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Mouse

mouse by lemasney
mouse by lemasney

A computer mouse

When I sketch for fun, I usually focus on the thing that’s closest to me. I tend to draw a lot of mouses, as a direct result of this. This one was done in the open source digital painting application, Krita.

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Illustration

Spoon

Spoon by lemasney
Spoon by lemasney

A tablespoon on a black table.

I really enjoy rendering tools. Tools of any kind, really. I think of tools as a kind of shout out to humanity.

I made this in the open source digital painting tool called Krita. I like how its huge variety of brushes allows me to have smoky effects in some places, and watercolor-like effects in other areas. I have always liked creating history and texture in an otherwise quiet background, and this still life allowed nicely for that to happen.

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Illustration Inkscape

Apple

Apple by lemasney
Apple by lemasney

The golden delicious apple

There’s nothing quite so tasty, in my opinion, as a cold, ripe, crisp golden delicious apple in the bearing-down heat of the summer sun. I captured this one using Inkscape’s calligraphy tool.

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Illustration Inkscape

Speed Gauge

Speed gauge by lemasney
Speed gauge by lemasney

A Speed Gauge at 100 MPH

This was an illustration I did of a speed gauge in Inkscape, the open source vector drawing application.

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Self portrait in Inkscape by LeMasney

John LeMasney
John LeMasney

Self portrait made in Inkscape using the bitmap trace tool, with two renders, and a dark cool palette.

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A drawing of a coffee cup by lemasney

coffee cup drawing by lemasney
coffee cup drawing by lemasney

This is a quick stylus based sketch of a coffee cup. This year, I’m scaling back my posting frequency to a much more manageable at-least-once-a-week. I did the sketch to test using my Wacom tablet in GIMP on Linux. Eraser, pressure sensitivity, and responsiveness all work very nicely. I like the resulting energy of the drawing, as it reminds me a bit of caffeine.