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jcammarata.bsky.social
If you mention pencils to most pen plotters they'd be happy to push you out of a moving car at high speed. The way the point degrades through a plot make it a media that I really enjoy working with.

8"x10" Blackwing pencil plots on Bristol

#printsky #penplotter #nextdraw #pencildrawing
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September 19, 2025 at 5:59 AM
padcrafting.com
For one thing, @bantamtools.bsky.social has a BlueSky presence, and provides excellent support. And I don't think their software requires rosetta2 - it's possible you downloaded the wrong version. Are you referring to the NextDraw extensions in Inkscape? But I'll let them speak directly about this.
April 22, 2025 at 12:23 PM
jacobjoaquin.bsky.social
Ode to SMPTE Timecode
Ink on Paper
#p5 #NextDraw #generative
An abstract geometric artwork featuring layered vertical, horizontal, and diagonal stripes in earthy olive green, teal, and white. Five overlapping circular shapes interrupt the striped background, each containing a complex, rotated slice of the underlying pattern. The result resembles woven fabric, digital schematics, or magnified textile swatches, with a sharp balance between order and rhythm.
April 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
jacobjoaquin.bsky.social
Pattern Memory
Ink on Paper
#p5 #nextdraw
A dense geometric artwork featuring vertical and horizontal gridlines in bright lime green, sky blue, and lavender. Overlapping circles disrupt the underlying plaid-like field, filled with rotated, warped versions of the grid, creating optical tension and depth. The colors vibrate where they overlap, and the piece evokes both textiles and pixelated signal distortion.
April 15, 2025 at 10:32 PM
er-dos.com
Scales
A4 Pen Plot 2025-02-13

made with NextDraw Interactive in Python

#penplotter #plotter #plotterart #art #penplotart #nextdraw @bantamtools.bsky.social
Pen Plotter Art, Scale Pattern with Border
February 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
bantamtools.bsky.social
The Bantam Tools NextDraw™ 1117 pen plotter features an 11×17"/A3 plot area, ideal for artists. It matches the power and speed of the rest of the series and is optimized to strike a great balance between plottable area and machine size.

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Bantam Tools NextDraw™ 1117 product photo man holding Bantam Tools NextDraw™ 1117 for size comparison
May 1, 2024 at 1:03 PM
jacobjoaquin.bsky.social
Square Vibing
Ink on Paper
#p5 #NextDraw
A black-and-white generative pen plot featuring a complex crosshatched grid of thick black lines forming a checkerboard pattern. Two large squares, positioned diagonally from each other, are filled with densely nested circular patterns, creating dark vortex-like centers. The texture throughout is chaotic, with overlapping lines forming dense, almost textile-like surfaces. White space is preserved in the grid gaps and around the central squares, creating contrast and visual balance.
March 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
jacobjoaquin.bsky.social
Copy Rotate Paste Repeat
Ink on Paper 16x16"
#p5 #NextDraw

This one is a bit of a milestone. Using the new isograph pen, better ink, higher quality paper, and larger format than I usually do.
A complex abstract artwork composed of tightly spaced vertical and horizontal lines forming a dense, overlapping grid. Black ink layers build up in irregular clusters, creating darker areas of visual mass and distortion in the lower left and central regions. The lines vary in spacing and density, evoking a sense of digital interference or signal decay within a structured matrix.
June 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM
bantamtools.bsky.social
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#penplotter #penplotart #axidraw #nextdraw #artframe
April 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
jacobjoaquin.bsky.social
Lines in Circle on Vellum
Ink on Vellum
#p5 #NextDraw

