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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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20121123: Easel computing by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #tablets

20121123: Easel computing by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #tablets
20121123: Easel computing by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #tablets
20121123: Easel computing by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #tablets
20121123: Easel computing by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #tablets

So, I’m predicting that the next evolution of tablet computing is to go larger. We’ll get the processor, ram, and display technology to take full-blown applications, like video editing, CAD, design, and programming to a flat, strong, light, portable surface. There will be lots of accoutrement  like stands, hangers, interesting mousing devices, and keyboards, but it will allow for full usage much like a tablet computer does now. I imagine the large names in tablets, like Apple, Wacom, and Google will emerge first as producers. Easel computing is what’s coming next.

tags: tablet, iPad, easel, nexus, Wacom, Google, computer, evolution, processor, ram, display

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20121122: Sliced by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #typography

20121122: Sliced by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #typography
20121122: Sliced by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #typography
20121122: Sliced by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #typography
20121122: Sliced by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #typography

So this one is pretty straightforward: In Inkscape, place some text with the text tool, convert to a path, ungroup, then union, so that the text is now a single path. Place a line across it with the Bezier tool. Select both paths and intersect, using the line to cut the text. Move the bottom part to the right, select and rotate the text.

tags: slice, cut, typography, cutting, knife, text, type

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20121121: Hell yes by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design

20121121: Hell yes by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design
20121121: Hell yes by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design
20121121: Hell yes by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design
20121121: Hell yes by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design

So, I decided to alter a font to make it more funky. In this particular case, it was a matter of making a line with the bezier tool set to the paraxial line segment mode, which constrains the lines to horizontal and vertical lines. I laid down the lines and rounded their angles and caps as they are in the font, I curved and angled the lines according to an invisible grid, mirroring the curves in the font.

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20121120: A study in hexagonal geometry by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #cc

20121120: A study in hexagonal geometry by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #cc
20121120: A study in hexagonal geometry by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #cc
20121120: A study in hexagonal geometry by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #cc
20121120: A study in hexagonal geometry by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #cc

This image was fairly simple to do in Inkscape. I created a single line, duplicated it, curved the line, and repeated, increasing the curve each time. Once I had the first ‘module’, I duplicated and rotated it until I had a hexagonal shape. I played a bit with palette by making each module a different color, created a vignetted background, and moved the hexagonal shape off-center to add interest.

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20121119: A shoe made out of text by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #cc

20111119: A high heeled shoe made out of text by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #cc
20111119: A high heeled shoe made out of text by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #cc
20111119: A high heeled shoe made out of text by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #cc
20111119: A high heeled shoe made out of text by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #cc

Inkscape makes it especially easy to manipulate the shape of text to meet the edges of a recognizable silhouette.

I thought I might start adding music to these posts to listen along to while you enjoy the design. Here’s what came to mind with this one. Queens Of The Stone Age – Monsters In The Parasol

 

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20121118: A Hemingway Cat by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design

20121118: A Hemingway Cat by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design
20121118: A Hemingway Cat by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design
20121118: A Hemingway Cat by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design
20121118: A Hemingway Cat by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design

I have a good friend with a Hemingway cat who I wanted to surprise with a gift portrait. In this case the cat is a Maine Coon. A Hemingway cat is known as such because of the author’s fondness for and collection of them. Also known as a polydactyl cat, the term polydactyl refers to extra toes on each paw.