Author: lemsy

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

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A moral compass: You’re somewhere in the middle by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #venn #diagram

A moral compass: You're somewhere in the middle by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #venn #diagram
A moral compass: You're somewhere in the middle by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #venn #diagram
A moral compass: You're somewhere in the middle by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #venn #diagram
A moral compass: You’re somewhere in the middle by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #venn #diagram

Here is a Venn diagram that shows what most of us are doing, morally speaking. I believe that we all have all the ability of all the best and all the worst of humanity within us, and that aside from our cumulative experiences and resulting mental health, the only deciding factor in our morality is choosing to follow our self-determined moral compass. Here’s to us choosing to do the right thing.

tags: moral, values, choice, thought, experience, life, mental health, Inkscape, design, 365, open source, creative commons

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335 of 365 are brass knuckles with pen nibs #Inkscape #proverbs

 

Brass knuckles with pen nibs
Brass knuckles with pen nibs

So, you have likely heard the saying that the pen in mightier than the sword. You can make your own joke here if you’d like.

tags: brass knuckles, pen, sword, mightier, proverbs, sayings, quotes, play, Inkscape, design, open source, creative commons, sharing, 365

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A comb made of people by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #Inkscape #design

A comb made of people by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #Inkscape #design
A comb made of people by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #Inkscape #design
A comb made of people by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #Inkscape #design
A comb made of people by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #Inkscape #design

I don’t know that I can explain how I came up with this, except to say that there are sometimes people in this world who would love to run you through their hair. Happy Thanksgiving, friends!

If you like this image, please share it. If you use it, please attribute me, and thanks! (cc-by lemasney)

lemasney, design, open source, creative commons, cc-by, typography, poster, Inkscape, GIMP, comb, hair, brush, people, teeth, Inkscape, design, 365, fun

Look at my favorite images from this project on the My Favorite Pieces page

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333 of 365 is a portrait of Paul McCartney

A portrait of Paul McCartney, cc-by lemasney
A portrait of Paul McCartney, cc-by lemasney
Paul McCartney

I started with a famous album cover, brought it into Inkscape, converted to a vector using bitmap trace, removed everything but Paul’s face, then used it as a mask on a grunge texture. Simple technique, but I really like the result.

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332 of 365 is Steve’s Koolaid chalice #Inkscape #apple

 

Steve Jobs Koolaid chalice
Steve Jobs Koolaid chalice

Thanks to Paul Debraski for the inspiration on his Daily Doodle, where he recently did a piece using this old but fun technique for creating an optical illusion in which you can switch back and forth between seeing two faces, or a vessel. I decided to use Steve Jobs, and imagined that the vessel was for the Mac faithful to drink in the Steve juice. I type this on a MacBook Pro, so I’m guilty too. However, I do not agree with Steve that ‘open’ makes one think of Microsoft. 🙂

tags: apple, mac, Macintosh, iPad, cult of Mac, cult of Steve, design, Inkscape, open source, open, creative commons, 365

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331 of 365 is x-rayted #Inkscape #bird

 

x-rayted
x-rayted

I don’t think I’ll be traveling overseas anytime soon. I understand the reasoning behind it, but I think it is ludicrous to have to choose between being visually strip-searched and being groped. When the first post-scanner bomber successfully emerges, I wonder what dignities we’ll lose next? Also, how long until we start seeing the supposedly unkept images presented as “The top 10 hottest scanned babes ever!”? Some parts of the time we live in are amazingly wonderful, and others are just… amazing.

tags: tsa, scanner, body scan, grope, strip search, visual, bomb, design, Inkscape, 365, open source, creative commons, sharism