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.
This is another case of using the free three dimensional application from Google named Sketchup in my workflow to introduce 3d letterforms into my Inkscape sketch. I went a bit further than the last time in using color, mood, and background in order to push the forms forward a bit. Hope you liked it!
Clearly, we have a serious issue. Well, maybe not clearly. So this is really to just explore the beautiful per letter orientation capabilities when you do a conversion from text to path. You have lots of capabilities even as text to do fine kerning, letter spacing, and even rotation, but I find it a lot easier to do something like this by making the text, converting to path (ctrl-shift-c), ungrouping (ctrl-u), which makes all of the text into individual path shapes. You could select a string and make them into a group or single path to manipulate in that way, but lots of options, regardless. Hope you liked it!
So, aside from being a reference to Metallica, this is an experiment with a technique. I’ve never quite used the tools in this way before, and I think it could come in handy. So essentially, in order to get this effect in Inkscape, I created each of the volumetric shapes by creating two lines with the Bezier tool, one for the left edge of each shape and one for the right edge, then I combined the paths into a single path, while keeping them clearly seperated visually. Then, I used the stitch paths Live Path Effect in order to create and tweak the intermediary lines you see. Finally, I applied a dotted line setting to the stitching. It’s a fun effect, and once you get the hang of it, it’s very easy. Hope you liked it!
I’ll start by saying that the text in this image, and its 3D treatment were not done in Inkscape, but in a free (but not open source) version of the application called SketchUp, owned by Google, and used to build really wonderful things in three dimensions. After making the text there, I imported the exported picture from SketchUp into Inkscape, did a bitmap trace, and then used the fill tool to color the image. A fun workflow, though next time, I think I’ll use Blender, an open source 3d modeling tool.
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I recently got a request from repeat requester and friend Shannon who asked about a sketch thusly:
Challenge:Punked out angel wings, with the caption “I only LOOK like an angel” Inspiration: A white, fluffy fru-fru dog who’s well-deserved nickname is Punk (owned by a good and mutual friend of ours 😉
Thanks for the inspiration, Shannon, as always! I really appreciate your dedication. 🙂 I’m not sure if this is what you envisioned, but it’s the thing I saw when I thought a while on your request. 🙂
This came out of a conversation with a very good friend about relationships and how some people really work together in couples in such a way that they increase in energy and explosive potential when they’re near each other. I personally prefer a calming relationship with others — I seek out people who are happy, productive, and encouraging, but I know a few people who seek out the explosive, the challenging, on purpose. In a way, I think of my relationship with you, the audience for 365sketches, as having explosive potential. With each feedback loop, each connection, each suggestion, I get blown up into a new way of thinking, and detonations of new ideas. Thanks!
You’re the gasoline to my molotov cocktail; you’re the detonator to my c4. You complete me. cc-by lemasney