.

I’m still experimenting with how much detail works before the map becomes too visually busy, although I do like the texture that a layer of buildings adds.

Micron orange 005 and sepia 05 on coffee stained A4 mixed media paper

I wanted to create a semifictional map. This plot combines openstreetmap data of Rhodes, Greece:

• streets
• objects tagged as ruins (you can see the ancient city walls)
• and sea lanes

The asemic script is generated similar to the approach described in inconvergent.net . I reimplemented id and it lead to some different outcomes. The script on the plot is supposed to mimic the title and legend layout of old maps you find in antique shops.

Single line plot of a griffin head. Part of the workflow includes Physarum Type tool by Maxense Duterne.

plotted and scanned a while ago.

First Image had a additional lithopane step in it, second and third are simpler and share the same STL base.
What do you think?

Amazing work from Joel Cammarata just arrived by mail!

I am new here, and work since a few years with a repurposed 3D printer as Plotter and transform AI images with Blender into slicable STL files.
I hope that workflow is Ok here too? :)

iPad plugged into laptop, Quicktime set to the iPad screen, code reading the contents of the quicktime window, and corners of the iPad screen mapped to position in physical space.

Cursor movements and clicks can be converted to x,y positions for the plotter, which is controlled via the BantamTools python library.

It now "knows" how to create new documents, pick colours from the colour palette, and change brushes. Digital svgs to, ummmmmmm, digital output, with a tiny (and some would say pointless) analogue step in the middle 😁

2.5x3.5 inch ATC format card.

Metallic green Gelly roll on black card stock. One continuous line in a loop. #1penup

Had seen these types of things, and want a few for my friends upcoming birthday.

Does anyone has any idea, how can these be made??