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Number 8 is a do-over of the jagged toothed elf (Number 2).

A jagged toothed elf cc-by lemasney
A jagged toothed elf cc-by lemasney
A jagged toothed elf by John LeMasney via lemasney.com
A jagged toothed elf by John LeMasney via lemasney.com

I am already getting a little bit critical about earlier entries in this series. I feel like the quick entry in slot number two could have been better imagined, better executed, and definitely more refined. So here is a do-over that gives a more fully fleshed creature. I started with a simple ellipse, to shape the head, eyes, mouth, ears, and nose. I stretched and placed them after converting to paths where necessary. For the jagged teeth, I decided to use the calligraphy tool set to Wiggly. I duplicated my mark, flipped it to make a bottom set of teeth, and then clipped them both using the shape of the mouth. Then, as in most of these creations, I added some facial and head hair using my beloved pencil tool set to spiro path, triangle in. Finally, I added three rectangles with some curves, overlapping, and with fades of warm colors. I think it’s a great improvement over number 2.

 

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A girl’s face made of text cc-by lemasney #cc #design #typography

A girl's face made of text cc-by lemasney
A girl's face made of text cc-by lemasney
A girl's face made of text by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #typography
A girl’s face made of text by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #typography

I used path as pattern path effect tool to make a stenciled face. In this case, I started with a photo of a girl’s face, did a trace bitmap operation, made text lines in three different sizes, then converted the lines of Inkscape‘s text into paths, and used them to paint the dark areas of the face, while leaving the lighter areas a pure white. Inkscape is an amazingly versatile tool, and this is just one more example.

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Sunny side up eggs and bacon sketch by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc-by #creativecommons #illustration

Sunny side up eggs and bacon sketch by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc-by #creativecommons #illustration
Sunny side up eggs and bacon sketch by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc-by #creativecommons #illustration
Sunny side up eggs and bacon sketch by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc-by #creativecommons #illustration
Sunny side up eggs and bacon sketch by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc-by #creativecommons #illustration

Today’s sketch is a face made of two sunny side up eggs with a side of bacon. I love me some breakfast, and with the holidays come some pretty good ones traditionally. With the face theme, I just figured I’d have some fun with eggs. In Inkscape, I used the Bezier tool to make an outline of the egg, slightly blurred (not shirred) and put two yellow ellipses (and white highlight ellipses), converted to paths and tweaked them with the node tool for the yolky eyes. I then took a wavy path, applied a simple pattern to the path, then converted to a path and colored it in for the bacon.  Then I added some streaks of various colors for the marbling. I duplicated the bacon and flipped it, since I have never seen two pieces of identical bacon, and don’t know anyone who eats one piece of bacon with two eggs. Finally, I duplicated the layered pieces of bacon and made them gray and blurred, then sent them to the back to create an underlying shadow for some depth. Fun and tasty looking.

Arts, British, Color, Egg, Fried egg, Home, Literature, World Literature, Bacon, Egg yolk, Pork, Cook

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