Plotting some of my generative trees from a tool I’ve been working on. Lots to do but I like what I’m getting so far!

6-ish weeks off and on of progress working with Claude Code to make a tool to make pen plottable trees/svgs. Tried like 3 or 4 different approaches and ive finally landed on manual branch placement and auto twig/leaf placement

Working on making a happy little tree generator for pen plotting a forest, but not with pure L-systems, just a little SVG tree builder tool with manual adjustments and then going to make it more procedural later

Now on to some generative pipes…

Braaaaids! 🧟‍♂️ BRAAAIDS! 🧟‍♂️

That feeling when someone sends you an Alibaba Express link they found because they think the trusted hardware you recommended is too expensive

The fun kind of pen testing

Still dipping into some time to mess with generative braids - tried a new technique of having the strands "break" to simulate a highlight and i love how it is looking even more natural in spots. fixing those tight foldover curves is my white whale though...

Hell yeah @bradlander.bsky.social - excited to see he’s running for congress in my district youtu.be/qmoyCPtPSTw?... (Obligatory fuck my current rep, @repdangoldman.bsky.social )

Pen plotter results of some of the generative braid work I was doing a week ago. Still have some work to do to make it feel more organic but I’m encouraged by the results so far #plotter #penplotter

Trying to vibe code a generative braid that i can eventually pen plot has been quite a journey in trying to break down the problem well enough for AI to get what I'm trying to do. I've still got a little ways to go to fix edge cases, but im very pleased with what i've got so far.

ive been trying to figure out 2D braids/barber poles for pen plotting/faking occlusion and this took so long to get to but im so satisfied (havent worked out whats going on with the phase glitch in the middle, but whatevs)

I’ve been trying to find a good way of making thicker pen plotter lines for years and finally cracked a way with some new code. This is originally a drawing I made, converted to vector and then an attractor laid on top to thicken lines within an influence field #plotterart #bantamtools

Sharing a little pen plotter calibration tool made with Claude laserpilot.github.io/Pen-Plotter-... Code on GitHub. Meant to let me figure out just how close and fine I can get certain pen tips for fine drawings. (Cc @golan.bsky.social if this is useful for any students)

Another great move from the Adams team, our embarassing mayor who can't be out of office soon enough. Sidenote - is $100 considered a decent bribe? was it jsut like a balled up pile of 20's, 5's and 1's? what were they trying to cover up with so little money? an ill timed fart?

Great ad timing on this DC tourism ad in your app @nytimes.com food! History! Raids!

Shout out to that time in 2016 where i chopped up images of a Where's Waldo book and had @genekogan.bsky.social 's amazing ofxTSNE sort them by similarity to make a hellish Where's Waldo

Wow - someone in my neighborhood doing a real deep clean this morning

Used Claude Code/Gemini to help me make a CEF browser->Spout2 simple app for Windows that ill release soon. Going to do the same for Syphon on MacOS because why not. There were old implementations of this, but most were abandoned. Let me know if this sounds useful!

Damn - Gemini Code Assist CLI is really not performing well on most coding tasks. So many syntax errors and oddball solutions. I like it as a big picture view/project manager when im out of tokens on Claude Code, but I've barely had success with it implementing working code

Sharing a new niche tool I made - Font Ozempic laserpilot.github.io/font-ozempic/ it is specifically for taking SVGs with text objects and replacing the text with a single line font (or hershey text) and letting you re-position and save the file. Meant for pen plotters #penplotter #plotterart

Awesome projection technique i havent seen done this cleanly before, or only really with LCD's with polarizers removed: www.nendo.jp/en/works/unc... - they remove the polarizers from LCD projectors and then put circular polarizers on the umbrella. so nice

A regular reminder to please donate what you can/join as a member to CAN - it is a vital resource for the global media arts community and is such a special space.

Response to the photochromic+UV laser has been awesome - thanks for everyone's support. I didn't get to share this bonkers bit of footage where the laser and camera shutter sync up briefly and it looks like the image is just drawing itself for a moment. (extra footage here youtu.be/xEo0MRYg4SY )

Omg eat shit, Cuomo. This is so exciting - congrats Mamdani!

Wow - taking a look at my ancient "How to keep an installation up 4evr" guide in 2025 with an AI lens and asking it if it can update everything and automate some stuff. New installation tools incoming soon i guess?? (link to old guide for those unfamiliar github.com/laserpilot/I... )

Sharing some WIP footage for a new experiment that uses photochromic pigment and a custom UV laser projector. The images fade over time, allowing for an evolving canvas. More info here ablairneal.com/project/forg...

A reporter from The City had overheard one agent say to another minutes before Lander’s arrest, “Do you want to arrest the Comptroller?” www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/17/b...

Successful test composite fft plot of Ok Computer (blue=bass/green=mid/red=high). Super fun comparing whole albums like this - now just need to make the time text bigger and the plots less tedious to make

These ultra thin microLED panels look crazy for large high res surfaces ventanadesign.com

Please NYC voters-for the primary- early voting opens today. rank any combo of Mamdani, Lander, Adrienne Adams, or Myrie but DO NOT rank Cuomo. Mamdani is a hope to finally get a mayor who does something for the citizens. Cuomo is a creep, an embarrassment, corrupt and scandalized NY deserves better

Working on some time series song visualizations that I can then pen plot. It’s wild how much Claude Code can help on this kind of thing - an idea I’ve had for a long while and finally got to do it

Excited to share a new update to my Creative Tech Taxonomy - I added a tab that attempts to categorize various types of interactions how they can be enabled by a sensor. It's still missing some stuff, but I've wanted to share it for a while: laserpilot.github.io/Creative_Tec...

Showed my 5yr old the wonders of physical media this morning and discovered that there is fungus eating one of my favorite 21yr old CDs

Dang, 32” full color E-ink displays are really getting down in price - only $1500 for this Samsung timelineproav.com/product/sams...

For anyone that missed the first sold out round of Post Mortem Tarot cards, I was able to get my design published by the company that produced them and you can order them direct if needed (also easier to get if you live outside the US): www.makeplayingcards.com/sell/marketp...

Vibe coding is cool, but people are really missing the untapped potential to screenshot the code shown on tv shows like Digimon, and have AI attempt to implement it

And that’s a wrap on the first edition of Post Mortem cards! Just sold out of all 100 I had on hand - I really appreciate all the support from everyone! Laura Frank just shared me on a custom GPT she made to do readings with the cards - enjoy! chatgpt.com/g/g-680e982c...

Whew. 70 Post Mortem tarot decks successfully delivered to people from the pre-order. Dealing with physical products is no joke. Probably just going to call it when the extras I have are sold out. Thanks to all the supporters!

Obviously would round the edges to be like cards but...would totally wear these on a job site

Sometimes I forget how truly dumb middle schoolers can be and then this morning I walk by a playground full of dozens of them throwing a giant compressed air tank around and hearing it clatter on the ground

I’m excited to give an (online) talk at Futurespaces on Thursday - I’m going to cover the complexity of creative tech and also talk about info sharing and ways I think companies can find new ways to give back to the community - RSVP here! lu.ma/fs-blair-neal

Exciting new VDMX6 update adds the power of video tracking, OCR, color transfer, scopes, and more to your VJ rig! Read more on our blog here:

Wooo. First boxes of final print Post Mortem cards came in and they look great. Going to start shipping them out to folks who ordered in the next couple days. 🙏

Woo - huge order of my tarot cards just shipped. Should be arriving this weekend and then I can start shipping out. I might also try and organize a random meetup this month to hand them out to locals that ordered them 🙏

New digital drawing to pen plotter drawing (a couple variations and the original with the black background)- open to title ideas…can’t decide #axidraw #plotterart

Woww- www.creativeapplications.net just launched the new V6 version of their site and it looks awesome. PSA- Everyone should consider being a paying member of such a critical resource for our community cc @creativeapps.bsky.social

Feels like Fall⁻¹ outside this morning 🙃

Experimenting with plotting a first attempt at a sort of wimmelbilder drawing (original digital image is the one with the black background) #plotter #axidraw - now to see if I can actually better learn perspective drawing…

Stumbled on this - UV rewritable/photochromic tattoo ink looks awesome www.magic.ink