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38 of 365 is an isometric toaster, serving it up hot. #Inkscape

Isometric toaster - LeMasney Consulting
Isometric toaster - LeMasney Consulting
Isometric toaster - LeMasney Consulting
Isometric toaster – LeMasney Consulting

This post was about playing with Inkscape‘s configurable Axonometric (isometric in this case) Grid tool. I set the grid to be shown, and then started to build out a toaster on a counter. After creating the top, side, and front, I added the handle and slots. I then created some toast, introducing some curvature to the design. Then, I added some wisps of steam and a face. I enjoyed the layering so much, I decided to take the opacity down a bit to show the innards of the device. I duplicated the top wall of the device, made it dark grey, applied a blur, and placed it below the toaster to make a shadow, Finally, I placed a few shapes in the background to create a counter surface.

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32 of 365 is an All Terrain Scout Transport (AT-ST) made out of text #inkscape

All Terrain Scout Transport (AT-ST) in type - LeMasney Consulting
All Terrain Scout Transport (AT-ST) in type - LeMasney Consulting
All Terrain Scout Transport (AT-ST) in type - LeMasney Consulting
All Terrain Scout Transport (AT-ST) in type – LeMasney Consulting

Like many people my age (I’m 36 this year), I’m a huge fan of the original Star Wars Trilogy, and although I didn’t despise the prequels like many others, I didn’t enjoy them as much as the originals. I remember being in the theater when I first saw this tiny two legged walker run across the screen in Empire, still reeling from the AT-ATs. Making this in Inkscape is just a matter of finding and importing a good clear picture of the subject, and adding some text elements to the canvas with the text tool that you can then easily “paint” with using the selection-stamp (space) method. I worked from head to toe matching pieces of text to the shapes in the image, rotating, stretching, skewing, and resizing wherever necessary to really define the outline, while at the same time keeping the image simple enough to clearly see the textual elements. It’s a slow process, but very rewarding when you are finished.

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17 of 365 is a bar code, or maybe a forest.

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John LeMasney

This one is not about faces, stitched paths, or much else — it’s just about a cool feature. One of the extensions in Inkscape aloows you to create barcodes in 6 or 7 popular formats. QR codes are absent from the list, but this one (128) scans with my Android phone too. I’d like to combine this with one of the other recent techniques, like the liner volumetric faces, and see where that goes.

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