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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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A pig made out of text

Pig
A pig made out of text cc-by lemasney

The latest in my animal typography studies, A pig made out of text cc-by lemasney. Hope you enjoyed it!

‘A pig is any of the animals in the genus Sus, within the even-toed ungulate family Suidae. Pigs include domestic pigs and their ancestor, the common Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa), along with other species. Pigs, like all suids, are native to the Eurasian and African continents, ranging from Europe to the Pacific islands. Suids other than the pig are the babirusa of Indonesia, the pygmy hog of Asia, the warthog of Africa, and another genus of pigs from Africa. The suids are a sister clade to peccaries. Juvenile pigs are known as piglets.[1] Pigs are highly social and intelligent animals.[2] With around 1 billion individuals alive at any time, the domestic pig is among the most populous large mammals in the world.[3][4] Pigs are omnivores and can consume a wide range of food.[5] Pigs are biologically similar to humans and are thus frequently used for human medical research.[6]’

from “Pig – Wikipedia” at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig curated by lemasney creative. Feel free to share.
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263 of 365 is on ethics and work #design #type #Inkscape

On work and ethics
On work and ethics

A simple idea, but an important one. A million tragic movies couldn’t exist if everyone followed this one rule.

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A frog made of text by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #typography #design #inkscape #cc #animals

A frog made out of text by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #typography #design #inkscape #cc #animals
A frog made of text by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #typography #design #inkscape #cc #animals

Another in an on and off series of animals made of text. Links to the others follow. If you like it, please share it with buttons below the post!

 

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PPCUG presents: 365 Sketches project overview

Day 210: A vector sketch of clouds by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #drawing #creativecommons #cc-by
Day 210: A vector sketch of clouds by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #drawing #creativecommons #cc-by

Host: Princeton PC Users Group

Artist’s Statement: https://lemasney.com/consulting/about-365-sketches/

Venue: Mercer County Library, Lawrence Branch, Lawrenceville, NJ

Date: August 30th, 2010

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261 of 365 is an armadillo made out of text #typography #inkscape #design

Armadillo
Armadillo

So, here is the result of a surprisingly positive response to my recent text based Giraffe sketch (linked below) which contains a tutorial for this process. Tim McGee suggested an alphabet of animals, an idea that immediately got me going, and Janie suggested that a series of these would be very nice. Thanks for the continuing ideas and support, friends!