Don’t know what to plot? Need guidance on making your creative code art plott-able?! Look no more! Find below a list of suggested workflows, and links to guides, blog posts, and wikis across the web that will help you make your pen plotting art!
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Suggested Plotting Workflows
- p5.js, p5.svg.js, Inkscape
- Processing, Export to PDF/SVG, Inkscape
- Export gCode from the Browser using JavaScript
- Intro to vpype – Instagram user @very_meanly recommends vpype for all your pen plotting needs, this blog post writeup will get you started!
MultiColor Plots
- CMYK: Process Color Experiments and My Axidraw – dirtalleydesign
- How to Make Multiple Color Plots – dirtalleydesign
- Converting an Image into a Multicolor Plot with DrawingBot Vs3 – bold machines
Generative Art Resources
- How to Generative Art – dirtalleydesign
- Generative Hut Tutorials
- Rev Dan Catt
- Coding Train YouTube
- Dan Shiffman – Learning Processing and Nature of Code
- Observable HQ Notebooks (such as Lionel Radisson)
Plotting Resources
- Drawing Bots
- How to Build Your Own Plotter – InkyLinesPlots
- Evil Mad Scientist Axidraw Wiki
- How to Draw Code Art With an Axidraw – Pen Plotter Artwork Blog
SVG Generators
- Squiggle Cam App – Maks Surguy – turn a photo into a squiggle line drawing
- Flow Lines – Maks Surgy – generate your own flow field to draw!
- Plotter Files – free SVG’s available for download from various artists
Have a resource you think I should add to this list?! Feel free to DM me on Instagram @penplotart.
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