#penplotter
Hallo #PenPlotter community. I'm aiming to scratch together, out of junk & spares if necessary, an affordable A3 or larger XY pen plotter, that I can feed jobs to from my imagination.
Not scared of electronics or code, just don't want to reinvent too many wheels where avoidable.
While I read all I can about this format of drawing robot, any recommendations to get started would be very welcome.
Blotch test
Gel pens on 5"x7" watercolor
'reflections'
Enamel on A4 paper. #penplotter
I'm looking to pick up a HP Draftmaster II, RX, MX, RX+, or MX+ pen plotter. Do you have one or know someone that does and wants to part with it? I'm in the US Mid-Atlantic region.
Thanks for a boost!
Today I’m starting a big plot on the @bantamtools ArtFrame Panorama, a monster of a plotter with a 24” x 72” plot area. Excited to see a plot that is as tall as I am!
I’ll be here at the Bantam Tools Machine Arts Gallery in Peekskill NY today. Stop by if you’re in the area. 
@geoffl @joshmillard Hey, I converted your BBC BASIC program to plotter commands. Then I plotted it with metallic inks. It looks pretty good
When viewed close up, it’s an abstract series of modulated horizontal lines with hatch marks in them. From a distance, the line work collapses into a recognizable portrait (at least for me).
I’ve long admired the old ALDUS logo from the early PageMaker days on the Mac. I’ve used that style to create a #PenPlotter rainbow portrait of Alan Turing for pride month.
CMYK on 11”x15” watercolor paper using a vintage HP 7585B pen plotter generated and controlled with Python.
Available in my shop, in the Wildcards gallery. https://shop.paulrickards.com/wildcards/
Planning on buying a Roland Drafting plotter GRX-400AG.
Any experience with this machine? What software to use? Probably just a a serial interface... #penplotter
Finished print
2506.08
Gel pens and white gesso on 5"x7" paper
Recent attempt at scaling up a smaller print to 18"x24". Not too excited with it but it has some nice moments.
Gel pens and acrylic paint on Arches paper
All of it. I'm tired.
BIC ballpoint pen on paper.
#penplotter #art
During the pandemic @aiscarvalho and @rlafuente were explaining more about the past project libre graphics magazine during the libreplanet conference. The talk also shows some of their other projects:
On their website you can access the other projects:
- https://manufacturaindependente.org/
Coffeepot.
BIC ballpoint pen on paper. #penplotter #art
some recent photoplotting experiments
Made some "art trading cards" for an upcoming end-of-term art club party at my local community college (where I've been taking painting classes).
Looking forward to seeing what other folks will have to trade - I'm pretty much the only person making such aggressively abstract work. 
"Truchet in the sky" done with fountain pen ink (Colorverse). Done on AxiDraw. #penplotter #plotterart #printmaking
May '25 Print Set
It's been a month of experimenting with the pen/paint/pen pattern. With these smaller prints you have to limit yourself to a few marks, putting an emphasis on restraint and editing.
Gel pens/Paint on 5"x7" watercolor paper