{"id":313,"date":"2021-09-04T22:59:09","date_gmt":"2021-09-05T02:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-428\/f2021\/?p=313"},"modified":"2021-09-04T22:59:29","modified_gmt":"2021-09-05T02:59:29","slug":"aahdee-plottertwitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-428\/f2021\/aahdee\/09\/04\/aahdee-plottertwitter\/","title":{"rendered":"aahdee – PlotterTwitter"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve engaged with #PlotterTwitter before – I have an axidraw and I unfortunately use Twitter. I really admire Michelle Chandra<\/a> and Frederik Vanhoutte’s<\/a> prints. The geometric repetition of their prints appeal to me.<\/p>\n

I was pleasantly surprised to see a lot of interdisciplinary work with plotters and odd applications of plotters on PlotterTwitter. For example, one user posted a video of two axidraws painting in watercolor.<\/a> The svg files for those plots must be daunting to look at.<\/p>\n

I admired the use of multiple different pen thicknesses to enhance different prints, but pens that have a round nib tend to be the standard. I’d like to see what a print from a chiseled pen or marker would look like. I also want to see prints that challenge the purpose of a plotter. Instead of thinking of it as a robotic arm that draws, one can view it as a guide or an arm that can pick up, hold, move, or stab things. There’s this minigame from Rhythm Heaven, a rhythm game I use to play in my childhood, where you control a hand wielding a fork and your goal is to stab food that is flicked to you across the table<\/a>. For some reason, I wish for an axidraw to do that.<\/p>\n

The post that I appreciated the most involves a collaboration of a photographer and a plottermeister (using “plotter” for someone who uses a plotter to generate art doesn’t seem right, but “plottermeister” has a nice ring to it).<\/p>\n

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WIP. Collaborative work with @flocardenti<\/a> , mixing photography and plotter drawing. \ud83d\udcf7+\u270d\ufe0f\ud83e\udd16#generativeart<\/a> #plottertwitter<\/a> #photography<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/BjvQFdCNUO<\/a><\/p>\n

— Julien Espagnon (@Julien_Espagnon) August 30, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n