May 2025. I've stopped posting to SM, but it's not totally obvious & I still see new followers, so I figured I could handle posting 12 times a year, with ten photos from the last month, which was mainly... Keeping the studio tidy & designing pen holders.

Sunday afternoon, just me and Fleetwood Mac’s Tusk.

Testing testing, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, testing.

N NE E SE S SW W NW Drawing Machine + rubber stamps.

Newsletter time! Contains stuff!! Compelling I know! newsletter.revdancatt.com/p/055-superg...

This week’s Weeknotes are Love Notes, as I put the ArtFrame to good stamping use. New vlog is up… ❤️ LOVE NOTES | Weeknotes Q1 Week Seven youtu.be/o_4fjVgFhN4

When you have a stamping machine, everything becomes a stamping surface!

In an early episode of Sherlock, he deduced that someone was an alcoholic from the scratch marks around the power port on a new phone. I think about that each time I try and plug my iPad in to charge overnight, down the side of the sofa, with the too short power cable.

For some reason watching the film Mars Attacks! now, hits slightly different.

Another week, another video journal entry, in which I order a Bambu Lab X1 Carbon & talk a lot… More rubber stamping & a 3D printer | Weeknotes Q1 Week Six youtu.be/BHdqTRSXal0

In which I write about one of the reasons I use a pen plotter. Plus, smuggling, but only a tiny bit. open.substack.com/pub/danielca...

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Trying new things. #penplotter #drawingmachine

More from the ~drawing machine~ Stampy Stomper Machine. #penplotter

Making the @bantamtools.bsky.social pen plotter go stompy stompy stamp. #penolotter

Finished February’s journal page divider collage. Fun to noodle around on a Sunday, and only 12 times a year which is nice.

My wife: “I’ve finally decided on a base colour, blue, or pink.” 🌈🤷‍♂️

It’s #Weeknotes time, and it’s an absolute mess! youtu.be/7-I9Kop1cPQ

New @bantamtools.bsky.social ArtFrame, this is the larger A1/2436 version. What things should I include in the YouTube video (aside from how expensive it is)? #penplotter #drawingmachine

Oh, Happy Cake Day 🍰 to me I guess. 18 years 🫠

Lol, (legit) online identity system needing to verify my passport via webcam: "There's reflective glare in the image, please more somewhere else". Have you seen the new passport page? It's made of plastic with holograms all over, all it does is reflect light in every direction! Also, good morning!

It's #Weeknotes time, and it's a long one this week, probably because it's talking about code, code and lines, lots of lines, lots of code! I swear it's not completely boring! youtu.be/wpUuAIPmPio

It is very cold, blustery and stormy outside, therefor I'm going to eat my own body weight in jelly. Why these things are connected I don't know, perhaps it's tension?

good morning! Got a new zine rack for the studio, feels better to have them easily accessible then stuck on a shelf.

Hey! New newsletter! May contain swearing, and ink, and lots and lots and lots and lots of lines. Apparently this week's only takes 5mins to read because there's a lot of photos (less room for words). newsletter.revdancatt.com/p/053-ink-te...

Hooking up Kitty, my AI PA to the Vestaboard, was either the best or worst decision I've made recently.

Good morning! Here's some chromatography, figuring out what kinda pigment is in each ink... 'cause that's how I roll.

MORE SCIENCE!!

SCIENCE!!

12 Sailor inks tested, two Diamine shimmer inks to go.

Awwwww, got myself a cute dolphin Tamagotchi type electronic pet, gunna call him Jones I think.

How the heck did it become #weeknotes time again so soon? A quick London stop, ink, more ink, and social media thoughts. youtu.be/NkARAKGeCE0

Thanks DJI, I guess.

Ink number one, Sailor Yurameku Date Gokoro. "The Sea Howls From The West", is supposed to be grey, bleak and foggy. But as we all know, colours are hidden in those stormy skies and seas, so I'm trying to find out which inks work towards that. #penplotter

Setting up an ink test for "The Sea Howls From The West" - got six different inks to try.

#Weeknotes time, and this one ended up running long as it’s planning-week, but also cameras, and Pepsi, and cold, and zines and more cold 🥶 youtu.be/a9JIDRF_MvY?...

Somehow managed to both say I was going to write a short newsletter, and actually wrote a short newsletter. So even if you don’t like newsletters it won’t take you long to not like this one. newsletter.revdancatt.com/p/052-minimu...

Imbolc card 🐰🥚 and yes, I can't draw hands OR paws!

🍿 That time of the week for a new #weeknotes - Which is the first of 2025, but not really because I'm still on holiday, normal service will resume next week. In the meantime: youtu.be/VoKDGCzyj6M

Top Tip for people starting Headspace meditation today. If you listen to the guided meditations at x2 speed you get them done faster or fit more in. I’ve blasted through six this morning already. #winning

Trouble!

Hi friends! I've created an extensive set of resources for #creativeCoding with single-stroke fonts in #p5js — including archives and adapters for TTF, SVG Fonts, Hershey Fonts, and more: github.com/golanlevin/p... — ideal for #penplotter work! (cc: @emsl.bsky.social @bantamtools.bsky.social

Emptied out the monitor-riser/bread-bin and there's a fair amount to sort out. Realising I need some smaller storage draws and better organising. #knolling

Thank you for a beautiful gift @revdancatt.com !

Seasonal food is go!

🎥 Last #weeknotes of the year (next week’s will be a “Quarternotes”, and in this one I’ve pretty much gone into hibernation mode. Given up for Christmas | Weeknotes Q4 Week Twelve youtu.be/OkL8eM9Q93M

🚨 New (mini) newsletter alert. An extra in between sneaky one ‘cause I’m mildly promoting my own shit: newsletter.revdancatt.com/p/051-mini-8...

Applications should pop-up their "There's an update, do you want to install?" message on quitting the app, not on start-up, that's when I've left everything to the last minute and want to get shit done.