265 of 365 is a thicket of retro sound waves #design #inkscape #tutorial


Retro sound waves

Retro sound waves

So these are some cool retro styled waves. I think of them as sound waves, and I think they’re reminicient of record albums, grooviness, and the lacksadaisical feeling of my childhood in the 1970’s. To do it yourself in Inkscape:

  1. Create a smallish square (50x50px) with the rectangle tool (ctrl-r).
  2. Duplicate the square (ctrl-d) and move it to the bottom edge of the first square. It should overlap at the line and be aligned with the first square.
  3. Repeat this action until you have 7 squares in a vertical row. Feel free to use the align tool to align them all perfectly, but by eye is fine.
  4. Select the line of squares by rubber band method or by shift clicking each of them.
  5. Convert all of them to paths (shift-ctrl-c) them combine them all into a single path (ctrl-k).
  6. Select and copy (ctrl-c) the path.
  7. Open either the pencil or Bezier tool (whichever you prefer, if neither, use pencil) and set it to use the clipboard as a shape.
  8. Draw your line, and notice that the squares are used as a brush. Have fun!

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About lemsy

John LeMasney is an artist, graphic designer, and technology creative. He is located in beautiful, mountainous Charlottesville, VA, but works remotely with ease. Contact him at: lemasney@gmail.com to discuss your next creative project.

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