Thomas Pavitte

Author of the 1000 Dot-to-Dot, Querkles, and Spiroglyphics series. Currently "vibe coding" interactive art experiences and building tools in public.

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In 2011, I was unemployed and sleeping on a friend's counch in Melbourne.

To take my mind of the stress of job hunting, I started a side project that eventually sold over 400,000 copies worldwide.

This is the story of how i reinvented the dot-to-dot. 🧵

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@theryanhayward Framer

[Chris @everestchris6]

this OpenClaw bot finds warehouse owners & books them solar deals on autopilot...

here's how solar business owners can use it to close $500k+ commercial installs:

- scans 1000s of warehouses via satellite imagery
- scores every roof by size, sun hours & payback
- pierces the LLC to find the actual human owner (not info@)
- renders their building with panels on it + 25-yr savings
- ships them a personalized microsite at their company name
- follows up across email, sms & linkedin
- books calls straight to the calendar 24/7

reply "SOLAR" + RT and i'll send you the full breakdown of how you can do it too (must be following so i can dm)

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@everestchris6 SOLAR

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From the Animals 1000 Dot-to-dot book.

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I've always been interested in generative art, but never had the time to dedicate towards learning the coding side of things. It's fun to dream up quick concepts like this in @claudeai and being able to focus on the creative side rather than the technical side.

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A while ago i did this experiment to see what one of my circles illustrations would look like painted of a canvas.

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Over the years, I've published 8 books in the 1000 Dot-to-Dot series and they have been translated into many languages and sold hundreds of thousands of copies

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I came up with the concept of the 1000 Dot-to-dot book where every drawing consists of exactly 1000 dots.

Every single dot was placed by me on computer and each drawing took me about a full day to complete.

Its a repititive process, but seeing people around the world get so much enjoyment makes it all worth while.

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The best thing i ever did was to publish these experiments on my website. Sharing this side project changed everything.

Out of nowhere, a publisher in London emailed me about a concept to create a 'grown-up' book of intricate dot-to-dot books

[Thomas Pavitte @thomaspavitte]

In 2011, I was unemployed and sleeping on a friend's counch in Melbourne.

To take my mind of the stress of job hunting, I started a side project that eventually sold over 400,000 copies worldwide.

This is the story of how i reinvented the dot-to-dot. 🧵

[Thomas Pavitte @thomaspavitte]

I then thought about what would happen if i took things to the extreme end of the scale and create a massive poster of the Mona Lisa out of 6,239 dots.

It look me 9 hours to complete the drawing

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My first experiment was this portrait of obama.

It wasn't perfectm but it proved the concept. If you squinted or looked at it from a distance, the lines started to look like a real sketch. It was enough to keep me going.

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I've always loved using primitive techniques to create complex art.

Dot-to-Dot drawings are about as basic as it gets, usually just flat outlines for kids that you can tell what it's going to be before you put pen to paper.

I wanted to see if there was a way to push this technique and five them artistic integrity to create tone, and fefinition instead of just shapes.

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I haven't done a dot-to-dot drawing in a very long time. Here's one from my book of Marvel characters. It took me about 30 mins to draw on my lunch break. I made a few mistakes along the way too, but the good thing is when there are 1000 dots, no one will ever know.

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All the drawings from The 1000 dot-to-dot Masterpieces Book

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Taking a look through the archives and found one of my transformative dot-to-dot concepts. This is from 2011, I was experimenting with a way of creating two images in one dot-to-dot image.

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Building out the new home for my work at https://t.co/v1eKEgoeP3.

The goal is to move beyond a static portfolio and actually bring the logic of my books to life online. I’m having a lot of fun using Framer for the core site and then "vibe coding" the more complex interactive bits in Replit.

It’s been a great process, using AI to help bridge the gap between my analogue background and the interactive experiences I’ve wanted to build for years. Still a work in progress, but it’s getting there.

https://t.co/nlVQf4C0nj

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@Switzerland_aib Done!

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I’ve been experimenting with ways to bring my dot-to-dot books into the browser. Built this little interactive version using Replit and some AI-assisted coding. It’s still a work in progress, but it’s fun to see it finally move.

https://t.co/iX3NnraMOY

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