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paulrickardspaulrickards
2025-06-05

Remembering Harvey Milk- gay rights champion, Navy veteran, and first openly gay man elected to public office in California.

CMYK on 11”x15” watercolor paper using a vintage HP 7585B pen plotter generated and controlled with Python.

Available in my shop, in the Wildcards gallery. shop.paulrickards.com/wildcard

An abstract portrait of Harvey Milk comprised of 34 horizontal lines that modulate thicker or thinner based on the portrait and are one shade of a rainbow continuous outlined in black. The shading is from cross hatching of pen strokes of cyan, yellow, and magenta inks.
paulrickardspaulrickards
2025-06-03

I’ve long admired the old ALDUS logo from the early PageMaker days on the Mac. I’ve used that style to create a rainbow portrait of Alan Turing for pride month.

CMYK on 11”x15” watercolor paper using a vintage HP 7585B pen plotter generated and controlled with Python.

Available in my shop, in the Wildcards gallery. shop.paulrickards.com/wildcard

An abstract portrait of Alan Turing comprised of 34 horizontal lines that modulate thicker or thinner based on the portrait and are one shade of a rainbow continuous outlined in black. The shading is from cross hatching of pen strokes of cyan, yellow, and magenta inks.
paulrickardspaulrickards
2025-03-31

Getting things ready for my exhibit at this weekend. Spent the day plotting this poster on the Roland DPX 2000. I added some color splashes to it this year.

If you come to the show, you’ll see this plotter in action plus a few others.

A Roland DPX 2000 pen plotter with a completed poster titled The Plot Thickens: Pen Plotter History and Artistry. An oblique view of the poster showing some color splashes of pen plotter artwork.
paulrickardspaulrickards
2025-03-30

This is still a CMY Delaunay Triangles on Waves but with a slightly distorted shading giving it a shaggy texture.

CMY on 11”x15” watercolor paper using a vintage HP 7585B pen plotter generated and controlled with Python.

Available in my shop: shop.paulrickards.com/cmy-dela

An abstract pen plot on white paper in portrait orientation of tightly packed triangles arranged in a subtle wave pattern from upper left to lower right each hatch shaded with a different color from overlapping cyan, yellow, and magenta inks. The shading is disorganized so it has a shaggy, fuzzy texture about it. Detail from an abstract pen plot on white paper in portrait orientation of tightly packed triangles arranged in a subtle wave pattern from upper left to lower right each hatch shaded with a different color from overlapping cyan, yellow, and magenta inks. The shading is disorganized so it has a shaggy, fuzzy texture about it. The detail shows individual pen strokes comprising the hatch shading.Detail from an abstract pen plot on white paper in portrait orientation of tightly packed triangles arranged in a subtle wave pattern from upper left to lower right each hatch shaded with a different color from overlapping cyan, yellow, and magenta inks. The shading is disorganized so it has a shaggy, fuzzy texture about it. The detail shows individual pen strokes comprising the hatch shading.
paulrickardspaulrickards
2025-03-29

This CMY Delaunay Triangles on Waves looks like colorful facets of gemstones arranged and tightly packed together.

CMY on 11”x15” watercolor paper using a vintage HP 7585B pen plotter generated and controlled with Python.

Available in my shop: shop.paulrickards.com/cmy-dela

An abstract pen plot on white paper in portrait orientation of tightly packed triangles arranged in a subtle wave pattern from upper left to lower right each hatch shaded with a different color from overlapping cyan, yellow, and magenta inks. A lighter spot of color is in just above the center. Detail from an abstract pen plot on white paper in portrait orientation of tightly packed triangles arranged in a subtle wave pattern from upper left to lower right each hatch shaded with a different color from overlapping cyan, yellow, and magenta inks. The detail shows individual pen strokes comprising the hatch shading. Detail from an abstract pen plot on white paper in portrait orientation of tightly packed triangles arranged in a subtle wave pattern from upper left to lower right each hatch shaded with a different color from overlapping cyan, yellow, and magenta inks. The detail shows individual pen strokes comprising the hatch shading.
paulrickardspaulrickards
2025-03-27

Another CMYK Delaunay Triangles on Waves giving stained glass vibes.

CMYK on 11”x15” watercolor paper using a vintage HP 7585B pen plotter generated and controlled with Python.

