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Nik Rawlinson @nik.uk · 16h

It made me smile Connections Puzzle #1207 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Nik Rawlinson @nik.uk · 24/09/2026

As promised, a detail shot showing some of those 394,171 lines.

Close up of the lines that compose the portrait in the original post

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Nik Rawlinson @nik.uk · 24/09/2026

I used 266,370 vertical black lines and 127,801 horizontal red lines, drawn using Bic Biros, for this pose from @niceyhott.bsky.social . The original is A2. Detail shot to follow.

Bic Biro drawing of a nude man, from behind

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Nik Rawlinson @nik.uk · 17/09/2026

Five States of Undress, plotted on A1 paper using a blue Pilot rollerball, courtesy of five great poses from @jonathanfineart.bsky.social who posed remotely. The first, third and fifth poses were drawn using horizontal lines, and the second and fourth using vertical lines.

Plotted montage of five poses in which the model wears one fewer item of clothing in each pose.

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Nik Rawlinson @nik.uk · 16/09/2026

I got it. Now it’s stuck in my head.

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Nik Rawlinson @nik.uk · 15/09/2026

It is macOS 27 after all

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Nik Rawlinson @nik.uk · 14/08/2026

I use SumUp and haven’t had any problems. I wonder if you’re doing something I’ve not needed to explore yet.

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Nik Rawlinson @nik.uk · 14/08/2026

Finished it this morning. Intrigue intrigue.

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Nik Rawlinson @nik.uk · 12/08/2026

Need a better zoom but OK for a phone shot.

The eclipse, taken using iPhone and eclipse glasses.

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Nik Rawlinson @nik.uk · 11/08/2026

The close-up, as promised.

Close-up of one of the plotted portraits in the previous post. The original was drawn with a black pen on A1 white paper.

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Nik Rawlinson @nik.uk · 11/08/2026

Latest picture: five states of undress, courtesy of five remote poses from the ever inspirational @hockneyspool.bsky.social . Close-up in the follow-ups...

Plotted drawing of hockneyspool in five states of dress / undress

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Nik Rawlinson @nik.uk · 09/08/2026

I love the pink cat picture in the background

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Nik Rawlinson @nik.uk · 08/08/2026

This is why we have an air fryer

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Nik Rawlinson @nik.uk · 06/08/2026

Some sketching from last nights class. Rather more rough than ready

Sketch of female model in pastel and chalk on pink paper

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Nik Rawlinson @nik.uk · 09/07/2026

Can’t beat a bit of herringbone tiling

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Nik Rawlinson @nik.uk · 03/07/2026

10 minute charcoal sketch of Piotr.

Sketch of a male model in charcoal on white paper.

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Nik Rawlinson @nik.uk · 02/07/2026

You want a close-up? Here’s a close-up.

Close up of a portrait made of circles, as seen in the linked post.

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Nik Rawlinson @nik.uk · 02/07/2026

I’m so behind on posting, but here’s a portrait of @hockneyspool.bsky.social from a little while back. Quarter of a million circles on three sheets of A1 and two A2, drawn in red and black Bic Biro.

Large portrait drawn using circles of varying sizes on five large sheets of paper.

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Nik Rawlinson @nik.uk · 25/06/2026

I often wondered why it was stuck out there like that. Makes perfect sense.

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Nik Rawlinson @nik.uk · 24/06/2026

More than ideal surely, unless you were hoping for 40 degrees.

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Nik Rawlinson @nik.uk · 22/06/2026

Hiding from the builders

Ginger cat peering over the top step of a staircase

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Nik Rawlinson @nik.uk · 17/06/2026

I thought you’d been styling your beard… then realised it was the door hook.

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Nik Rawlinson @nik.uk · 12/06/2026

As promised, here's the close-up

Close-up of a plotted drawing drawn using two Bic Biros and a series of rotating triangles.

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Nik Rawlinson @nik.uk · 12/06/2026

Here's an A1 drawing of @boardie2.bsky.social from a picture he generously allowed me to use. Drawn with two Bic Biros and a series of rotating triangles. Close-up to follow...

Plotted drawing of a man drying his hair after the shower, drawn on A1 paper using two Bic Biros.

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Nik Rawlinson @nik.uk · 06/06/2026

That’s what I want to know.

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Nik Rawlinson @nik.uk · 05/06/2026

A pub I passed today had quiz’s every Tuesday.

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Nik Rawlinson @nik.uk · 07/05/2026

I remember that. And I had the record. Wasn’t it bought by Buster comic In the end?

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Nik Rawlinson @nik.uk · 05/05/2026

They’re brilliant

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Nik Rawlinson @nik.uk · 22/04/2026

Sebastian and Matteo now in the online shop. First time available for sale online. Find them at shop.nik.uk

Framed picture of a male model. The original image is A2 and is drawn using blue and black Bic Biros. It is composed of tessellating hexagons.

Framed picture of a male model. The original image is A2 and is drawn using red and black Bic Biros. It is composed of overlapping circles of varying sizes.

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Nik Rawlinson @nik.uk · 17/04/2026

As tradition dictates, a couple of close ups

Close up of Biro drawn portrait in black and blue

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Nik Rawlinson @nik.uk · 17/04/2026

New picture: 84,000 triangles, four pens, two colours, three failed attempts, and one brilliant pose from @sputnikboy.bsky.social

Nik holds an A1 portrait drawn using only triangles with blue and black Bic Biros

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Nik Rawlinson @nik.uk · 14/04/2026

Good spot. I thought they were supposed to swap too.

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Nik Rawlinson @nik.uk · 14/04/2026

Wish you’d asked sooner.

Nik holds a space invader picture made using a mixture of first class and 5p stamps

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Nik Rawlinson @nik.uk · 14/04/2026

Thank you for posing!

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Nik Rawlinson @nik.uk · 14/04/2026

This work in progress shot shows the red underlayer.

Work in progress shot of a portrait being drawn by a pen plotter.

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Nik Rawlinson @nik.uk · 14/04/2026

A new portrait of @thenakedbro3.bsky.social who posed a few weeks ago, composed entirely of short vertical lines drawn with a black Pilot rollerball pen. There’s a red layer beneath the black but the match is so close I may as well have not bothered.

Drawing of a male model produced using short vertical lines, drawn using a plotter and rollerball pen

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Nik Rawlinson @nik.uk · 12/04/2026

They’re all lovely

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Nik Rawlinson @nik.uk · 07/04/2026

As ever, here’s a close-up

Close up shot of the lines that make up my fish picture.

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Nik Rawlinson @nik.uk · 07/04/2026

386 straightish lines drawn with a blue Pilot rollerball

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Nik Rawlinson @nik.uk · 06/04/2026

In that case they’re both lying. No money for either of them.

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Nik Rawlinson @nik.uk · 02/04/2026

Here's Kramer holding with one of my drawings of himself. I was lucky enough to meet him earlier this week when he was visiting from the US, so I brought along one of the pictures that he posed for remotely about three years ago. As is often the case it's drawn with two continuous lines on A1 paper.

Kramer poses with a picture of himself that is drawn on A1 paper using Bic Biros.

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Nik Rawlinson @nik.uk · 01/04/2026

A drawing of Kramer on A1 paper. This was done with two Bic Biros: one blue and one light blue, each tracing a single unbroken line through thousands of spirals across the page.

Artist holding his portrait of a male model drawn using Bic Biros

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Nik Rawlinson @nik.uk · 31/03/2026

Borgen, if you don’t mind subtitles

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