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Hatching study getting ready for a making a woodblock
November 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Hatching study getting ready for a making a woodblock
Thinking through the translation from a line drawing a predicted final printed piece. Kind of hard to image what the layering of multiple colors are going to look like, especially when the lines drawn are actually the "reveals" to the color below, and not necessarily the paper color.
November 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Thinking through the translation from a line drawing a predicted final printed piece. Kind of hard to image what the layering of multiple colors are going to look like, especially when the lines drawn are actually the "reveals" to the color below, and not necessarily the paper color.
Long story short, changes to laser power and speed don't make a whole lot of difference in the print quality of the block. Out of focus DOES manipulate line width (eg, 1/2 an inch out of focus gets a nice fat line, focused is a hairline). Mostly it's all about hatch density. Knowledge is power!
November 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Long story short, changes to laser power and speed don't make a whole lot of difference in the print quality of the block. Out of focus DOES manipulate line width (eg, 1/2 an inch out of focus gets a nice fat line, focused is a hairline). Mostly it's all about hatch density. Knowledge is power!
A little ASMR inking
November 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
A little ASMR inking
Making a test pallet for a printing experiment using laser cut blocks. I want to see what kinds of hatch patterns and densities work for inking woodblocks.
November 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Making a test pallet for a printing experiment using laser cut blocks. I want to see what kinds of hatch patterns and densities work for inking woodblocks.
Possible fonts
November 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Possible fonts
Starting to think about a longer running project. I've always wanted to make a deck of cards, and working through how you'd structure a project that needs 52 single instances of 4 themed images and 52 perfect reproductions of a single image.
November 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Starting to think about a longer running project. I've always wanted to make a deck of cards, and working through how you'd structure a project that needs 52 single instances of 4 themed images and 52 perfect reproductions of a single image.
A little field of sunflowers
November 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
A little field of sunflowers
Sunflower variations
November 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Sunflower variations
Recent collaborative birthday present made with my son.
Acrylic infused toilet paper FTW
Acrylic infused toilet paper FTW
November 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Recent collaborative birthday present made with my son.
Acrylic infused toilet paper FTW
Acrylic infused toilet paper FTW
Still feeling my 70s pumpkin spice latte color scheme. Fight me
September 8, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Still feeling my 70s pumpkin spice latte color scheme. Fight me
A different way into Truchet Tiles on a lazy Saturday . . . pen on paper coming
September 6, 2025 at 11:20 PM
A different way into Truchet Tiles on a lazy Saturday . . . pen on paper coming
Periodic snapshot of my left foot. Now you know.
August 1, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Periodic snapshot of my left foot. Now you know.
Revisting an old friend
July 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Revisting an old friend
Half a universe
Collides with y'all's eyeballs
Between every blink
Collides with y'all's eyeballs
Between every blink
July 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Half a universe
Collides with y'all's eyeballs
Between every blink
Collides with y'all's eyeballs
Between every blink
and of course make it on paper or it didn't happen
July 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
and of course make it on paper or it didn't happen
You're just always full of surprises
July 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
You're just always full of surprises
Ah, my dependable old friend, Conic Sections. It's good to see you again
July 13, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Ah, my dependable old friend, Conic Sections. It's good to see you again
Long training session today
July 12, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Long training session today
3D model generation from prompts isn't quite as far along as 2d image generation
I do appreciate the system's attempts to simplify the ideas
I do appreciate the system's attempts to simplify the ideas
July 8, 2025 at 1:23 AM
3D model generation from prompts isn't quite as far along as 2d image generation
I do appreciate the system's attempts to simplify the ideas
I do appreciate the system's attempts to simplify the ideas
Fancy tech is all well and good, but I'm still in love with paper and pens
July 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Fancy tech is all well and good, but I'm still in love with paper and pens
Generating the svg directly from Cusror, getting layer and color separations so I can do the print in 3 colors.
(well, 3 tool paths . . . I went and did multiple passes with different pens getting the color and texture right)
(well, 3 tool paths . . . I went and did multiple passes with different pens getting the color and texture right)
July 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Generating the svg directly from Cusror, getting layer and color separations so I can do the print in 3 colors.
(well, 3 tool paths . . . I went and did multiple passes with different pens getting the color and texture right)
(well, 3 tool paths . . . I went and did multiple passes with different pens getting the color and texture right)
More conversations with Cursor/Claude. Pretty responsive to adding screenshots and graphic notes to change element locations, initiating things like convex hull for polygons to stop intersecting, make SVG files on the fly and move around layers, offset lines to create fills/line widths for plotting.
July 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
More conversations with Cursor/Claude. Pretty responsive to adding screenshots and graphic notes to change element locations, initiating things like convex hull for polygons to stop intersecting, make SVG files on the fly and move around layers, offset lines to create fills/line widths for plotting.
Not sure exactly where I'm going with this
June 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Not sure exactly where I'm going with this