What I love about Convenience Stores in NJ! In the video, I talk about my love for Wawa, the general best practice of computer interfaces for food ordering, the variety and service aspects of convenience, and more.
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Branding Starter Package: What if it was easy?
Photo Essay: The Jedediah Higgins House - Wood, metal, stone, and love in Princeton, NJ. cc-by lemasney
Photo Essay: The Jedediah Higgins House – A story of ...
The story of the maple seed hanging sculptures that are a part of the 2015 Princeton Parklet is a very interesting one, and I thought I'd share it as a way of thanking everyone involved in their creation. But first, some definitions.
The Story of the Maple Seeds at the 2015 Princeton ...
Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon – EM Forster “Apparently, this quote is not from any […]
Spoon feeding in the long run – EM Forster cc-by ...
7 Between the Acts – Virginia Woolf “A foolish, flattering lady, pausing on the threshold of what she once called “the heart of the house,” the […]
Books are the mirrors of the soul – Virginia Woolf ...
"James contributed significantly to literary criticism, particularly in his insistence that writers be allowed the greatest possible freedom in presenting their view of the world. James claimed that a text must first and foremost be realistic and contain a representation of life that is recognisable to its readers."
She feels in italics and thinks in capitals – Henry ...
Please see the entire chapter by reading part 1, part 2, part 3, and part 4. This is the conclusion: What can I do to […]
64 of 365: Using Pinterest to Gain a Visual Following ...
This is a three-dimensional coffee cup created in SketchUp, the Trimble-owned, free, three-dimensional modeling application. Given the increased importance of making and three-dimensional printing in […]
56 of 365: A three dimensional coffee cup in SketchUp
1 So I saw an illustration of coffee talk in which the rims of the coffee cups were actually chat bubbles, and wanted to try it […]
50 of 365 is coffee talk by John LeMasney via ...
2 Here is a final image of the workspace that I used to create the new Tame the Web (TTW) logo using Inkscape, with the help […]
32 of 365: Designing a logo for Tame the Web ...
Depth of Processing is a design theory in which it is believed that when information is analyzed more deeply, the information is more likely to be retained. Instruction sheets that are more complex and analytical are more likely to retained than more superficial ones.
30 of 365: Depth of Processing design principle
Baby face bias is a design principle in which designers use the generalized human interpretation of baby-faced features (such as large eyes, round head, small nose and mouth) to represent and codify naiveté, innocence and kindness. By emphasizing or exaggerating baby like features in faces, a design can evoke a feeling of protection, ownership, or forgiveness in a viewer. Alternatively. more angular features, less elongated heads, and other more adult features are less likely to be interpreted as innocent, kind, or naïve.
10 of 365: Baby face bias #design #design-principles
Advance Organizers are a design method in which an audience is given new information in one of two ways in order to become oriented with a new concept.
2 of 365: Expository and Comparative Advance Organizers
4 Designers as defined by Buckminster Fuller
Designers as defined by Buckminster Fuller
6 Since April, I have developed a keen interest in personal health, leading me to improve my culinary skills. I learned about basic knife cuts, inspired by cooking shows. To prepare, I researched and created an infographic on these techniques, which are easy with a sharp knife and fresh ingredients.
20121212: Culinary knife cuts poster by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org ...
1 This was my first entry in a short series on animal-human hybrid sketches. I'd really like to revisit this, as it is a fun, simple way to grab someone's attention and talk about something quirky.
Animal bird-human hybrid experiment number 1
This is one of the more successful pieces in the series of animals made of text. In this case, I decided to make a cat […]
Kitty made out of text
Elephant made out of text
Elephant made out of text
If you've ever been to one of my workshops on open source graphics apps, you likely saw me use this technique there as a way to demonstrate the power of the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP). In the GIMP, this is a technique that involves layer masks, blurring, brushwork, image scaling, and guidelines as a way of believably merging one recognizable face onto another becognizable head.
A presidential mashup: Abraham Washington
Shifted, lemsy, 2025
Creating a CMYK Shift effect in Inkscape
This video explains how to manipulate text in Inkscape.
Manipulating text in Inkscape
Hi, friends! This week, I'm using Inkscape to repair AI-based images from Gemini (Nano Banana). We use the text tool for the first time in the series, the dropper tool, the gradient tool, and we place text along a path. Check it out, and let me know what you might like to see next.
DFTND: Using Inkscape to Repair AI images
This week in Design for the Non-Designer, we'll explore key tools in Inkscape for arranging objects: Group, Align, & Distribute.
DFTND: Groups, Align, & Distribute in Inkscape
This week in Design for the Non-Designer, we return to some key basics in Inkscape. We will explore why, when, and how to save files. We will also cover how to export or import files. I hope you enjoy it, and if you have questions or feedback, let's talk about it in the comments.
DFTND: Saving, exporting and importing in Inkscape
This week in Design for the Non-Designer, we're going to step away from the basics of Inkscape. We will perform a real-world task: restoring clean lines and edges to a pixelated logo. I discuss importing, bitmap tracing, node-editing, saving, and exporting in Inkscape. Special thanks to NJLLA for allowing me to use the task as an example for everyone!