JOURNALS

Today was quite a productive day, and honestly, a bit of a nice surprise. I started the morning exploring more ways to set the height of the brush on the pen plotter. I sketched out multiple approaches and then moved to coding. It's thrilling to see the machine respond to the adjustments and create lines of varying thickness. The handwriting test was particularly satisfying. Combining this with brush height has opened new possibilities for future projects. Made some real progress there.

Mid-morning, I took a break and went to the estate agents for a quick hassle session. I still do not have final confirmation regarding the studio sale and it's dragging on a bit. The lack of closure means I haven't been able to completely focus on the new studio setup. But I'm optimistic things will sort out soon. Hopefully, the estate agents push this forward.

Back at the studio post-lunch, I got into the groove of finishing the newsletter. The goal was to include the updates about the brush height tests. There's something satisfying about packaging up the week's work and letting everyone know the progress made. By the time that was done, the clock showed it was already late afternoon. Time flies when you're in a productive zone.

I also managed to carve out time to make a short video about the brush height experiment for the #weeknotes video. It’s not the primary brush height video I plan to make, but it’s a good start to get my thoughts organised. The outline I wrote will help shape the full video when I come back to it.

The day's wrap-up felt good, knowing I delivered on key goals and got some things moving with the estate agents. All in all, things are looking up. Oh, and I had a thought - once the studio situation stabilises, it might be good to revisit planning out a new batch of short videos about these experiments. Maybe I can put those ideas Kitty generates to good use.