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Jetpens is truly a treasure of a website. I've gotten interested in plotter art in the last year and there's a whole lot to learn about how pens work and perfor

Jetpens is truly a treasure of a website. I've gotten interested in plotter art in the last year and there's a whole lot to learn about how pens work and perform. Jetpens is the essential source for a lot of that information. Some good articles they've written: https://www.jetpens.com/blog/Types-of-Pens-How-to-Pick-a-Pen-with-the-Right-Ink/pt/334 https://www.jetpens.com/blog/Types-of-Pens-How-to-Pick-a-Pen... https://www.jetpens.com/blog/The-Best-Technical-Drawing-Pens/pt/436 https://www.jetpens.com/blog/The-Best-Technical-Drawing-Pens...

capableweb 5y ago
> I've gotten interested in plotter art [...] At first I thought it was just a typo, but there indeed something called "Plotter Art" (not to be confused with "Blotter Art", which I just confused it for).
ImprovedSilence 5y ago
Yeah I stumbled upon them years ago just looking to get a nice drafting pencil. Then I got sucked into all sorts of pens, watercolors, and wooden pencils. Maybe I’ll try out some fancy paper next (I’ll take recommendations), but I never figured I could get so nerded out in writing utensils… their marketing is on point…. It’s the write ups like this that do it.
jwong_ 5y ago
Do you have any displays of what you were able to do? I have been eyeing plotters for a very long time, but have yet to dive in. A lot of uncertainty around what plotter might work for me, and what pens it would support, etc.
- NelsonMinar 5y ago
  Look at #plottertwitter on Twitter for inspiration. The AxiDraw V3 is a good small plotter for experimentation. It will support any pen with a vaguely normal shape. The biggest limitation of most plotters is they don't control pen pressure; it's fine for normal pens but won't work with a calligraphy pen that gives variable width strokes.
  - jwong_ 5y ago
    Thanks for that tag. Looks like I will just have to pick one up and experiment with pens I've laying around. I wonder if some way to add weight along the the pen arm is possible to adjust pressure exists.

capableweb 5y ago

> I've gotten interested in plotter art [...] At first I thought it was just a typo, but there indeed something called "Plotter Art" (not to be confused with "Blotter Art", which I just confused it for).

ImprovedSilence 5y ago

Yeah I stumbled upon them years ago just looking to get a nice drafting pencil. Then I got sucked into all sorts of pens, watercolors, and wooden pencils. Maybe I’ll try out some fancy paper next (I’ll take recommendations), but I never figured I could get so nerded out in writing utensils… their marketing is on point…. It’s the write ups like this that do it.

jwong_ 5y ago

Do you have any displays of what you were able to do? I have been eyeing plotters for a very long time, but have yet to dive in. A lot of uncertainty around what plotter might work for me, and what pens it would support, etc.

NelsonMinar 5y ago
Look at #plottertwitter on Twitter for inspiration. The AxiDraw V3 is a good small plotter for experimentation. It will support any pen with a vaguely normal shape. The biggest limitation of most plotters is they don't control pen pressure; it's fine for normal pens but won't work with a calligraphy pen that gives variable width strokes.
- jwong_ 5y ago
  Thanks for that tag. Looks like I will just have to pick one up and experiment with pens I've laying around. I wonder if some way to add weight along the the pen arm is possible to adjust pressure exists.