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An abstract art piece featuring a complex pattern of lines and curves. The artwork is framed with a white border and is placed on a textured, concrete surface. The lines within the frame create a moiré effect, giving the illusion of depth and movement. A close-up view of an abstract pattern that creates a moiré effect. The artwork consists of fine, closely spaced lines that are slightly curved, producing an illusion of waves and ripples. The colors in the image are predominantly shades of green and pink, which blend together to create a sense of depth and movement.
An abstract art piece featuring a complex pattern of lines and curves. The artwork is framed with a white border and is placed on a textured, concrete surface. The lines within the frame create a moiré effect, giving the illusion of depth and movement. A close-up view of an abstract pattern that creates a moiré effect. The artwork consists of fine, closely spaced lines that are slightly curved, producing an illusion of waves and ripples. The colors in the image are predominantly shades of green and pink, which blend together to create a sense of depth and movement.

Three continuous lines in cyan, magenta, and yellow, each with slightly different distortion values. This is the first finished plot. It came a bit too dense, so I'm going to make a new one today with more whitespace.

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A geometric line drawing on cold-pressed cotton paper featuring overlapping three-dimensional house shapes in CMYK ink, created with fountain pens and pencil. Detail of a geometric line drawing on cold-pressed cotton paper featuring overlapping three-dimensional house shapes in CMYK ink, created with fountain pens and pencil. A geometric line drawing on cold-pressed cotton paper featuring overlapping three-dimensional house shapes in CMYK ink, created with fountain pens and pencil. Detail of a geometric line drawing on cold-pressed cotton paper featuring overlapping three-dimensional house shapes in CMYK ink, created with fountain pens and pencil.
A geometric line drawing on cold-pressed cotton paper featuring overlapping three-dimensional house shapes in CMYK ink, created with fountain pens and pencil. Detail of a geometric line drawing on cold-pressed cotton paper featuring overlapping three-dimensional house shapes in CMYK ink, created with fountain pens and pencil. A geometric line drawing on cold-pressed cotton paper featuring overlapping three-dimensional house shapes in CMYK ink, created with fountain pens and pencil. Detail of a geometric line drawing on cold-pressed cotton paper featuring overlapping three-dimensional house shapes in CMYK ink, created with fountain pens and pencil.

We started on a huge, exciting project and there's very little time for other things right now (more on that later). But today I finally got around to plotting a few iterations of this sketch. Cold-pressed cotton paper with CMYK ink using fountain pens and pencil.

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A6 portrait canvas divided into rectangles of different sizes. Each rectangle is filled with wiggly lines in three colours (cyan, magenta and yellow), with a different angle and spacing per rectangle. New colours emerge because of the blend between the three colour components. A6 portrait canvas divided into rectangles of different sizes. Each rectangle is filled with wiggly lines in three colours (cyan, magenta and yellow), with a different angle and spacing per rectangle. New colours emerge because of the blend between the three colour components. A6 portrait canvas divided into rectangles of different sizes. Each rectangle is filled with wiggly lines in three colours (cyan, magenta and yellow), with a different angle and spacing per rectangle. New colours emerge because of the blend between the three colour components. A6 portrait canvas divided into rectangles of different sizes. Each rectangle is filled with wiggly lines in three colours (cyan, magenta and yellow), with a different angle and spacing per rectangle. New colours emerge because of the blend between the three colour components. A6 portrait canvas divided into rectangles of different sizes. Each rectangle is filled with wiggly lines in three colours (cyan, magenta and yellow), with a different angle and spacing per rectangle. New colours emerge because of the blend between the three colour components. A6 portrait canvas divided into rectangles of different sizes. Each rectangle is filled with wiggly lines in three colours (cyan, magenta and yellow), with a different angle and spacing per rectangle. New colours emerge because of the blend between the three colour components.
A6 portrait canvas divided into rectangles of different sizes. Each rectangle is filled with wiggly lines in three colours (cyan, magenta and yellow), with a different angle and spacing per rectangle. New colours emerge because of the blend between the three colour components. A6 portrait canvas divided into rectangles of different sizes. Each rectangle is filled with wiggly lines in three colours (cyan, magenta and yellow), with a different angle and spacing per rectangle. New colours emerge because of the blend between the three colour components. A6 portrait canvas divided into rectangles of different sizes. Each rectangle is filled with wiggly lines in three colours (cyan, magenta and yellow), with a different angle and spacing per rectangle. New colours emerge because of the blend between the three colour components. A6 portrait canvas divided into rectangles of different sizes. Each rectangle is filled with wiggly lines in three colours (cyan, magenta and yellow), with a different angle and spacing per rectangle. New colours emerge because of the blend between the three colour components. A6 portrait canvas divided into rectangles of different sizes. Each rectangle is filled with wiggly lines in three colours (cyan, magenta and yellow), with a different angle and spacing per rectangle. New colours emerge because of the blend between the three colour components. A6 portrait canvas divided into rectangles of different sizes. Each rectangle is filled with wiggly lines in three colours (cyan, magenta and yellow), with a different angle and spacing per rectangle. New colours emerge because of the blend between the three colour components.

Further experimentation with quadtrees. It's interesting to see the emergence of flow fields when the rectangles get very small.

Colours used here are just CMY, but one or two colour components are randomly diluted fifty per cent to get more variation.

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Exploring moiré in combination with process colours (CMYK). These are just four continuous lines–each in one colour–and slightly offset distortion values, resulting in interesting colour blends.

Curating a small selection was quite difficult because every iteration was interesting. These will be realised as A4 pen plots. Ink is already in and tomorrow the new pens arrive, and I can't wait to get started!

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I really like this sketch from #genuary day 20 so I'm preparing it for A4 penplots. I've just ordered new fountain pens and lightfast ink and I'm looking forward to starting experimenting with them.

Still in doubt about the edition size though. I'm thinking about taking an uncurated list of 25 or 50 sequential iterations of the sketch.

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#Genuary put me on a roll, and I miss it. Everywhere I look I see inspiration for new pieces. So I decided to create a weekly(ish) work and pen-plot a series of iterations.

Here's the first one: “Keeping it together”.

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This is my first time participating in the #ptpx postcard exchange, and I really enjoyed working on it.

Last week these 16 cards were sent out to five different countries. #penplotter

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