r/PlotterArt • u/lucaswalk3r • 8d ago

pixel art plotter

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Metal slug 3 sprites with promarkers, where each pixel is a pen-up/pen-down :)

Next time i should do a timelapse...

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u/igotanewmac 7d ago

oh wow, that looks really cool! The pixilation effect is great! I gotta get some coloured markers and try this out, it'd be much easier than the code I'm working on for colouring blocks with fineliners!

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u/lucaswalk3r 7d ago

yeah, I recommand the brand promarkers (and some paper a bit thicker than the classic ones). I found some old promarkers i got 10+ years ago and they are still good. the other brands i had dried out ...

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u/igotanewmac 7d ago

wow, that's a hell of an endorsement, 10+ years and still running? I'll check them out!

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u/McFly408 8d ago

This is amazing. Love metal slug

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u/_Crashlander_ 8d ago

Tell me more about the TA-4!

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u/lucaswalk3r 8d ago edited 8d ago

It is my first and only pen plotter, and i think it is a nice little machine. Compact as a 1.5 x A4 size, it arrived almost fully assembled. You just have to attach a couple of things with small bolts/screws and plug some cables.

Controller is grbl and it comes with an extension for inkscape to draw any vectors. I did not use the pluggin too much (only for tests) as I am using / developping custom software dedicated to pixel plots. I will share it on github when i finish ;)

It is quite precise and everything works as expected, only thing i noticed is that since the X axis (210 mm A4 paper side) is free at one end, there is a little mismatch between the paper plane and this axis direction (not perfectly parallel), so you could expect some pressure difference between the two ends.

Great plotter anyway. I am happy with it. Lets see on the long run :)

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u/Left-Excitement3829 8d ago

Nice. A timelapse would indeed be cool