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.
I don’t remember much about the Blondie and Dagwood Bumstead comedies from the black and white movie era, and I remember even less from the comic strip. I seem to remember they got divorced a while back in the comic. At any rate, Dagwood’s tallboy sandwiches and the late-for-work stumbling exits stand out as the reason those movies existed. I was searching for something to sketch, and suddenly imagined one of the sandwiches from a certain perspective, and here it is. Hope you enjoyed it!
This is in response to Janie Hermann introducing Michael Porter to my work when he was looking for an infographic, which I appreciated. However, Michael noted rightly that this project did not have any examples of infographics which is a very specific way of presenting data graphically, usually to represent statistics, simplify concepts, or illustrate a key point. I’ve done more than a few in my work, but this project didn’t have any, so I made this to show how fun, wacky and effective Inkscape can be for this kind of work. Those lucky dogs.
I had a few proper graphic design courses in college, but decided during the first class that I was not cut out for graphic design. This had mostly to do with an exercise involving the abstraction of an idea in lines. I was repeatedly reminded that I was sloppy, uncertain of the Gestalt concepts, and mostly belonged in the fine arts, where sloppiness was not only allowed but expected. As a teacher, the guy was fail. With Inkscape, I have to work to be sloppy, which is fine with me. This is exactly the kind of exercise I failed at in the class — using lines to create an illusion of movement. So, I’m submitting it 15 years late, but consider it submitted. This is my first use of the tweak tool in this series.
This is an olive branch, which in certain religions represents a peace-offering, but I like to think that has become somewhat universally recognized as such. It’s a simple execution in Inkscape — I used the pencil tool set to shape: triangle in to create the branch, and set to shape: ellipse I used it to create the leaves. So, if nothing else, I hope you find some peace today. I just began a two-week vacation on Monday, and so far it’s been quite peaceful. 🙂
In this post, I’m doing a few things:
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
This is a definition of Illustration from Wikipedia that I generally agree with, and this is a sketch that I feel is an actual illustration in respect of the definition. The wave of each line and the lines themselves are graphic elements that represent the flexibility of the definition. I did this in response to a recent definition of illustration at this site that I felt was far too restrictive and was also… disrespectful to other creative endeavors. The article raises interesting questions and claims, but in a far too biased way in my opinion. I wonder what she thinks of the classification of this design as an illustration.