Available in my shop: shop.paulrickards.com/cmy-dela

(updated shop link)

An abstract pen plot on white paper in portrait orientation of tightly packed black outlined triangles arranged in a subtle wave pattern from upper left to lower right each hatch shaded with a different color from overlapping cyan, yellow, and magenta inks. A lighter spot of color is in just above the center. Detail from an abstract pen plot on white paper in portrait orientation of tightly packed black outlined triangles arranged in a subtle wave pattern from upper left to lower right each hatch shaded with a different color from overlapping cyan, yellow, and magenta inks. The detail shows individual pen strokes comprising the hatch shading.Detail from an abstract pen plot on white paper in portrait orientation of tightly packed black outlined triangles arranged in a subtle wave pattern from upper left to lower right each hatch shaded with a different color from overlapping cyan, yellow, and magenta inks. The detail shows individual pen strokes comprising the hatch shading.
d17e (David Vandenbogaerde)d17e
2025-03-17

(originally posted on 2024-12-01) - Plot Party for Belgium The final card going to Belgium for the Plot Party organized by @penplotart

Copic Markers B41 (Powder Blue) & B45 (Smoky Blue)
Posca Paint Fineliners PC-1MR Silver Metallic & Metallic Green
on Fabriano Postcard 300g Cold Press Watercolor Paper

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d17e (David Vandenbogaerde)d17e
2025-03-17

(originally posted on 2024-11-30) - Plot Party for France The final card going to France for the Plot Party organized by @penplotart

Copic Markers B41 (Powder Blue) & BG05 (Holiday Blue)
Posca Paint Fineliners PC-1MR Silver Metallic & Yellow
on Fabriano Postcard 300g Cold Press Watercolor Paper

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d17e (David Vandenbogaerde)d17e
2025-03-17

(originally posted on 2024-11-29) - Plot Party for Germany The final card going to Germany for the Plot Party organized by @penplotart

Copic Markers B41 (Powder Blue) & BG09 (Blue Green)
Posca Paint Fineliners PC-1MR Silver Metallic & Gold Metallic
on Fabriano Postcard 300g Cold Press Watercolor Paper

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d17e (David Vandenbogaerde)d17e
2025-03-17

(originally posted on 2024-11-28) - And Off We Go Postcards are in place and first color for the base layer done.

I did pick one blue and one paint color that would be part of each of the three cards.
In an attempt to ty everything a little bit together.
But also a cheeky way limiting pen swaps :)

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d17e (David Vandenbogaerde)d17e
2025-03-17

(originally posted on 2024-11-27) - Some early plot party test plots Trying to get the base layers right for @penplotart postcard exchange...

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d17e (David Vandenbogaerde)d17e
2025-03-17

the 'top layer'. Both layers consist of two separate colors, giving each of the three cards a unique combination of blues and paints.

d17e (David Vandenbogaerde)d17e
2025-03-17

their own story, while at the same time creating a connection with the receiver through my own memories.

Here you see the image I used for the card headed for Germany. A picture I took one morning walking the dog while taking in the majesty of the black forest. Trees for days...

d17e (David Vandenbogaerde)d17e
2025-03-17

(originally posted on 2024-11-24) - Plot Party Rstr'd Plot Party October 2024 - Postcard Exchange - organized by @penplotart

A little test running the layout through rstr.d17e.dev to generate plottable SVGs. I ended up rotating the image before processing to influence the results. I also made an inverted version to then later combine the outputs.

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d17e (David Vandenbogaerde)d17e
2025-03-17

that wasn't going to bring me what I was looking for. So I took the tablet in hand and started drawing the letters with simple lines and shapes. And this is what I ended up with...

d17e (David Vandenbogaerde)d17e
2025-03-17

(originally posted on 2024-11-20) - I Made Some More... ...a lot more.

If (when?) you catch me in the wild, make sure to get yours!

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d17e (David Vandenbogaerde)d17e
2025-03-17

github page. Vercel puts all preview builds for branches behind auth by default. So that's how I implemented 'free auth' on this one. The server routes integrate with my Directus CMS, but should be easy enough to swap out with whatever implementation you need.

.dev

qr.d17e.dev/bc/e5mh3p

d17e (David Vandenbogaerde)d17e
2025-03-17

github page. Vercel puts all preview builds for branches behind auth by default. So that's how I implemented 'free auth' on this one. The server routes integrate with my Directus CMS, but should be easy enough to swap out with whatever implementation you need.

.dev

qr.d17e.dev/bc/e5mh3p

d17e (David Vandenbogaerde)d17e
2025-03-17

github page. Vercel puts all preview builds for branches behind auth by default. So that's how I implemented 'free auth' on this one. The server routes integrate with my Directus CMS, but should be easy enough to swap out with whatever implementation you need.

.dev

qr.d17e.dev/bc/e5mh3p

d17e (David Vandenbogaerde)d17e
2025-03-17

github page. Vercel puts all preview builds for branches behind auth by default. So that's how I implemented 'free auth' on this one. The server routes integrate with my Directus CMS, but should be easy enough to swap out with whatever implementation you need.

.dev

qr.d17e.dev/bc/e5mh3p

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