Playing with one of the new orange inks that I picked up at the Japan Town stationary store yesterday. Wow, it plays nice with paper and diluted ink.
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Some cute little mushrooms, with my new orange ink, for today's #inkyDays drawing.
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Some happy little fish, for today's #inkyDays drawing, with the new ink I started playing with yesterday.
Here's an in-progress shot.
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Another comforting floral pattern, in purple ink, for today's #inkyDays drawing.
Another new ink and another floral pattern for today's #inkyDays drawing. Nice ink! I don't like that the bottle is plastic. All of my other inks are in glass bottles, and the plastic kind of spoils the experience for me. Oh well.
It's still a gorgeous ink, and I couldn't resist starting a lizard pattern with it on watercolor paper.
A trio of curvy little fungi for today's #inkyDays drawing.
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#SciArtSeptemper Day 2: "Coral"
It's the second day of #SciArtSeptember, and I'm combining today's prompt with today's #inkyDays drawing. It's abstract, and the color is a beautiful orange.
Finally had time to replace my phone, so I was able to get a photo of today's drawing to share. I'll post the missing drawings for my supporters on Patreon and Ko-fi soon.
Today's #SciArtSeptember prompt is 'inertia". I'm interpreting this as something like phenotypic inertia, when a gene or trait remains in one form.
So I'm drawing this pattern for today's #inkyDays drawing.
Today's #SciArtSeptember prompt is "Diffusion". So, I decided to draw a diffusion gradient. The colors turned out a little to close to each other, or the gradient would be more noticeable. Oh well.
I'm also reminded of a little game I made, also named "Diffusion": https://artatomic.itch.io/diffusion
#SciArtSeptember Day 5: "Skeleton"
I'm interpreting this as cytoskeleton, and adding some mitochondria in today's #inkyDays drawing.
#SciArtSeptember Day 6: "Growth"
Playing with a simple growth fractal for today's #inkyDays drawing
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I'm still sleepy, after sleeping most of the day...this vaccine round hit me hard. I think I'll go back to sleep again soon.
#SciArtSeptember Day 7: Virus
It's perfect timing that today's prompt is "Virus". I had my covid booster and flu shot on Friday, and I'm only now starting to feel almost normal again. Yes, vaccines can hit me hard. Do I mind? NO! The actual diseases would be so much worse!
So, today's drawing is an abstract representation of coronavirus with mutating spike proteins.
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#SciArtSeptember Day 8: Permutations
For today's #inkyDays drawing, I drew permutations on three colors. I wanted to do four, but it wouldn't quite fit on the page. Oh well.
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For today's #inkyDays drawing, I decided to go with a Biochem inspired pattern. As I worked on it, I realized it also works for today's #SciArtSeptember prompt: Element. I had already posted a piece based on the periodic table of elements, but there can't be too much #SciArt.
And yes, this is a pattern I'll be showing in my talk for #alpaca2025 :)
#SciArtSeptember Day 10: Algae
Today's #SciArtSeptember prompt is "Algae", so I'm going with some abstract seaweed for today's #inkyDays drawing.
Here's an in-progress shot.
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Today's #SciArtSeptember prompt is 'Budding', so I'm going with a budding cell for today's #inkyDays drawing.
#SciArtSeptember Day 12: Transcription
I'm thinking about mRNA in today's #inkyDays drawing.
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#SciArtSeptember Day 13: "Motif".
So I'm playing wit little fish motifs for today's #inkyDays drawing.
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#SciArtSeptember Day 14: "Fractal"
I'm going with a simple branching fractal in today's drawing. I'm also experimenting with using a lighter green on the outer branches.
#SciArtSeptember Day 15: "Bone"
I'm going with cross-section of dense bone tissue and its Haversian systems, for today's #inkyDays drawing. Didn't get it quite right today. Oh well.
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#SciArtSeptember Day 16: "Chaos"
In today's #inkyDays, I'm drawing a messy implementation of a cellular automata, using rule 30.
