Droid Drawing Diagnostics

I'm writing this post as I wait for my 3-axis golem to complete my drawing.

It has been a process ...

I tested on paper with ballpoint pens and felt confident enough to move to cardboard with my oil paint markers. Of course they're only similar in theory, they seem to have nothing in common in practice ...

So that was a whole recalibration of z distance etc. They needed much more of a pressure downwards and also a bigger lift. I finally did find a good pressure, and speed, that allowed the ink flow to be continuous and keep up with the drawing.

[you'll just have to take my word that I did ballpoint drawings, I only did a timelapse of that process and the ballpoint marks are much to difficult to see.]

Update:

The paint markers were so satisfying. I want to do more! Luckily, there was no one needing the CNC after my appointment slot so I just kept going and going and going. Adding more layers. That was the benefit of my image generator, with just a few sliders I had a whole new drawing and each new layer was created after I saw the completed layer before it. It felt incredibly playful.

I did one one on the large cardboard because I'm building a big cardboard structure for my final project of the year and wanted to see if it was possible to decorate it. I love the end result of the drawing but I'm not sure it fits the project I'm working on.


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