ok as a compromise, here's the first 12 of the 24 pages of the coffee volume 1 zine. these are printed on an epson 8550 photo printer on matte presentation paper right here, so the colours are bold and the detail is excessive.
Shae M Puckett
@smerp.bsky.social
Artist. Toronto. NB. I make generative and math art with plotter robots. I designed and built the machines, and wrote software to create the vectors. Ballpoint, fountain pen, marker. SHOP: ko-fi.com/smerp if it isn’t listed, ask!
i guess this is a dumb question but -- before buying an art zine, do you want to see thumbnails of all the pages in it? would that help you decide? i mean obviously not high resolution, but definitely "oh look at all the pretty art" kind of thing.
cover of coffee volume 3. i have to do the product photography but all three volumes are designed and test printed.
i'm pleased with how the ink simulation is working out. these svg-based renders in the third coffee volume are so close to the original ballpoint-based plots on off-white paper i'm shaking my head. i'm really trying to make these zines worth having as art books.
wrapping up the design of Coffee Vol 2 zine. Here's the front cover!
CW: human skull drawings Finished the Skull zine. I see that Coffee won the poll but I was mostly done before the poll ended. So Coffee is next!
second zine is done, experimental landscapes 1. i don't expect or even suggest anyone to buy zines until i have a few more listed because shipping costs are so high, it hardly makes sense to order just one. that's just the facts.
having finished the "deconstructed nudes 1" zine i am now working on "experimental landscapes 1" so this is a lot of what i am staring at; very careful recreations of plotter prints. i'm using scans of the real plots as colour references, the zines are made from the original svg files.
I saw these plastic vase filler cubes and thought: i could make something with those. So i bought two packsvand made a Soma cube puzzle, adhering the pieces with transparent uv curable glue. Then printed a little stand with uncoloured filament.
i don't expect anyone's noticed but i've adjusted the halo clock's "feels like" temperature equations to reflect canada's humidex and wind chill calculations, and done some smooth interpolation between them when necessary to prevent discontinuities.
i've got the plotter simulator pre-processor just about done. to portray ink you have to handle overlapping lines; they must be darker at the crossings. you even have to handle lines that overlap themselves, which requires a whole other level of geometric trickery.
some work on simulated plotter prints with one of my designs from 2023. the ink blending and sharp line edges are working well.
some sack of shit masquerading as a human got into my web host and did bad things. so the haloclock.ca website was down, including timezone/forecast lookup. everything's restored now.
new printer arrived and set up. bit underwhelming on regular paper as all inkjets are, but very acceptable on inkjet stock. now i need to find the right medium weight matte paper
still working on creating the best plotter art simulations i know how. it's not that i can't run a plotter anymore, there's one sitting right here. it's that it would be nice to offer prints and zines that look nice at prices that don't make most people go "uh no" in this economy
for fun, here are captures from the theme editor defining the ace clock theme.
Halo Clock #pride flag of the day: asexuality This one is an analogue theme with the purple hand the hours, the bright white hand minutes, and a very wide dim grey "gap" band as the seconds -- the centre of the gap indicates the hand position.
Today's Halo Clock #pride flag: Bisexual This one doesn't rotate, it stays upright with the cerise, lavender and blue stripes oriented as in the flag itself. the white pip to the upper left is the time, about half past ten.
current theme collection on the prototype halo clock v2, as viewed from the theme editor served by the clock itself
HALO Clock #pride flag (photo version) of the day: intersex yellow and purple kaleidoscope. the dark area at the upper left is the "holdout" for the hour hand so you know what time it is -- about half past 10.
HALO clock #pride flag of the day: intersex kaleidoscope Video: https://mastodon.art/@smerp/116681012624042465
it's gonna be gay HALO Clock Flag of the Day: Pansexuality three colour bands, starting at the hour hand positon (quarter past 9): cerise, canary, sky. the flag rotates with the time.
Fallen 3. Last of the series. Gel pen 16x10” A3. Buy it: ko-fi.com/s/b5343b4d7c #Art you can buy: just ask; designed by me and drawn by my robot.
Fallen 2. 16x10” A3. Buy it: ko-fi.com/s/6eaefab5f7 #Art you can buy: just ask; designed by me and drawn by my robot.
Fallen 1. Rollerball 16x10” A3. Buy it: ko-fi.com/s/0b4f6705c4 #Art you can buy: just ask; designed by me and drawn by my robot.
