paulrickardsJun 3, 2025

I’ve long admired the old ALDUS logo from the early PageMaker days on the Mac. I’ve used that style to create a #PenPlotter rainbow portrait of Alan Turing for pride month.

CMYK on 11”x15” watercolor paper using a vintage HP 7585B pen plotter generated and controlled with Python.

Available in my shop, in the Wildcards gallery. https://shop.paulrickards.com/wildcards/

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When viewed close up, it’s an abstract series of modulated horizontal lines with hatch marks in them. From a distance, the line work collapses into a recognizable portrait (at least for me).

#PenPlotter

Jun 3, 2025 at 8:49pmIceCubesApp
Show threadroot42Jun 3, 2025
@paulrickards absolutely iconic.
Show threadpaulrickardsJun 3, 2025
@root42 Thanks! Happy you like it ☺️
Show threadpaleblueJun 3, 2025
@paulrickards do the plots mean anything or is the data random?
Show threadpaulrickardsJun 3, 2025
@paleblueyedot Do you mean the hatch pen shading of cyan, yellow, and magenta? Those are both random and controlled to create multiple shades of color.
Show threadDaniel M FrickeJun 3, 2025
@paulrickards wow that's such a a nice idea and turned into a beautiful result :D
Show threadpaulrickardsJun 3, 2025
@danji Thanks Daniel! 🙂
Show threadcoldclimateJun 3, 2025
@paulrickards brilliant work
Show threadpaulrickardsJun 3, 2025
@coldclimate Many thanks! 🙂