Did I make mistakes? Of course I did! That's part of the fun in doing this!
#SciArtSeptember Day 17: "Vector".
I'm thinking more along the lines of disease vectors. So, of course, I'm going with networked mosquitos in today's drawing.
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#SciArtSeptember Day 18: Lichen.
I love lichen! So, I'm going with a lichen inspired pattern for today's #inkyDays drawing.
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#SciArtSeptember Day 19: "Growth"
--Oops! I mixed up today's prompt with another--
So I'm drawing this squiggly thing growing bigger and bigger, for today's #inkyDays drawing.
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#SciArtSeptember Day 20: "Orbit"
I'm interpreting this as "orbitals"...as in atoms...and drawing an atomic bonding angle inspired pattern for today's #inkyDays drawing.
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#SciArtSeptember Day 21: "Tiles".
In today's #inkyDays drawing, I tried something that really should have been more precise, or much more sloppy. Oh well.
#SciArtSeptember Day 22: "Random".
This made me think of Random Walk algorithms...so I went with a non-random walk of ants for today's #inkyDays drawing.
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#SciArtSeptember Day 23: "Vesicle".
So, I'm going with some phospholipid membranes and vesicles for today's #inkyDays drawing. These are so cool! Phospholipids have a charged 'head' and hydrophobic tails, so they form these double-layered structures.
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#SciArtSeptember Day 24: "Synapse".
So, I'm drawing an abstract version of a synaptic cleft for today's #inkyDays drawing.
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#SciArtSeptember Day 25: "Calm".
I'm going with some happy little fish for today's #inkyDays drawing.
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#SciArtSeptember Day 26: "Convergence".
I went a bit abstract with it in today's drawing.
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#SciArtSeptember Day 27: "Symbiosis"
So, how could I resist drawing some mitochondria in today's #inkyDays.
#SciArtSeptember Day 28: "Tessellation"
I felt like adding some little fish to this one. I didn't have a lot of time for my #inkyDays drawing today, as I had to leave early for the Maker Faire this morning.
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#SciArtSeptember Day 29: "Scattering".
I decided to draw some fungi for today's drawing.
The Maker Faire is over, so it's back to normality again...well whatever normality is these days. I had time, so I also drew some penguins. It feels great to have more time for drawing again!
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#SciArtSeptermber Day 30: "Accrete"
I'm going in an abstract biological direction with this one, and adding a subtle color change in the outer nodes.
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Tomorrow is the start of #inktober. I'm not sure if I'll following those prompts, but I might.
It's #inktober! I'll be playing with prompts from various lists, but probably mostly the #mathtober list from @fractalkitty
Today's Mathtober prompt is "link". I went abstract, as I usually do. Here's an in-progress shot.
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Today's Mathtober prompt is "Deviation", so I'm going with ants on a normal curve for today's #inkyDays drawing.
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Mathtober Day 3: "Polyhedron"
Playing loosely here. Can't resist adding some curves in today's #inkyDays drawing, in addition to straight lines
I woke up with the idea for this drawing this morning. I had a dream about my cancer tumor, from before the surgery removed it. This is what it looked like to me, in the dream
Here's an in-progress pic
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Today's Mathtober prompt is "Strongly". I'm interpreting this as a Strongly Connected Graph, in which there is a direct path between any two nodes. And I drew the edges as fish, as on does if they are a geeky artist like myself.
Here's an in-progress shot.
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Oh! Today's Mathtober prompt is "Digraph Sink", so I can draw my little fishies again.
A "Digraph" is just a directed graph, and "Sink" is a node with only incoming edges. I went with a simple tree graph for this one.
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For today's #inkyDays drawing, I felt like drawing some dancing starfish. So I did.
Here's an in-progress shot.
I also finished a floral-network piece, on watercolor paper. It's really nice to have more time for drawing again.
