Genuary 7: Use software that is not intended to create art or images.

KiCAD + Freerouting, I manually created a nonsense circuit schematic, placed the components in their positions more or less randomly, then let the auto routing do its thing to draw the copper traces. Been meaning to do this for a while and definitely some tweaks to be done. Such as randomly generating the components, connections, and positions and setting more sensible design rules for pen plotting. And not starting with a 5x5 mm central part where all the connections will get bulked up!

Genuary is a month of creative prompts to encourage experimentation with generative art created with code (and, for me, drawing robots).

Metallic GellyRoll pens on black card, 100x100 mm.

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8 days ago