Processes
The finished thing is nice when it happens. The process is usually more useful.
This section is for checklists, workflows, repeated steps, failure modes, and small improvements that make the next attempt better.
Trust and improve the process.
Plotter and image-to-paper
- From Pixel to Pen: how code, images, SVG, and plotter output fit together
- Gantry: current plotter pipeline
- Tracer: tracing as part of the drawing pipeline
- Generative Art: generating plotter-friendly SVGs
- Vectorize: turning raster images into vectors
- SVGToolBox: older SVG preparation process
- SVG2WaterColor: older watercolor plotting process
Archives, files, and publishing
- ImageAnalysis: making private photos, screenshots, scans, receipts, and visual references searchable
- How This Garden Grows: how this site relates to notes, files, and public publishing
- FileFirst: filesystem-first archive thinking
- FileFirst Specification: the long version
- FileFirst Adoption Guide
- FileFirst Extensibility
Photography and darkroom
- Making contact sheets: current darkroom setup for real contact sheets from negatives
Processes to add
These do not need to be big essays. A useful checklist is enough.
- image to plot
- plotter session checklist
- pen and paper test notes
- film scanning checklist
- linocut transfer and print session notes
- CNC setup and zeroing checklist
- 3D print preparation notes
- notebook review ritual
- Replaceable notebook pages
- Notebook dividers
- Writing by hand
- bow tuning or archery setup notes
- record cleaning and listening notes
- book distillation notes