And as it's on vellum, it's two-sided. Which excites me as this opens up avenues of new possibilities.
Ink on vellum artwork featuring a dense grid of varied rectangles and line weights enclosed within a bold black circle.
July 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
jacobjoaquin.bsky.social
Cut Translate Rotate Paste Repeat
Ink on Paper 14x11"
#p5 #NextDraw
A generative pen plot featuring an intricate arrangement of overlapping geometric shapes filled with fine parallel lines. The composition includes layers of black, blue, pink, and green ink, creating a complex interplay of transparency and density. Some areas have smudges and imperfections, adding a raw, glitch-like aesthetic to the structured forms. The left side features a prominent vertical black element, contrasting with the chaotic layering on the right.
March 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
jacobjoaquin.bsky.social
Optical Rotations
Ink on Paper 18x18"
#p5 #NextDraw #generative
A densely layered black and white geometric drawing featuring interwoven vertical and horizontal stripes. Bold circular forms intersect the rigid grid, filled with tightly packed diagonal and angular lines that contrast sharply with the background. The overlapping patterns create a complex visual rhythm, evoking depth, movement, and a sense of compression or distortion within a structured framework.
April 13, 2025 at 7:33 PM
jacobjoaquin.bsky.social
Chromatic Bits Out of Alignment
Ink on Paper 18x18"
#p5 #NextDraw
A square grid of evenly spaced circles, each filled with overlapping arcs of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black. Though every circle follows the same basic structure, the orientation and layering vary, creating a wide range of color blends and visual rhythms. The piece has a clean white background and a precise grid layout, but the overlapping transparencies and rotational variance add energy and complexity to each individual unit.
July 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
jacobjoaquin.bsky.social
Liminal Corridor in Red and Teal
Ink on Paper
#creativeCoding #p5 #NextDraw
A generative drawing of a warped tunnel composed of a teal wireframe grid, through which a bold red band curves along the floor and ceiling. Red elliptical forms are placed rhythmically along the tunnel walls and floor, filled with hatched patterns that intersect the grid structure. The overall effect suggests a high-tech corridor designed for the flow or modulation of energy or data, with strong contrast between structure and signal.
April 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
jacobjoaquin.bsky.social
Pattern Memory
Ink on Paper
#p5 #NextDraw
A digitally rendered artwork featuring a red, green, and blue tartan pattern overlaid with five geometric circles that distort and reframe the underlying plaid. The background grid remains constant, while the circular regions introduce shifts in alignment and rotation. The visual effect is both orderly and disorienting, merging textile tradition with abstract geometry.
April 17, 2025 at 12:45 AM
jacobjoaquin.bsky.social
Spherical Distortion
Ink on Paper
#p5 #NextDraw
A warped spherical form dominates the image, composed of dense violet, magenta, and cyan grid lines. Inside the sphere, thick diagonal bars cross over a flickering net-like pattern. The grid bends and distorts across the sphere’s surface, creating a powerful illusion of three-dimensional depth and curvature.
June 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
quantumenterprises.bsky.social
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July 5, 2025 at 9:42 AM
jacobjoaquin.bsky.social
Magnifications
Ink on Paper
#p5 #NextDraw
A black-and-white abstract drawing featuring a field of thick vertical black bars intersected by lighter horizontal linework. Scattered across the composition are numerous white circles, each containing unique linear structures—some gridded, some angled, some left blank. The circles appear to float over or within the vertical grid, creating tension between structure and interruption.
May 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
padcrafting.com
The hatch fill is one of the simplest algorithmic fill techniques for plotters. In fact, a good one is included with the AxiDraw and NextDraw (@bantamtools) installation. You can also create more customized hatches with some tweaks in Inkscape. #algorithmicfill #penplotter #sharing
April 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM
jacobjoaquin.bsky.social
Transformations—A study in post-processing serialized p5 commands.
Ink on Paper
#p5 #Nextdraw
A black-and-white generative pen plot featuring overlapping quadrilaterals and irregular rectangles filled with parallel hatching lines. Thick black outlines define the forms, which intersect and rotate within the composition. The varying angles of the hatching create a dynamic sense of motion and depth, while areas of white space provide contrast and breathing room. The result is a bold, architectural abstraction that plays with spatial tension and layered geometry.
March 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
jacobjoaquin.bsky.social
Pattern Memory
Ink on Paper
#p5 #NextDraw #generativeArt
A digital artwork featuring a background of tightly packed turquoise and blue tiles overlaid with alternating horizontal magenta lines and barcode-like columns. Five semi-transparent circles overlap across the center, subtly rotating and refracting the background pattern. The composition evokes the look of early computer screens, memory grids, and encryption scans, with a palette of cool teals, purples, and cybernetic reds.
April 18, 2025 at 7:04 PM
jacobjoaquin.bsky.social
Liminal Bloom
Ink on Paper
#p5 #NextDraw
A plotter drawing in deep green ink showing a radial structure made of curved grid-like corridors that spiral outward from a dense central core. The tubes bend and twist with organic regularity, resembling petals, antennae, or spatial limbs. Line density increases toward the center, creating a layered, vibrating visual mass that suggests motion, bloom, or dimensional rupture.
April 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
jacobjoaquin.bsky.social
Optical Glitch
Ink on Paper 11x11"
#p5 and #NextDraw

Glitch courtesy of my cat, Finn.
Black-and-white concentric geometric pattern made of repeated stepped shapes radiating outward from the center. Select areas are fractured with glitch-like linework, disrupting the regular rhythm.
August 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
jacobjoaquin.bsky.social
Robot Scribbles
Ink on Paper 14x14"
#p5 #NextDraw
A square grid of 6×6 cells filled with overlapping abstract line drawings. Each cell contains dense scribbles or vector paths in black, magenta, and yellow, forming chaotic textures. The upper left features heavier black ink, transitioning to red and yellow toward the bottom right. The work is printed on white paper.
July 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
rmfrt.com
Je viens de regarder les prix du Bantam Tools NextDraw, j’ai pas les mots… je confirme que c’est ×2 par rapport au prix que j’ai payé en 2021. Clairement, je ne mettrais pas 1300€ aujourd’hui. Ça fait mal.
May 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM