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Thomas Maria Helzlethomashelzle@mastodon.art
2025-09-20

"Ginko"

Eternal leaves from another age.

I love Ginko trees and leaves and experimented with multi-colour and -layered pen-plotter prints.

Drawings done in @sidefxhoudini 16.5 Core - my old trusted license I bought what feels like ages ago.

DM me if you want one :-)

#penplotter #printmaking #penplotart #abstractart #drawingrobot #creality #houdini #ink #art #ballpen #creativecoding #lineart #artprints #growth #life #ginko #leaf #metallic #MastoArt

Ginko leaf shaped line art with dense lines in black india ink and a second layer of less dense lines in bronze metallic ball pen on white drawing paper.Ginko leaf shaped line art with dense lines in black india ink and a second layer of less dense lines in bronze metallic ball pen on white drawing paper.
Closeup on the upper part of the leaf to show the fine structure of lines and paper.Ginko leaf shaped line art with dense lines in black india ink and a second layer of less dense lines in white ball pen on dark red cardboard.Ginko leaf shaped line art with dense lines in black india ink and a second layer of less dense lines in white ball pen on dark red cardboard.
Closeup on the stem of the leaf showing the densely layered, grooved white lines . The white ink is rather thick and so it creates some structure from the pen moving through it several times.
Thomas Maria Helzlethomashelzle@mastodon.art
2025-09-10

"Square"

Conscious - Subconscious
Ego - Shadow
Outside - Inside
Me - You

And space in between.

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SideFX Houdini Core using the "Shortest Path" algorithm on variable density grids.

Found a new thin white ballpen that allows me to print this kind of fine, dense design with my Creality Ender 5 Plus based pen plotter.

#penplotter #printmaking #penplotart #abstractart #drawingrobot #creality #houdini #ink #art #ballpen #creativecoding #lineart #artprints #growth #life #MastoArt

White tendrils grow towards a square standing on it's tip from the outside as well as from the inside. They branch out towards it so are the most dense at the border and by that, make it visible as an empty space. 
White ballpen on A4 slate cardboard.White tendrils grow towards a square standing on it's tip from the outside as well as from the inside. They branch out towards it so are the most dense at the border and by that, make it visible as an empty space. 
White ballpen on A4 dark red cardboard.White tendrils grow towards a square standing on it's tip from the outside as well as from the inside. They branch out towards it so are the most dense at the border and by that, make it visible as an empty space. 
White ballpen on A4 slate cardboard. Detail view on one corner of the print.White tendrils grow towards a square standing on it's tip from the outside as well as from the inside. They branch out towards it so are the most dense at the border and by that, make it visible as an empty space. 
White ballpen on A4 dark red cardboard. Detail view on one corner of the print, showing the strokes and their texture.
Thomas Maria Helzlethomashelzle@mastodon.art
2025-09-08

"LIFE"

3D-printer-gone-pen-plotter prints, based on the "Shortest Path" algorithm on a variable resolution grid in SideFX Houdini.

The multi-colour ones are printed several times on top of each other with me lifting the pen manually for partial coverage.

Ballpen on cardboard/art paper.

#penplotter #printmaking #penplotart #abstractart #drawingrobot #creality #houdini #ink #art #ballpen #creativecoding #lineart #artprints #growth #life #MastoArt

The word "LIFE" is formed by tendrils that come from an outside rounded rectangle and get more dense due to increased branching towards the outline of the text. White ballpen on red cardboard.The word "LIFE" is formed by tendrils that come from an outside rounded rectangle and get more dense due to increased branching towards the outline of the text. Black india ink and then partial white ballpen on blue cardboard.The word "LIFE" is formed by tendrils that come from an outside rounded rectangle and get more dense due to increased branching towards the outline of the text. White ballpen first, then red metallic ballpen partially and on top black india ink in some places only.The word "LIFE" is formed by tendrils that come from an outside rounded rectangle and get more dense due to increased branching towards the outline of the text. Blue ink on white art paper.
Thomas Maria Helzlethomashelzle@mastodon.art
2025-09-03

"Circle"

Two colour silver and gold ball pen on
graphite 300g/m² photo cardboard.

Drawn two times where the second time I lift the pen away manually every now and then.

The other images are a closeup macro and another version of the same design with black and white India ink.

Available within Europe

#penplotter #printmaking #penplotart #abstractart #drawingrobot #creality #houdini #ink #art #tusche #metallic #rapidograph #rotring #creativecoding #blackandwhite #lineart #artprints #MastoArt

A flowing design with lines radiating away from a circle in organic forms. Printed with a pen plotter on dark cardboard in two rounds, first silver and then gold on top, with me lifting the pen away manually to get areas without gold.
Chrome frame.Macro closeup of a flowing design with lines radiating away from a circle in organic forms. Printed with a pen plotter on dark cardboard in two rounds, first silver and then gold on top, with me lifting the pen away manually to get areas without gold.
Zoomed in like this it almost looks like lace or stitches!The same flowing design with lines radiating away from a circle in organic forms. Printed with a pen plotter on dark cardboard in two rounds, first black india ink and then white ink on top, with me lifting the pen away manually to get areas without white.
Lying on a work cuttingboard with a alignment grid. We also see two Rapidograph pens and two ink bottles.Macro closeup of the same flowing design with lines radiating away from a circle in organic forms. Printed with a pen plotter on dark cardboard in two rounds, first black india ink and then white ink on top, with me lifting the pen away manually to get areas without white. The closeup shows nicely how the white ink is thicker where the pen starts and ends.
Thomas Maria Helzlethomashelzle@mastodon.art
2025-08-28

"Berlin TV-Tower"

The first drawing from my converted @creality3d Ender 5 Plus 3D printer which now also acts as a pen plotter (see previous post).

Now available for sale - DM me if you are interested.

India ink on 190 g/m² A4 fine art paper.

Plotting time is about 20 minutes with a single colour.

#penplotter #printmaking #penplotart #abstractart #drawingrobot #creality #houdini #ink #art #tusche #rapidograph #rotring #creativecoding #blackandwhite #lineart #artprints #mastoart

Silhouette of the Berlin TV-Tower printed with an ink-plotter I created from my Creality Ender 5 Plus. From the silhouette, there are lines flowing out in a very organic way that I find hard to describe. Maybe like wind?
Black India ink on white 190g/m2 fine art paper.Detail view of the silhouette of the Berlin TV-Tower printed with an ink-plotter I created from my Creality Ender 5 Plus. From the silhouette, there are lines flowing out in a very organic way that I find hard to describe. Maybe like wind?
Black India ink on white 190g/m2 fine art paper.Detail view of waving lines of the silhouette of the Berlin TV-Tower printed with an ink-plotter I created from my Creality Ender 5 Plus. From the silhouette, there are lines flowing out in a very organic way that I find hard to describe. Maybe like wind?
Black India ink on white 190g/m2 fine art paper.Detail view with depth of field of the silhouette of the Berlin TV-Tower printed with an ink-plotter I created from my Creality Ender 5 Plus. From the silhouette, there are lines flowing out in a very organic way that I find hard to describe. Maybe like wind?
Black India ink on white 190g/m2 fine art paper.
Thomas Maria Helzlethomashelzle@mastodon.art
2025-08-28

Finally! I made my 3D-printer into a drawing-robot!

Adding a pen holder to my @creality3d Ender 5 Plus now allows me to print/plot with a wide variety of pens, inks and papers.

SVG to Inkscape, creating Marlin gcode via "vpype" on the commandline and then to the printer via Klipper on a Raspberry Pi using Fluidd UI

screendream.de/work/Plotter/VI

#penplotter #printmaking #penplotart #abstractart #drawingrobot #creality #ink #art #tusche #rapidograph #creativecoding #blackandwhite #lineart #artprints

Angel198 ArtworksAngel198
2025-08-23

ASCII Study #7 - Disponible / Available, link en bio
✒️ Stabilo 88 fine 0.4 on A4 200 g/m2
IG: www.instagram.com/angel198
🌐 Worldwide shipping
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Angel198 ArtworksAngel198
2025-08-23

ASCII Study #7 - Disponible / Available, link en bio
✒️ Stabilo 88 fine 0.4 on A4 200 g/m2
IG: www.instagram.com/angel198
🌐 Worldwide shipping
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Angel198 ArtworksAngel198
2025-08-17

ASCII Study #6
✒️ Stabilo 88 fine 0.4 on A4 200 g/m2
🎆 Disponible / Available, link en bio
IG: www.instagram.com/angel198
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Angel198 ArtworksAngel198
2025-08-17

ASCII Study #6
✒️ Stabilo 88 fine 0.4 on A4 200 g/m2
🎆 Disponible / Available, link en bio
IG: www.instagram.com/angel198
🌐 Worldwide shipping
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Angel198 ArtworksAngel198
2025-08-13

ASCII Study #5
✒️ Stabilo 88 fine 0.4 on A4 200 g/m2.
🎆 Disponible / Available. Link en bio.
IG: instagram.com/angel198/
🌐 Worldwide shipping.
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Angel198 ArtworksAngel198
2025-08-13

ASCII Study #5
✒️ Stabilo 88 fine 0.4 on A4 200 g/m2
🎆 Disponible / Available, link en bio
IG: www.instagram.com/angel198
🌐 Worldwide shipping
.

Angel198 ArtworksAngel198
2025-08-08

ASCII Study #4
✒️ Stabilo 88 fine 0.4 on A4 200 g/m2.
🎆 Disponible / Available. Link en bio.
IG: instagram.com/angel198/
🌐 Worldwide shipping.
.

Angel198 ArtworksAngel198
2025-08-08

ASCII Study #4
✒️ Stabilo 88 fine 0.4 on A4 200 g/m2
🎆 Disponible / Available, link en bio
IG: instagram.com/angel198
🌐 Worldwide shipping
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