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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.

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20121203: Cupcake made of text by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #food

20121203: Cupcake made of text by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #food
20121203: Cupcake made of text by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #food
20121203: Cupcake made of text by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #food
20121203: Cupcake made of text by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #food

I’ve looked at my stats, and people keep coming back here for a few things. In particular, people come for sketches about food, color, object as text, drawings, cupcakes, and animals. I couldn’t get them all in here, but I certainly got a few. Enjoy!

tags: cupcake, text, sketch, food, sweets, creative commons, lemasney, inkscape, open source, design, poster

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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.

 

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20111116: Disgusting book titles: The Sedentary Secretary Diet Plan by John LeMasney and Iddrise Ann via 365sketches.org #design

20111116: Disgusting book titles: The Sedentary Secretary Diet Plan by John LeMasney and Iddrise Ann via 365sketches.org #design
20111116: Disgusting book titles: The Sedentary Secretary Diet Plan by John LeMasney and Iddrise Ann via 365sketches.org #design
20111116: Disgusting book titles: The Sedentary Secretary Diet Plan by John LeMasney and Iddrise Ann via 365sketches.org #design
20111116: Disgusting book titles: The Sedentary Secretary Diet Plan by John LeMasney and Iddrise Ann #design

So continuing the collaborative disgusting book titles series, Iddrise made me snarf my milk with a book idea that focused on 108 keys to success for the sedentary secretary in all of us. Why 108 keys? The US keyboard standard layout uses 108 keys. The book is rife with silly exercise tips, rather than any ideas for improving nutrition, backwards puns on office life, and ageist, sexist, and other prejudiced thinking, such as Key 86: replenish the water in the cooler while you wait for your copies to finish! and Key 112: bring extra coffee cups to the meeting to work out your biceps! All 108 Keys end in exclamation points. Add your own keys in the comments below, and we’ll get this thing shipped.

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20121114: Touchpad two-finger-tap gesture by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design

20121114: Touchpad two-finger-tap gesture by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design
20121114: Touchpad two-finger-tap gesture by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design
20121114: Touchpad two-finger-tap gesture by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design
20121114: Touchpad two-finger-tap gesture by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design

On Mac OS X, some applications, like GIMP and Inkscape, use ctrl combinations for other purposes, rendering a ctrl-click (like a right-click, brings up a contextual menu) inoperable. In cases where a touchpad is present, a two finger click works equally well. You might also consider connecting a two-button mouse, though given the touchpad solution, it may be unnecessary.

 

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20121111: an explanation of SVG vs. PNG

SVG vs. PNG by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design (cc-sa)
SVG vs. PNG by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design (cc-sa)
20121111: And explanation of SVG vs. PNG by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design (cc-sa)
20121111: And explanation of SVG vs. PNG by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design (cc-sa)

So this is an explanation of the two key formats that you can spit out of Inkscape, the open source vector illustration program. I made it to explain the conceptual difference to my digital media communication class.