RasterWeb!So what did I do at DrawCamp? Well, I had the Friday Night Drawbot working hard at creating some drawings, and here they are for you to enjoy!
Back Pedalling
An Error in Judgement
Profit Margin
Slippers
Sunlight
Fall is Here
Pillabuster
Farple #27
Grassy Knoll
You may be familiar with our Friday Night Drawbot from back when it was at Version 1. Well, we’re now at Version 3, and there’s been much improvement. With Version 2 we made the body a bit shorter to get a tighter turn radius, and we’ve continued that trend with the latest revision.
We’ve also switched to AA rechargeable batteries, so no more disposable 9 volts. This means that we can use our eneloops and since we’ve got a dozen of them, we can run all day and switch them out as needed.
We’re also using a Diavolino from Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories now, which means we can use a shield, which means we’ve cleaned things up a bit as far as the wiring. The “brains” are also detachable from the rest of the body now. Speaking of the body, we’ve rebuilt that as well, and used hot glue and velcro in place of duct tape and rubber bands, so things are a lot more secure. (Don’t worry, there’s still gaff tape and rubber bands, but it’s much cleaner now.)
Keep an eye out for the Friday Night Drawbot at the next event that somehow manages to blend art and technology…. or something like that.
(Oh, I’ll also be adding a bunch more info on the Friday Night Drawbot project page.)
On Sunday, October 23rd, 2011 I’ll be at DrawCamp talking about Machines that Draw (and other mechanical/technology-based things.)
I know that DrawCamp should be about pencils and pens and paper and such… or should it?
I’ll be bringing the Egg-Bot, as well as the Friday Night Drawbot (if I can reassemble it before then) as well as a bunch of slides and a talk on robotic drawing devices.
I might also bring the Wacom tablet, as I tend to use that for my drawings more than anything else nowadays. (Oh, and I’m sure someone else will cover iPad apps for drawing.)
(Note: as of my writing this there’s still 19 spots available. So if you want to experience DrawCamp, sign up now!)
It’s inevitable!
“What did the working computer say to the non-working computer?”
“Does Not Compute!”
“That doesn’t make any sense…”
“Who cares!?”