Category: Inkscape

These are pieces done for the Illustrated Objects project at lemasney.com that were made in Inkscape.

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A portrait of Yoda the dog

Yoda by John LeMasney via lemasney.com
Yoda by John LeMasney via lemasney.com
Yoda
A portrait of Yoda the dog

So this is an answer to Erika Bredahl’s picture submission of her dog Yoda. After bitmap tracing the image a few times to get some various levels of shadow and detail, I overlapped the paths and colored them using the eyedropper tool and a vidcap of Yoda from ESB. I then used another vidcap of Yoda in the Swamp scene, took it into the GIMP and used the stamp tool to remove Yoda, then brought the resulting image into Inkscape and bitmap traced it, then gave it some blur.

‘Yoda (/ˈjoʊdə/) is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe, first appearing in the 1980 film The Empire Strikes Back. He is a small, green humanoid alien who is powerful with the Force. In his first appearance in the original trilogy, Yoda is described as the Jedi master of Obi-Wan Kenobi and subsequently trains Luke Skywalker to use the Force. The character reappears in Return of the Jedi where he reveals his age to be 900. Yoda has become iconic in popular culture due to his distinct pattern of speech and role as an old, wise mentor. In the prequel trilogy, set a generation before the original trilogy, Yoda is among the most powerful members of the Jedi Order and a general of clone troopers during the Clone Wars. He also trains all Jedi children, before they are assigned a Jedi master. Yoda appears again in the sequel trilogy, advising an older Luke and empowering Rey to face a revived Emperor Palpatine, along with other past Jedi.’

from “Yoda – Wikipedia” at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoda curated by lemasney creative. Feel free to share.
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206 of 365 is Sam playing on a huge amplifier

Sam Pinola playing on a huge amplifier
Sam Pinola playing on a huge amplifier
Sam Pinola playing on a huge amplifier
Sam Pinola playing on a huge amplifier

This is the result of a short collaboration between Sam Pinola and I during a recent visit to his house. We sat together and brought in images and discussed techniques and revised and played, and this is what we came up with. Thanks for the help, Sam!

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Everything is amazing and no one is happy – Louis C.K. cc-by lemasney

Everything is amazing, and no one is happy. Louis C.K. cc-by lemasney
Everything is amazing, and no one is happy. Louis C.K. cc-by lemasney

Everything is amazing, and no one is happy. Louis C.K. cc-by lemasney
Everything is amazing, and no one is happy. Louis C.K. cc-by lemasney

Louis C.K. says it best. You could also say that everything is happy, and no one is amazing. Or nothing is amazing, and noone os happy, or everything is okay, and so is everyone. However, for those of us in America, on the coasts, with ubiquitous technology and bandwidth, endless 3g networks, clean water, plenty of food, GPS, cars, bikes, jobs, and so on, everything is amazing. Despite those things, I know more people than not that aren’t any more happy despite those things. It’s a little reminder that either we need to be more appreciative of what we have, or that we need to put down all that stuff, run from it, and not look back. I prefer to appreciate those things, and I like to think I’m very happy. 🙂

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181 of 365 is an explanation of the golden rectangle in #Inkscape #maths #theory

Golden rectangle
Golden rectangle

Golden rectangle
Golden rectangle

So this marks the second presence of a golden rectangle in 365 sketches, but it also marks the likely last entry of the 500px square sketches. Ahhhh. It was a good run. Although every CD and album cover ever made has been a square, in theory, I have found it limiting for layout. The golden rectangle, beautiful in and of itself as a ratio, will hopefully give me the opportunity to make a vertical vs. horizontal layout, show a fuller story, and develop more complex compositional arrangements. Looking forward to sharing what I’ve come up with so far.

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An illustration of a lyric from ‘Pure Imagination’ from ‘Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory’ cc-by lemasney

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Pure Imagination illustration cc-by lemasney
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Pure Imagination illustration cc-by lemasney

Pure Imagination
We’ll begin with a spin traveling in the world of my creation – Illustrated lyric from Pure Imagination, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)

In this post, I’m doing a few things:

  1. illustrating a lyric from a great song in a fantastic movie,
  2. lamenting the remake’s poor choice of new songs,
  3. showing sadness about the current use of this song in a commercial,
  4. and suggesting that sometimes my work can be a bit quirky and imaginative, perhaps defying explanation.

I hope.

“Willy Wonka is a character in Roald Dahl’s 1964 children’s novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, its sequel Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, and the film adaptations of these books that followed.  The book and the film adaptations both vividly depict an odd Wonka, a phoenix-like man arising from his creative and Strange genius. He bewilders the other characters with his antics, but Charlie enjoys Wonka’s behavior. In the 2005 film adaptation, Willy Wonka’s behavior is viewed more as a sympathetic character flaw.” curated by lemasney from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Wikiwand at https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory

“Willy Wonka (portrayed by Gene Wilder) has hidden five Golden Tickets among his famous “Wonka Bars”. The finders of these special tickets will be given a full tour of his tightly guarded candy factory as well as a lifetime supply of chocolate. During the tour, Wonka tempts each of the bad children to disobey his orders with something related to their individual character flaws. Charlie and Grandpa Joe also succumb to temptation and purposefully steal “Fizzy Lifting Drinks,” but unknowingly break the rules, violate the signed contract, forfeit the grand prize and to be yelled at by Mr. Wonka. Mr. Wonka’s experimental line of soda products that allows the drinker to fly, only to come close to death (the drinks are too strong, and therefore, not ready).” curated by lemasney from Willy Wonka – Wikiwand at https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Willy_Wonka

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163 of 365 is a smack in the face

Smack to the face
Smack to the face
Smack to the face
Smack to the face

So, as someone who grew up watching 10 year old reruns of campy Batman shows, I was imprinted with the message of typography as softcore violence. Oh, you too? So anyway, I recently saw an article on the topic of typography in the 60’s Batman series, and decided to make some of my own.

In Inkscape, I added the text in a clear font, converted to path, and applied the bend live path effect. I bent the text (as a path) and then tweaked each of the corners of each letter with the node tool. I converted the bent path to a new path without the live path effect, and rotated it to fit better in the frame.

Using the shape tool, I created a star, converted it to path, and used the node tool to tweak it. I made the stroke a bit transparent on the star to give it a few colors at the edge. I duplicated the text and made it into a shadow by choosing a flat gray color and blurring it a bit. It was a lot of fun, and it took me back to a lot of childhood afternoons.