Portrait of a male model composed of hexagons drawn using blue and black Bic Biros.

This A2 drawing of a male model is composed entirely of hexagons of various sizes, each of which is drawn using either a blue or a black Bic Biro. The image took around 27 hours to plot, after having first been composed in LibreOffice Calc, which was used to calculate which of the hand-drawn hexagons should appear in each position.

Here’s a close-up that shows the hexagons in more detail.

Close up of a drawing of a male model composed of hexagons drawn using blue and black Bic Biros.
 

Materials: Bic Biros on white paper
Equipment used: A1 pen plotter; Bic Biros; paper; iPad Air to draw original hexagons; LibreOffice Calc to calculate hexagon positioning
Size: A2