The pen plotter postcard exchange (ptpx) set up by Paul is a fantastic initiative connecting people around the world over the joy of creating and sharing. Highly encourage everyone to give it a shot.

This year's exchange (my second) hit me at a time when I was experimenting with typography and also feeling very nostalgic. At the same time the quality of work y'all are creating and sharing is so good, the self-doubt starts creeping in. So I draw inspiration from lyrics like "fear in itself will use you up and break you down like you were never enough" from Blue October's Fear. Maybe mine won't be good, but I don't need to be bothered with those details, just create and have fun with it! I ended up with a collection of songs that have had some kind of meaning in my past.

The layouts are all done through code with a general degree of chance involved - the amount of times a letter is drawn, how noisy it is, positioning offsets or rotations, etc. Python coding environment was Vsketch and Vpype was used for optimization and fit-to-size layout utilities. Material of language was a valuable resource for the techniques I was looking to learn.

Paper: A6 Recycled Ivory Fleck or Ivory Linen
Colors: Posca pens provide the background color splashes. Bic Crystal pen used for the magenta on Neverending math equation
Pens: Sakura Pigma Micron 05, Sakura Pigma Micron 03, Copic multiliner

If you received one and have comments or questions, do let me know. Even if you hate it :)