JOURNALS

Today started with me tackling the big project of sorting out the studio. After all the stuff arriving from the old studio, it was getting pretty chaotic. I felt like the best way to begin was by making sure everything was off the main work surfaces and onto the shelves, even if they were temporary homes.

In the afternoon, I shifted my focus to the pen plotter projects. Specifically, I dived into some pen plotting stuff with brush pens. I'm exploring how to control the height of the brush as it plots, which was both challenging and fascinating. Once the initial coding was done, I had the pen plotter work with brush pens in a way that made the line thickness vary depending on the height. It felt creative and productive.

By the end of the day, I felt a lot happier because I decided to work on the pen plotting height with a brush rather than forcing myself into writing the YouTube script tutorials. The pen plotting session was satisfying and felt like a good creative use of my time.

The email to my solicitor also got done today, which was hanging over my head. I've needed to get this wrapped up to push the studio sale process forward.

Reflecting on today, it was productive, but in a more hands-on, creative way than initially planned. Sorting out the studio cleared some mental space; the pen plotting cleared creative space. Both tasks made me feel more in control of what's happening this week.

I hope to continue with the brush pen experiments tomorrow. I've got a few different brush pens that I've been testing. So far, the ones with long, very soft brush tips seem to work best. They're offering the right kind of fine-to-thick transitions I'm aiming for.

So, a satisfying day of both clearing physical space and diving into some creative coding and pen plotting. Looking forward to more of the same tomorrow.