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Yesterday's Mathtober prompt was "Partial Sum". But I drew dancing starfish in yesterday's #inkyDays drawing. So, I'm playing with a partial sum of ants in today's drawing.
I'm a bit behind on the Mathtober prompts, but I'll catch up. Maybe. Yesterday's prompt was "Notation".
I decided to play with musical notation, in today's drawing. It's been a long time since I've written any kind of musical notation by hand, but it felt like a conversation with an old friend.
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For today's #inkyDays drawing, I felt like drawing little notes on a curve. These little notes are so fun for me to draw, and I needed a little extra joy today.
I also managed to draw some penguins that are not only cute, but show a hint of being angry.
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Today's Mathtober prompt is "Stellation". A super fun one!
Normally, I don't use pencil before ink. I usually start at one point and work my way out, organically. But for this one, I started with my compass and a pencil.
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I'm not quite ready to move on from the Stellation prompt, and I'm trying it again with a smaller center. That way, more the the pattern fits on the page.
Here's an in-progress shot.
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Today's Mathtober prompt is "Monotonic". Looking it up, it seems that a Monotonic curve does not change direction. It either trends up or down. So, aiming for optimism, I've drawn little ants climbing an upward trending curve for today's #inkyDays drawing.
Some days, my brain tells me that I have to draw certain things. Today, the penguins have something to say. They can't wait for Saturday.
In today's #inkyDays drawing, I went with a calming (for me) floral pattern. I also made progress of a large piece I've been working on for months. It's so close to being finished. So, I have to be extra careful when working on it.
#ink #drawing #art #inktober #flowers #GenerativeArt #ProceduralArt
Today's Mathtober prompt is "Chord". Instead of the musical definition, I'm going with mathematical, which is roughly a line between two points on a circle. In my #inkyDays drawing, I'm adding a new circle at one point of the last chord and adding a new chord to the new circle, forming what looks like a string of beads.
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Today's Mathtober prompt is "Faithful", which apparently means "equal" in mathematics. I had to look it up. So, I'm going with two sets of fish for today's #inkyDays drawing.
I also finally finished a big piece that I've been working on for the last few months. Feels fantastic to finish it at last!
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Today's Mathtober prompt is "Wheel", which reminded me of a color wheel. So I went with a ring of penguins in rainbow colors for today's drawing.
I liked how it turned out, so I drew a few on watercolor paper. I might put these in my online shop: ArtAtomic.io.
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The penguins are ready to march! For today's #inkyDays drawing, I'm just meditating on Democracy.
Today's Mathtober prompt is "Domain". My interpretation is a bit abstract, but I kinda like how it turned out.
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Today's Mathtober prompt is "Reye Configuration". I made a rough attempt, not precise at all. Cool concept, though.
Edited to add: This one was difficult to write alt-text for, but I tried my best.
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Today's Mathtober prompt is "Sawtooth", so I let the ants chart the function in today's #inkyDays drawing.
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Today's Mathtober prompt is "Odious". Which means something completely different in Mathematics than it does in general. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odious_number
I've drawing the ants in orange ink, in reference to the odious orange vandal.
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Today's Mathtober prompt is "Jacobian". Looking around for info on what this could possibly mean in Mathematics, I came across this wikipedia page(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobi_elliptic_functions).
The patterns, partway down the page, really appealed to me so I decided to play with them for today's #inkyDays drawing.
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Playing with yesterday's pattern again, for today's #inkyDays drawing.
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Today, I wanted a little comfort. So I drew a comforting floral pattern for today's #inkyDays drawing.
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Today's Mathtober prompt is "Amalgamation", so I decided to play with nested inclusions for today's #inkyDays drawing.
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@fractalkitty Normally, when I'm not following daily prompts, I iterate over many days.
The daily prompts are exciting, and inspiring. But sometimes, when I'm in the middle to a prompt challenge, I want to pause and play a little more.
keeps vis.social running
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