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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80 of 365 is a floor layout done in #Inkscape

Floor layout
Floor Layout

How do you set up a stage, some pedestals, and 100 seats in a room? Well, one way is with Inkscape — you get the dimensions of the room, the dimensions of all the seats, tables, and pedestals, and you start putting them all in your drawing. I had a recent need to do this for our upcoming event, and so I thought I’d share yet one more way that Inkscape does a great job of illustrating concepts.

Every shape started out with the rectangle tool, and the tables and stage were simply elongated. The stage also was converted to a path so I could apply a curve to the front. The dimensions are all wrong for my actual application, but the idea is quite the same. 😉

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CJRLC Tech Committee presents: The Next 5 Years of the Mobile Web

Date: Thursday, March 11th, 2010

Venue: CJRLC Tech Committee, Princeton Public Library, Princeton, NJ

“Presentation Abstract:

During this overview John LeMasney predicts what will happen in the next 5 years of Mobile Computing. Attendees will learn about the state of mobile computing, up and coming applications, and the trends that are affecting mobile platforms.

By the end of the session, the following topics will have been discussed:

  • Connectivity
  • Hyperlocality
  • Devices
  • Applications
  • Services
  • Convergence
  • Connectedness
  • Lifestyle/Workstyle
  • Relationships
  • Imagined futures

Presentation: http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=0Ad-YsRMv5bPqZGNrZm05ZndfMjI0ZHp0azdoZGg&hl=en&loop=true&autoStart=true

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Open Source and Free

Open Source and Free by lemsy
Open Source and Free by lemsy

The illustration “Open Source and Free” by John LeMasney is a conceptual piece made with the vector graphic editor Inkscape, showcasing a comparison between the terms “open source” and “free” within the context of software and intellectual property. The image is structured around two prominent heart-shaped icons placed side by side against a split background with two shades of teal.

On the left is a heart outlined in a beige tone, segmented into two halves, with the left side appearing as a flat color and the right side shaded to give a sense of depth. Within this heart, an iconic open padlock is integrated, its top half fitting perfectly into the heart’s cleft, suggesting that open source is about openness and unlocking content for examination, modification, and sharing.

On the right side, a vivid red heart contains a keyhole, signifying something that is locked or requires a key to unlock—representing the notion of “free” as in “free access” rather than “freedom to modify.” The red color here is traditionally associated with passion or cost, which might imply the fervor of the free software movement or the hidden costs associated with “free” as in “gratis” rather than “libre.”

Below the two hearts is the text “open source and free do not mean the same thing at all” in a simple sans-serif font. The text is white, creating a stark contrast against the darker background, ensuring its readability and emphasizing the message.

This juxtaposition visually articulates the conceptual difference between “open source” and “free” in software. “Open source” refers to making the source code available for anyone to inspect, modify, and distribute. “Free,” in this context, could refer to free of charge or to “free software,” which emphasizes the user’s freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change, and improve the software.

The design is minimalist yet meaningful, using visual metaphors to distinguish between two philosophies often conflated in software distribution model discussions. Using hearts conveys a sense of passion and value that the creator attributes to these concepts.

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78 of 365 is a superphone! in #Inkscape @deepcdc

Deep's Blackberry
Deep's Blackjack

Hey, all. Here’s a 365 request from a good friend and brilliant thinker, Deep. He sent me a picture of his phone (looks like a Blackjack, but I’m not positive) being attacked by a staple remover, but I decided to focus on just the phone. That’s a really nice aspect of Inkscape, in that you can quickly abstract a photo and remove anything that you don’t want or need without the meticulous selection work often needed to do the same in a bitmap based tool like the GIMP. Different tool for a different purpose, but this is one of the reasons I love Inkscape. I took the original image, bitmap traced it, removed everything but the phone, and then duplicated and blurred the duplicate for the glow effect. I then added a background and placed some pencil marks set to shape: triangle in to give that “shiny” attention effect. I applied the same glow effect on the pencil marks. Thanks for the submission, Deep — that’s a super phone!

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77 of 365 is a call to attend an exciting event in #inkscape

TEDxNJLibraries event
TEDxNJLibraries event

Hey, all. So this is a first, and perhaps a last for 365Sketches — an advertisement. The reasons I include it here are as follows:

1. I’m excited about this event — it’s something I’ve worked with a group of wonderful people to produce. I want to have a great, rich, diverse set of attendees, such as yourselves.

2. Inkscape is used most often in my design work to advertise, and this is one of my favorite uses of it. I most often use Inkscape to arrange text, images, and shapes to convey information about an event or meeting.

Inkscape makes it especially easy to maintain another group’s existing branding, since you can use image overlays (import image), bitmap tracing, font matching (with transparency and the font tool), and color matching (with the eyedropper tool).

I hope you all check out the site, but even if you don’t I hope you consider using Inkscape for your next advertising opportunity!