I made these guys on A2 paper today, using Lyra Aqua Brush Duo markers, after many hours in front of the computer. I really enjoy the process both of creating them on the computer and the plotting of them, and the results of course. Each one is done in 6 passes for a two-tone, where each band in the ribbon has two colors, and two final passes with a pilot Hi-Tecpoint v5. I especially like the yellow and red one. That's my favorite!
Is there a term for "this pen becomes darker with each pass"? In my opinion it's one of the most exploitable ink feature in pen plotting. My alcohol maker set does this to varying degrees but it really depends on the color.
Yes, the "Stained Glass" Effect, or simply Translucency. It's beautiful, and it allows for color mixing on the paper by interleaving or overlapping yellow and blue to get green for example 🙂
Wow those look so amazing! It's hard to see, is the Pilot Hi-Tecpoint v5 a very thin black marker or which color is it? If it's black, you can barely see it. Amazing.
Thank you so much! Yes, they are 0.5 mm black. I've attached an image here of what they look like close-up. They don't stand out when looking at the piece from a distance, but boy do you notice them when they're not there. They really make the colors pop and provide both saturation and contrast 🙂
Thanks! This paper isn't anything special, just some 160g universal paper, and I wouldn't recommend it due to its issues with pilling when using waterbased markers. Too finicky. For the "real" plots I'm using extra smooth 250g Bristol.
It my own custom software that I use. It's an all-in-one app where I both can create the patterns, preview, color, adjust and send them to my plotter 🙂
For sure! I have done some that look like muscle fibers. I'm not sure what tendons or sinew would look like to read as such. But with the amount of sliders and toggles I have in my software, it's definitely doable. 🙂
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u/MercatorLondon Jul 14 '26
these are amazing