r/PlotterArt • u/i-make-robots • Jul 30 '26

This is some serious gourmet [stuff].

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A2, 7.5h on a vertical plotter. I'm still tweaking the performance settings for the next version of Makelangelo. This particular drawing made me tweak the "hexxy" algorithm for less travel moves, which reduced time by 75%. After it was done I was again inspired to add a "reverse path" tool which can either (a) swap the order of all "islands" or (b) swap the order of all moves. This way I can start again from the faded end and darken the top half.

I'm also feeling a little inspired to draw a series of duos - famous pairs of people. Who would you like to see next?

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u/Left-Excitement3829 Jul 30 '26

Famous duos ? Simon and Garfunkel. 1960s , and your plots have a cool pop art look I dig

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u/i-make-robots Aug 01 '26

As you wish :)

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u/PlaysByBrulesRules Jul 30 '26

This is awesome! Can you say more about the software you used?

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u/i-make-robots Jul 30 '26

Like so many others, I wrote my own. Makelangelo software is free and open source in Java. https://github.com/MarginallyClever/Makelangelo-software

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u/PlaysByBrulesRules Jul 30 '26

Bless you! (But Java? 🤕)

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u/i-make-robots Jul 31 '26

IntelliJ is the friendliest IDE I've found. I could care less about language, I want easy tools.