Just one definition offered at Urban Dictionary for “love tap” says “The (sometimes) gentle nudge of the car behind and/or in front of you that occurs in the process of good solo parallel parking.” I just thought you might like to see that illustrated.
tags: parking, love, tap, love tap, urban dictionary, Inkscape, design, open source, creative commons, 365, sharism
I’ve watched this great documentary called Circus on the Big Apple Circus on PBS. TheĀ amazing performers on the show inspired me to do this sketch. If you get a chance to check it out, please do.
pbs, circus, balance, performance, show, inkscape, design, open source, creative commons, sharism, lemasney, illustration
I really love Inkscape’s clip and mask tools in the object menu. It allows you to have clean crisp lines like those you find in a font come together with a wildly sketchy line from a wacom tablet and make a beautiful, interesting combination with very little effort.
tags: sketch, fonts, type, typography, five minutes, quick, Inkscape, design, drawing, art, creative commons, open source, sharism
So this is a portrait of my son, David, from a photo of him I took during a trip to Virginia. He’s such a cutie pie, but he’s got an amazingly serious face that he puts on sometimes. I thought this image captured that intense seriousness.
tags: David, son, serious, pout, cute, funny, red, Inkscape, design, art, painting, open source, creative commons, sharism
This is another sketch in Inkscape using a Wacom Tablet. There’s a load of symbolism here, I’m almost sure of it. š
tags: grounded, seat, chair, stable, passion, love, anger, red, raging, angry chair, seated, design, drawing, sketching, croquis, Inkscape, open source, creative commons, free
Here’s a wacom based sketch in Inkscape of an off brand soda can. I used the calligraphy tool exclusively, varying the width of the lines thick to thin as I worked. I really love how the buildup occurs in translucent lines. It’s like working with wet pastels or watercolor crayons, but with the ability to easily erase or modify the lines. A very fun and forgiving technique.
Tags: drawing, sketching, wet media, cray pas, watercolor, still life, scene, soda, printmaking, Inkscape, design, open source, creative commons
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