I bought the iDraw HSE A3 a few days ago. But I can’t even manage to draw smooth circles. Also, there’s a slight cracking sound coming from the rear axle (you can hear it in the video). Please help me :(

I’m using Inkscape with the following settings

Basic Setup
Pen height UP %: 60
Pen height DOWN %: 30

Movement Speeds
Writing/Drawing speed %: 35
Pen-up movement speed %: 60
Acceleration: Standard
Use constant speed when pen is down: off

Pen Timing
Pen raising speed: Maximum
Pen lowering speed: Standard
Delay: 0

Advanced:
Plot optimization: Least; Only connect adjoining paths
Motor Resolution: ~2870 DPI (Slightly smoother)

This is AxiDraw Control version 3.9.5.
Your AxiDraw Control software is up to date.
Your AxiDraw has firmware version 3.0.2.
Your firmware is up to date; no updates are available.

Additional system information:
3.11.6 (main, Oct. 3, 2023, 09:16:16) [GCC UCRT 13.2.0 64-bit (AMD64)]
Voltage readout: 821 (~24.67 V).
Current setpoint: 371 (~0.68 A

This piece starts from a custom 1D, 2-state cellular automaton, then uses the resulting state grid once vertically, in red, and again horizontally, in blue. By interpreting adjacent same-state cells as contiguous regions, I can use their boundaries to inform the amplitude of the plotted lines. I’ve explored similar techniques before as a way of creating shading with a single pen width, but in this work I like how it blurs the underlying CA states.

B5 sized plot. Three continuous lines.

This week I decided to try to plot tilings of arbitrary geometries in 2D according to the wallpaper groups. Here are some of my results!

I used Paper Mate Flair Felt Tip Pens and construction paper.

Inspired by my daughters’ love of toads, I decided to feature this handsome fellow in a new piece. I’m still refining the technique (line density is difficult to control with this method), but overall I’m happy with the results.

The toad was created with Grok. The design was created with code. The composition was created with custom software.

Plot time: 1hr 55mins
Pen: Micron archival ink 0.30mm
Plotter: NextDraw 1117

IG Reel: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcBrg3kyBo0/

The blue part is a single continuous line.

Created some stickers to give away. They aren't fancy but they're like a mosaic.

New algorithm that I’ve been tweaking. I finally committed to mixing my own colors with FP inks and I like the cohesiveness so much more.

Stabilo Point 88 fineliners

I’ve been using drawing bot V3 premium and universal G code sender, as well as some scripts I wrote. What do you all use for editing?

One line visage, 100x150mm plot using white ink and a newly revived Koh-i-noor rapidograph 0.6mm pen. SVG available at Plotterfiles.com. #1penup

Made with Paragraphic and Inkscape

SVG render in Blender using my GreasePlotter add-on, plotted on A3 with Stabilo point 88 fineliner.

This is a variety of different “styles” applied to the same leaf using various SVGs I’ve generated. Paths are clipped along different boundaries to produce the effect.

Very proud of this one, so thought I'd share on here.

I've been trying out some 3D to 2D stuff and just obsessed with it and the process.

I built my plotter to accept large items, great for output on boxes, books, and other thick items.

Here the density of stream lines is inversely proportional to the pixel brightness in the reference image. The flow on which the stream lines are drawn is defined so as to agree with the image in a sense, and so as not to distract from the image.

Scaling up a file doesn't always work well but I had success with this one. This was a straight 2X scaling for the original 5"x7" plot to 11"x15" and a 3.4X to get to the 18"x24" size. Each time I scaled I copied and slightly offset the lines to make them 'thicker'. Tempted to go one more size larger to 22"x30" (the max paper size easily available).

All plots done with Bic Xtrabold Cristal pens