Category: requests

These are design or consulting jobs that rose out of a request from the audience. I am always looking for prompts for new content, so if you have a need, please reach out.

portfolio requests

327 of 365 is a sign of the zodiac #Inkscape #design

Post author By lemsy
Post date 2010-11-18
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This is for my good friend Angel who has asked me to do some sketch work regarding the signs of the zodiac. It’s amazing to listen to her understanding and beliefs about the reliability of the zodiac’s predictions about one’s personality. I’ve always been interested in the interpretation of who I’m supposed to be according to these expectations, and I have to say I think I’m a lot like the profile. This is my sign, I’m a cancer.

tags: crab, cancer, zodiac, prediction, birthdays, design, Inkscape, 365, open source, creative commons, sharism, typography

Tags Creative Commons, Design, Inkscape, New Jersey, Open source, Portfolio, Technology, Typography, Workflow

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306 of 365 is a zombie vampire robot #Inkscape #design #illustration

Post author By lemsy
Post date 2010-10-28
No Comments on 306 of 365 is a zombie vampire robot #Inkscape #design #illustration

Thanks to Angel and Bryan for the inspiration, and BenBlogged for the beautiful zombie vector.

tags: zombie, robot, werewolf, zombie, halloween, inkscape, design, illustration, 365, creative commons, open source

Tags Creative Commons, Design, Illustration, Inkscape, New Jersey, Open source, Portfolio

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296 of 365 is one definition of life #Inkscape @philshapiro

Post author By lemsy
Post date 2010-10-18
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Phil Shapiro, a long time supporter of this project, who contacts me regularly about Inkscape related stories and sites. He recently contacted me and suggested:

Here’s an inspirational quote I totally made up today. “Life is a rich tapestry of metaphors interwoven with another rich tapestry of other metaphors.” Can you give this a 365 Sketches treatment to place the text centered (landscape) with a weaving theme around all four borders? <giggle> phil

Thanks, Phil! I didn’t know exactly what to do with the weaving around the four borders, but I really love the way this font and color renders a rich interweaving tapestry. 🙂

tags: weaving, tapestry, metaphor, life, living, inter, design, font, type, typography, color, open source, creative commons, Inkscape

Tags Color, Creative Commons, Design, Font, Graphics, idea, Inkscape, Open source, Portfolio, Typography, Vector Based

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282 of 365 is a tiger made of text #design #Inkscape #typography

Post author By lemsy
Post date 2010-10-03
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Ana Devecka asked me to make a Tiger as part of this project’s sub-series on animals made out of text. Thanks to Ana for the suggestion. One personal innovation for me in this sketch was the treatment of the color and body of the tiger, which I created separately from the letter node editing, then fused with the letters by way of the clipping feature. Hope you like it!

Tags: tiger, animals, jungle, stealth, stripes, orange, Inkscape, design, type, typography, open source, creative commons

Tags Animals, Creative Commons, Design, Inkscape, Open source, Portfolio, Typography

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281 of 365 is a font sample for a music project #typography #design #Inkscape

Post author By lemsy
Post date 2010-10-02
5 Comments on 281 of 365 is a font sample for a music project #typography #design #Inkscape

So my good friend and sometime collaborator, Craig Smith, asked me to look through my fonts to see what I thought might be a good match for his soon-to-be-released CD of electronica. He passed me the existing cover art and notes, and I gathered from the work and from his description that he was looking for something dark, edgy, and crisp. I gave him a list of about 12 fonts as a sample, and we whittled it down to this set of five. I was very happy to be asked, and I love the idea that I might be mentioned in his notes. Thanks for reaching out Craig, and congratulations on the project!

Tags: Craig Smith, music, electronic, digital, songs, cd, release, font, design, inkscape, open source