I’ve decided that I’m going to try to do a screencast for each sketch to better explain the process. Let’s see how far I get.
Tag: Design
I recently decided to jump-start submissions for requests on 365 by asking for random captions and titles for pieces. This isn’t my idea. The best example of this I can think of is explodingdog who has done this for about 10 years. If you’ve never seen his quirky, sometimes jolting illustrations for caption submissions, please google him. This sketch is in response to Kelly Lake’s poetic, very interesting submission “I swallowed my life, and it has consumed me.” Thanks Kelly! You’re the best, and I haven’t told you in a while.
tags: explodingdog, captions, illustrations, GNU, GPL, Inkscape, Open Source, creative commons, CC-SA, lemasney, sharing, 365, postaday2011
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21 of 365 is a short explainer #GIMP
Many friends see my posts in their daily Facebook stream and wonder what it’s all about. One person pulled me aside and asked me to explain it. I gave a much more detailed explanation in my conversation, but it boiled down to this.
tags: postaday2011, GIMP, GNU, GPL, Open source, lemasney, 365, design, painting, fun
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364 of 365 is an invitation #Inkscape
Almost a year ago tonight, I was thinking of something to do to improve my understanding of an open source application, further my design skills, change my brand from beer to design, and strengthen my connections to key groups of friends, like librarians. All I have to say is that if you want to know something through and through, if you want to truly make it a part of you, if you want it to soak in, do it every day and share it.
tags: try, daily, every day, 365, once, draw, sketch, day, design, skill, art, find, search, deliberate, project, open source, creative commons, sharing
I got approached a while ago by none other than two of my favorite Librarians, Julie Strange and Andy Woodworth, about the idea of helping them to brand a new blog venture that at the time was tentatively called “The Strange Woods” which has to be the best name ever conceived out of two author’s names. I recently freed up my sketching schedule and got to work to produce these mockups for their blog header. Unfortunately, I just got word back that naming the project is still underway, and The Strange Woods is likely going to be called something else. I really loved the designs, though, and thought I’d share them with you.
tags: libraries, Woodworth, Strange, New Jersey, Maryland, Design, Inkscape, wordmarks, creative commons, open source, 365
As a former smoker, and a sometime cigar smoker, I have to say that I love this development. Considering the thousands of chemicals, many of which are known carcinogens, in cigarettes and other tobacco products, the reduction to 3 or 4 harmless ingredients with the optional addition of nicotine (not harmless at all) is a pretty amazing choice.
tags: smoking, cigarettes, vaping, alternatives, Inkscape, open source, design, 365