10 sheets · 6 films · 作图纸
Drawn from
the listing.
Instruments, mechanisms and machines constructed the way a draughtsman would. An orange spark reads a TikZ listing, rules every line and swings every circle, then sets the drawing to work. Every frame is a function of time, drawn live in your browser.
Films
They draw themselves, then move
No.07Power Good
A 303-line listing drafts an ATX mainboard, then switches it on.
2 min 30 s · English / 中文
中文版 · 开机自检 →
No.09Order of the Elements
Genshin Impact's seven elemental emblems, taken apart by their symmetry.
2 min · English / 中文
中文版 · 原神七元素图标拆解 →
No.10Eight Little Suns
A GPU server draws itself, then goes to work: eight cards at full load.
72 s · English / 中文
中文版 · 八个小太阳 →
No.11Sixteen Rings
A San He luopan draws itself, then turns its rings back into place.
95 s · English / 中文
中文版 · 三合罗盘 →
No.13Sixty-Four Hexagrams
A San Yuan luopan draws itself, then turns its rings back into place.
105 s · English / 中文
中文版 · 三元罗盘 →
No.16Astrolabe Set, Sky Turning
An astrolabe draws itself for Oxford, then turns the sky.
82 s · English / 中文
中文版 · 星盘落定，星空流转 →
Sheets
Interactive · drawn as you watch
No.01Live TikZ
Write TikZ on the left; the spark draws it on the right.
No.02Constructed Mark
A mark constructed on the spot: a 45° axis and six circles in φ.
No.06Form Factor
A whole ATX mainboard, drafted part by part at a quarter inch.
No.08Sanhe Luopan
A sixteen-ring San He luopan, drafted from the needle out.
No.12Sanyuan Luopan
A fifteen-ring San Yuan luopan, drafted from the needle out.
No.14Astrolabe
A planispheric astrolabe, every curve projected for the plate's latitude.
P(doom) Plates
Shots from Giacomo Magnanini's film P(doom), each rebuilt as a plate of its own. The drafting engine began here.
No.01Construction Sheet
Axes, construction rays and a curve, with one orange spark for a pen.
No.02Loss Landscape
A loss surface engraved in contour lines, one sharp pit.
No.03Chinese Room
Searle's Chinese room, drawn as a library aisle in thin lines.
No.04Server Room
A GPU server in front elevation, at three in the morning.