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Show HN: I made a tiny book using a pen-plotter and AI

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Post by stanko »

Hey HN,

I want to share a personal project: I made a tiny pen-plotted book for my wife. I did everything myself—drawings (with some help from Midjourney), plotting, cutting, and binding. I even used a 3D printer to make a helper tool.

It's absolutely over-engineered, but I enjoyed it a lot. Multi-disciplinary projects, especially those with a physical output, are a lot of fun for me.

The post covers the process in detail, but if you're interested in anything specific, let me know.

Cheers!

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Post by jfim »

jimmcslim wrote: post #4

Curious to know what pen plotter was used here… didn’t look like article mentioned it. I’m a big fan of Dan Catt and his work with generative art and pen plotting.

The author mentioned that the maker of their pen plotter is evil mad scientist, so it's likely they're using the AxiDraw

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Post by tobr »

Looks like a fun project. I would love to get into pen plotting someday.

Have to say the text bothers and intrigues me… digital fonts that try to look like handwriting are already in the uncanny valley, and then you loop it back into physical media with a pen plotter. It could almost be an art project in its own right, exploring layers of going back and forth between physical and digital media to produce a seemingly mundane paper with some writing on it.

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Post by stankot »

jfim wrote: post #7
jimmcslim wrote: post #4

Curious to know what pen plotter was used here… didn’t look like article mentioned it. I’m a big fan of Dan Catt and his work with generative art and pen plotting.

The author mentioned that the maker of their pen plotter is evil mad scientist, so it's likely they're using the AxiDraw

That is correct. I use AxiDraw SE/A3 and I love it. One of the best purchases I ever made.

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Post by stankot »

tobr wrote: post #8

Looks like a fun project. I would love to get into pen plotting someday. Have to say the text bothers and intrigues me… digital fonts that try to look like handwriting are already in the uncanny valley, and then you loop it back into physical media with a pen plotter. It could almost be an art project in its own right, exploring layers of going back and forth between physical and digital media to produce a seemingly…

For me, pen plotting is a lot of fun. There is something so satisfying in bringing digital work to the physical world.

As for the text, I have it on my todo list to create a few single line fonts, for some time now. The obvious one is my own handwriting, ideally with some randomness built in. I would like others to be less conventional to sprinkle them in my drawings, or like you mentioned, to create some pieces that are text only.

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