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This is a portfolio of my work in many forms. It should give you some insight as to the products I might help you to create.

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A food presentation tips [poster] by John LeMasney via lemasney.com #cc #food #design

A food presentation tips [poster] by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #food #design
A food presentation tips [poster] by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #food #design
Food presentation tips
Food presentation tips

 

Please click to view full size. So, I love food shows, and I really love reality TV food shows, like Top Chef and Next Food Network Star. However, I have always been a little confused about the rules of food presentation, and what makes one presentation better than another. So, I decided to do some research, and after finding a lot of great resources, one particular site stood out as a good combination of a lot of great tips that seemed to be repeated elsewhere. I was surprised that I had a hard time finding something like the infographic I created here, but I hope to see it hanging up in the kitchens of lots of diners and cafes soon. You may already know that all my work in this project is free to use under the rules of Creative Commons Share-Alike Attribution.I would say that to date this is perhaps the most effort, research and attention I’ve paid to a single sketch, and I’m very happy to have it finished. 🙂

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244 of 365 is a set of monograms for Dennis Nangle @dennang [typography] #Inkscape

Dennis Nangle Monograms
Dennis Nangle Monograms

So Dennis is a tweep (twitter-peep) who mentioned that his initials were pretty interesting, wink! While I don’t know him as well as most of my other monogram subjects, he’s a nice enough guy from the interactions we’ve had on Twitter, and I agree: His initials are pretty interesting. 🙂 Hope you enjoyed the set, Dennis!

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243 of 365 is an octopus [illustration] #Inkscape

Octopus
Octopus

In order to make this image, I started with a public domain silhouette of an octopus. Using the Bezier tool (ctrl-b), I traced each part of the octopus, the head and its 8 arms, making sure to separate the tracing into two lines for each part, a top and a bottom, which allows the next technique to work. I took each top and bottom and combined them (ctrl-k) into a single path of two subpaths each. Finally, I took each of those paths and applied the stitch sub paths (live path effects or LPE) and set the number of lines to 25 for each part. Before applying the stitch sub paths LPE, I duplicated my original tracing, and placed it on top of the LPE applications, to create an outer edge to the parts, which disappear when you apply the LPE. I also painted a body color using the calligraphy tool, and applied a slight blur to it. Finally, I applied a sea like gradient to a rectagle in the background. Hope you like it.

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242 of 365 is a set of monograms for Ana Devecka [typography] #Inkscape

Ana Devecka Monograms
Ana Devecka Monograms

Ana Devecka showed an interest when I started making monograms for friends, so here is my set for her. Ana is a sweetheart, creative and funny. She’s a mom and a wife, and very proud and dedicated to her family. She likes to help people, and always wants to find new ways to do it. I used this set to try to use font combinations to represent those qualities of hers. Are you interested in what Inkscape could do with your initials? Let me know!

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241 of 365 is a sheet of QRCodes for Rider Foursquare venues #Inkscape

Rider Foursquare Venues
Rider Foursquare Venues

Okay, so those of you who know me on Facebook know I like Foursquare, the geolocation microblogging app. I also like Android, the phone OS from Google, which has a cool barcode scanning capability. I’m fond of QR codes, which are square barcodes that you can encode URLs, paragraphs, and other strings of text. Bring it all together, and you have a way to scan a barcode to check in to Foursquare. I use an app for scanning to Foursquare called PhiSq available in the Android Market for free. I also use a free site to generate QRCodes from the Foursquare Venue URLs at http://qrcode.kaywa.com/ — copy and paste the Venue URL into the form, and voila: a QRcode that you can import into Inkscape. However, Inkscape has its own barcode generators in the extensions, and I’m sure they would work with the scanner as well.

I imported them into Inkscape, placed them in a grid, with explanatory text, and printed them out. I’m thinking about taping these to the back of my laptop, though you could get the scan right from the screen where you’re reading this. Although, unless you’re also on Rider’s campus, you’ll have a heck of a time getting any points or badges for the checkin.

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240 of 365 is Sir Lancet-a-Lot and the Knights of Pokey Land #Inkscape

Sir Lancet a Lot
Sir Lancet a Lot

So this was in response to Khurt Williams request for me to work on the idea that he and his family came up with, essentially a character to raise awareness for Diabetes and the rituals that go with it. I like what I did, but I really prefer his original image that he gave me for inspiration a whole lot more:

Sir Lancet a Lot (Khurt Williams)
Sir Lancet a Lot (Khurt Williams)

Thanks for the opportunity, Khurt, but quite honestly, I think your original is quite possibly the better solution.