A finished plotter item
While developing the framework for using my plotter I've been aiming to produce an initial item based on cellular automata. I thought it'd be fun to render a still frame from a simulation.
The idea is to take a random Game Of Life instance, run it for 50 steps or so, find all the gliders and highlight them. I thought I'd get it to just scribble the boxes rather than make them perfectly lined up and filled.
The result is cool, but not as interesting as I'd hoped -- it's apparent that the magic of automata really is watching them while animated -- so I'll put it to bed and not bother to make a nicer quality version.
This is just ballpoint on a cheap lined pad, as usual. All those scribbles meant it took a bit over an hour to plot. The lighting in my office is very blue... might need to get a small area light for these photos.
