With V in #36daysoftype, I built a design inspired by classic vector graphics, focused around a single vanishing point.

I constructed this using vsketch, using a transformation matrix to apply the rotation and conditionals to draw horizontal lines for each segment based on the rotation angle.

Plotted using Sakura Gelly Roll Midnight pens on Fabriano Black Black paper.

#36days_v #penplotter #vsketch

Catching up on #36daysoftype posting over here, starting with T.

One of the first things I knew I wanted to play with during this project was tile-based procedural generation.

I drew some road tiles in #vsketch, wrapped them in objects to manage constraints, then implemented a variant of the simple tiled model from https://github.com/mxgmn/WaveFunctionCollapse.

I considered using WFC directly, with bitmaps and tracing, but my real goal was to learn how it worked.

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#36daysoftype #penplotter

Going deep with layering and perspective for today's #36daysoftype entry.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CrAlEVAOC1V/

This was largely an intro to #vsketch and #vpype. I'm liking the workflow with these tools overall, though there are still a few mysteries to work out.

(At certain focal length settings or layer counts, occlusion seems to just give up; not sure why yet. Those dots up the inside are at the point where I unioned two shapes to make the base. How do I avoid that artifact?)

#36days_d #penplotter

@Jean_no This one should have been tricky as it relies on overdraw, which is of no concern for raster-based systems but problematic for plotters.

#vsketch makes it easy though, thanks to its built-in support for hatch fills and its "shape" feature (it enables boolean operations on geometries).

Code here: https://github.com/abey79/le280-vsketch/blob/master/le280/122/sketch_122.py

#penplotter #generative

I've started a #project to port to #vsketch as many sketches as possible from @Jean_no's beautiful '<=280' book.

As an homage to the book which I love, to make the sketches plottable, and to serve as examples for #vsketch.

Here is the repo: https://github.com/abey79/le280-vsketch

I'll try to regularly add sketches to the collection, but I welcome contributions from lucky owners of a copy!

#penplotter #generative

First plot done with python!🥳
Trying #vsketch

#geneartiverat

Super new to #penplotting — I set up an rPi with saxi to drive my #axidraw to decorate a muji notebook. I used #vsketch and #vpype to make the sketch!

#generativeart #penplotter

My #ptpx postcard are finally completed!

They are a tribute to Susan Kare's iconic work on the early #Macintosh.

The symbols below are the icon's "checksum", expressed in Kare's Cairo #font (as remastered by Haley Fiege).

On the backside, I used Idrees Hassan's Monocraft font. It's a #Mincraft-inspired, bitmap-emulating, vector font, which I convert to proper bitmap and back to #penplotter vectors! 🤯

Made in #Python with #vsketch, Pillow and #vpype-pixelart.

Thanks @paulgb for organising!

My article on the Automatic #plotloop Machine has a section on how to make loops with #vsketch:

➡️ https://bylr.info/articles/2022/12/22/automatic-plotloop-machine/#using-vsketch-for-plot-loops

There are a couple of examples in vsketch's repo:
1) https://github.com/abey79/vsketch/tree/master/examples/basic_plotloop

2) https://github.com/abey79/vsketch/tree/master/examples/noise_plotloop

#genuary #genuary2023 #penplotter

Here is the #vsketch code for my generative snowflake: https://github.com/abey79/sketches/tree/master/snowflake

I just invented an #Axidraw Wedge System(tm) made of spare bits of wood, for some gift wrap customisation. Still lots to prepare for tonight, but here am I #penplotter-ing and tooting...

Made with #vsketch (I'll post the sketch later).

I have finally started working on my #ptpx postcard. Hopefully I can plot something tomorrow!

Made using #vsketch , my favorite, by @abey79

#penplotter

It's #projects time again—this time with fresh new material.

I recently built an Automated #plotloop Machine with an #AxiDraw #PenPlotter, two #RaspberryPi's, a camera, a motor-powered #LEGO Technic contraption, a #vsketch-made animation, and a #Python doit script to run it all.

Here is a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_PPPImmEN8

I also wrote a *huge* article going into all the hardware and software details: https://bylr.info/articles/2022/12/22/automatic-plotloop-machine/

"Small Sands, The Mountain". 14"x11". I made this while playing around with the Samila library in #vsketch/#python. #penplotter https://www.wendt.art/product/small-sands-the-mountain

Time for another one of my past #projects.

This being #ptpx season, here is what I did last year—I have yet to figure out what I'll send this year.

The project was called "Machine Typography": 17 letters on 17 cards for 17 recipients.

The idea was to explore typography with #vsketch using Freetype and a #penplotter, using a combination of background patterns, chromatic aberration styling, and deep black fills.

The (far from exemplary) code is available here: https://github.com/abey79/sketches/tree/master/machine_typography

280-frame #plotloop made with an #Axidraw, #vsketch, and doit.

Detailed article and making of video incoming...

#penplotter

#introduction I'm a multi-disciplinary engineer and entrepreneur.

My interests span robots, software dev (especially #Python), and #GenerativeArt.

It comes as no surprise, then, that my main projects revolve around #PenPlotter:
- #vpype is the Swiss-army knife CLI for plotter vector graphics (https://github.com/abey79/vpype)
- #vsketch is like Processing, but for plotters (https://github.com/abey79/vsketch)

Earlier, I got a PhD in flying robotics, and co-founded senseFly, a professional mapping drone company.