A postcard, drawn by a penplotter of bands in deep blue ink on white paper. The bands have a central line, and the hatchings are roughly perpendicular to that central line, but curve and zigzag on a smaller scale. Where the lines intersect, one may cross the other, obscuring it, or the central lines may join in a 4 way join.
Thanks @schwittlick.net for this #ptpx postcard! I love the fine detail in the hatching perpendicular to the central axis of the lines.
Ink drawings of fragmented blue horizontal lines arranged in irregular blocks of textured paper, with a red seal in the bottom right corner.
Close-up detail of the blue line blocks and the red stamp bearing geographic coordinates and scale.
Twelve drawings from the series laid out in a grid on a tatami mat, each showing a unique variation of the blue line pattern.
designed for #ptpx 2025 : exploration with elevation data, scales, and lines. horizontal lines that break where the ground is lower, arranged in a grid. The seal indicates scale and geographical coordinates. #dataviz #penplotter
I do wonder if the recipients got the postcards I sent out. Well I’m sure one did :)
#ptpx
Photo of some post cards with lots of stamps on a laptop keyboard.
As an addendum to my #ptpx post just now: It's always fun (genuinely!) to go through my stamp "collection" and piece together combinations that work for whatever price increases Deutsche Post has applied since I last bought stamps (while still physically fitting on the cards)!
Every December, there's a pen plotter postcard exchange called #ptpx (I've participated for the past three years: https://mastodon.social/@doersino/109460427108652884 & https://mastodon.social/@doersino/111688094152383358 & […]
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Postcard - well, it’s 229x152mm so it’s a small poster - from @jeffpalmer.bsky.social. Continuous lines using custom inks, for #ptpx. #penplotter #algorist #art
Photo of 3 postcards created with pen plotter
So exciting to get these #penplotter postcards in the mail this morning! Thank you @revdancatt.com, they are beautiful! #ptpx
A postcard from @anyalitica.dev - it’s really silver so it shows up as white. Really really neat. Happy new year #penplotter #ptpx
A pile of postcards. They have a pattern of block striped tubes on them.
I dropped a nice stack of #postcards off at the post office today #ptpx
#ptpx cards sent!
I did send #ptpx postcards out already. I hope someone has received at least one.
Posted my #ptpx (penplotter postcard exchange) postcards today. 7 to USA, 4 to Germany, 1 to Sweden, 1 to Portugal. Hope they are received well.
A bit late, but finally got my #ptpx cards out in the mail. This year has a dithered view of Vancouver and a couple outputs from a generative piece I did.
A #Genuary design becomes a Xmas card. These cards are now on the way to participants of #ptpx25! Thank you @paulbutler.org for organising it! Happy New Year!
#ptpx #creativecoding #p5js
I wrote about the postcard I designed for the 2025 plotter postcard exchange #ptpx on my blog, based on a potato-based game that M.C. Escher used to play with his kids.
Incidentally, #ptpx postcards have been mailed out. I like this idea of exchanging physical art from digital plans. Tangibility is valuable.
6th annual #ptpx by country
🇺🇸 USA — 34
🇩🇪 Germany — 16
🇫🇷 France — 13
🇨🇦 Canada — 5
🇳🇱 Netherlands — 5
🇬🇧 United Kingdom — 3
🇨🇭 Switzerland — 3
🇮🇹 Italy — 3
🇵🇹 Portugal — 2
🇪🇸 Spain — 2
🇦🇹 Austria — 1
🇫🇮 Finland — 1
🇧🇪 Belgium — 1
🇹🇭 Thailand — 1
🇮🇪 Ireland — 1
🇳🇿 New Zealand — 1
🇸🇪 Sweden — 1
🇸🇮 Slovenia — 1
@paulbutler.org any statistics from this year #ptpx? Countries, number of participantes and whatnot? Cheers!
#ptpx 2025 - registration closing in 24h
#ptpx 2025 Postcard Exchange- sixth year of the exchange!
You sign up to send a number of postcards, and the same number of people receive your address, so you will get their post cards in the mail!
Thank you @paulbutler.org for organising this! #penplotter
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Locked and loaded for my first time participating in the plotter postcard exchange.
Haven’t had a chance to create anything new since last winter so these oldies will have to do 😅
#ptpx #penplotter #plotparty
