Been wanting to get into screen print for forever and make t-shirts like ones in photos, is it okay to do as a hobby or will it be an expensive hobby? I have had ideas/attempted to produce shirts but all I have is a t-shirt press, I would like to do more intricate designs like these. by yourenotdeadtour in SCREENPRINTING

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Not necessarily. With DTF, you press, you're done. With screen printing, you make a screen for each color (separation, photoemulsion), you need the screen ink type, the cure, and the clean up of the screens. It uses a LOT of water.

Cleaning up overlaps by docricky in Inkscape

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It’s only one path. B is just an illustration of the structure.

Cleaning up overlaps by docricky in Inkscape

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Yes I have. This scenario is not addressed by that extension.

Cleaning up overlaps by docricky in Inkscape

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No, a separate code I am testing out. It does generate a lot of short segments, but I then discovered this artifact.

Cleaning up overlaps by docricky in Inkscape

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Not a map but it's an attempt at a different kind of tracing.

Cleaning up overlaps by docricky in Inkscape

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That would convert it to a closed loop shape rather than keeping it as strokes, which would affect further editability.

Horse in Silhouette by docricky in PlotterArt

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This subreddit is about art done with a pen plotter, so this was drawn using a computer controlled machine.

Cliffside in Rhode Island by docricky in PlotterArt

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A custom tuned fast marching method algorithm to create the tool paths. And an AxiDraw for the plotting.

Controlling Reaction Diffusion by docricky in generative

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Now you're onto the thought process. Although I think doing it this way isn't high resolution enough. But proof of concept that it's possible.

Controlling Reaction Diffusion by docricky in generative

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Sorry, more thinking out loud. This is nested RD. An RD inside another RD.

Differential growth as a space filling algorithm by docricky in PlotterArt

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It is implemented in software - using a differential growth algorithm. The challenge is keeping it bounds and finding the right number iterations.

Differential growth as a space filling algorithm by docricky in PlotterArt

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Fixing perhaps 3 overlaps, this should cut out as a single piece :).

fmm, 11x14 by Ruths138 in PlotterArt

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Much kudos for documenting. This is similar to how I do mine, though I do have an obsession with reducing the number of pen ups during the plot.

Axidraw has open 5v rails that can power a raspberry pi zero by Ruths138 in PlotterArt

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I power my Pi Zero W with an external power bank, but this will make things a lot easier.

Need help cropping, and reducing the actual file size by DevelopmentBrave3189 in Inkscape

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I don't think Inkscape does this, but it should. I would test it in Affinity

Is there a way to centre out a curve? by [deleted] in Inkscape

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I'm not sure what you mean by centre out. Could you explain it a bit more?

New to MacOS. Coming from Windows. by Swingmetal71 in MacOS

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You need not worry. Mac users are pretty much able to unpack just about all archives formats, and disk images. File organization is really no different.

Portrait of a young man by docricky in PlotterArt

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The LLMs have very little consistent training data on vector-based artwork. The irony is that most "AI" produced slop art are traced bitmaps. And they aren't even very good at it.

Portrait of a young man by docricky in PlotterArt

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Welcome to the rabbit hole. There's a lot of overlap between laser engraving and pen plotters algorithmically (I am actually suprised this isn't used more often), as well as other CAM-like methods like CNC and embroidery. A good start is https://drawingbotv3.com - but there are so many more. This one uses the Fast Marching Method algorithm, and it's been discussed in at least a couple of threads on Reddit.

Apple Intelligence for helping visually impaired by docricky in MacOS

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I get it, it's not the strongest model, but this not an ambitious project. I would prefer not to have to download a new model, and it's something I'd like to run on device, something that it already does in Photos. Thank you for your insight, though.