Day 6! Extended the parameter space. The grid is free to roam around as it pleases!
I like the different values I can get with the same pen, and how the lines randomly bleed together with the mediumly-dense lines. #CreativeCode#GenerativeArt#PenPlotter
@thresfold Ah yes, I saw that you use a pencil, how do you keep the lead more or less constant, do you pause the pen plotter to sharpen the pencil lead?
@nclslbrn I used a 0.3 mechanical pencil for this plot, so sharpening was not needed. The pencil also has an auto-feed feature (it extends the lead by itself) so I don't have to pause and extend the lead manually.
Day 5 is Day 1 again but trying to remove the duplicate lines. Still a little buggy, but i think it did help. I also enjoy the meandering path AxiDraw found.
Used a #penplotter and my #fountainpens to make these contour map postcards of Mt St Helens. Made a dozen or so and have already sent them all off for #Postcrossing.
Day 4 is another variation of moiré. But most of the time was spent in the weeds with rust procedural macros.
Being able to explore the parameter space of generative art is one of the best parts, and I have this library I’ve been building that I use to control parameters with things like a midi controller (I use the same thing for live visuals). But I needed to basically copy all of my structs and sprinkle boilerplate code everywhere.
I spent some time yesterday night learning about rust procedural macros and getting something working. I celebrated by making a nicely centered moiré pattern.
It should save me a lot of code when I want to change a static thing to a live-configurable thing and I am very excited.
@Probably ya the generic parameter tweaking setup has been super nice! I’ve started writing all my projects around the configs (which means I also expose params I didn’t think would be interesting.. and then occasionally they turn out really interesting).
Besides the midi, I can also use audio or time or keyboard inputs. I use that for the audiovisual performances and it works nicely too.
And the proc-macro stuff cleaned up the code needed to set it up.
Day 2 of 49! Pen plotted another one I coded a few months ago. It’s actually one of the first things I made after I started using Rust last fall, so seems fitting to be one of the first things I plot.
It’s based on the aurora I saw from a plane. #PenPlotter#GenerativeArt#rustlang#CreativeCode
@joshbainbridge thanks!
My stack is built on nannou (so I think I end up using a lot of Lyon for bezier fun) that I wrangle into a svg crate function (I’m afk but think it’s just svg) and then a lot of code in between I’ve been developing for other projects.