The Process

The Machine

iDraw H A1
UUNA TEK® pen plotter

Working area: 594 × 841 mm (A1)
Travel speed: up to 12,000 mm/min

It is the fastest drawing machine, and I run it at maximum speed.

The manufacturer recommends slower operation for "quality." I find slow plotting boring.

The machine drifts, pen lifts aren't always clean, layers misalign.

That's the point.

The Software

The prep work sometimes takes longer than the execution. I use:

  • Custom scripts for procedural generation, trimming, sorting, and previewing
  • vpype for vector optimization
  • DrawingBotV3/Inkscape for image to path generation
  • AI for any possible step to run the process faster and easier

I optimize every step. By the time the robot moves, most decisions are already made. But then the plot starts, markers run out, something shifts, and I change the plan anyway.

Tools

Markers
Alcohol-based, acrylic

Pens
Gel, acrylic, ballpoint, fineliners, technical, fountain

Anything that you can draw with
Paintbrushes, coal sticks, oil pastels, syringes, droppers

System
I maintain a library of 1,000+ drawing tools. Each one is profiled: actual color vs. cap color, behavior on different surfaces, and how long it lasts before drying out.

Materials

Surface
I prefer canvas over paper.

Canvas has texture. It's extremely durable. You can crease it and it becomes flat again just by lying on a surface.

Professional canvas is primed and covered with acrylic medium or paint. This seals the pores and prevents ink from soaking into the fibers.

Finishing
All works are covered with museum quality UV-protective Kamar varnish.

Framing
Some works have enough white edges to be stretched on a frame. You can do it at any local frame shop.

Human behind the machine

Aerospace Engineer, crypto og, Mom, artist, immigrant.

Engineering. Data. Art. This practice combines everything I know into one output.