So I was looking through past sketches, and I came across an effect that I had done in Inkscape that adapts well (better even) to the GIMP. I created a few lines in a transparent layer using a wacom tablet. Then I duplicated that layer and blurred it. Finally, I created a dark red layer underneath. The result is a glow effect.
tags: glow, effect, wacom, GNU, GPL, GIMP, open source, Creative Commons, CC-SA, lemasney, WordPress, 365, daily, postaday2011
In case anyone still doesn’t know, I’m leaving my long-term position at Rider at the end of this week to begin work at Princeton University. So I was talking on the phone, and my friend Marianne stopped by, and in her typical polite fashion, to keep from interrupting me, she made me a note and showed me through the window. It said simply, on an 8.5×11 sheet, in Sharpie “Good Luck (smiley) Have fun! i will miss you (frownie).” It was a beautiful, simple sentiment, and was more than the object, but the act itself. Â I wanted to capture the beautiful simple sentiment in the note and share it with you. Thank you, Marianne. I’ll miss you, and Rider, dearly.
tags: farewell, note, Rider University, open source, GNU, GPL, GIMP, Creative Commons, CC-SA, 365, sketches, lemasney, postaday2011
Sometimes the truth is enough.
tags: truth, honesty, revelation, GIMP, GNU, GPL, open source, Creative Commons, CC-SA, lemasney, 365, WordPress, postaday2011
So, this is essentially an inside joke between some old friends. However, I think you can appreciate it from a general point of view too. I hereby name this meme ‘philosophy squirrels’.
In the GIMP, I took a single image that I found in MorgueFile of a squirrel, and mirrored it, then duplicated the pair into a new layer, and moved it down. After I had them where I wanted them, I added the text and paths to have them chat. I thought about adding a coolfaced troll to nod to Shaun Holland, but maybe next time.
tags: squirrels, Princeton, change, inevitability, open source, GNU, GPL, GIMP, creative commons, CC-SA, postaday2011, WordPress, lemasney, sharing
I used GIMP to make an idea I had earlier today as I was slashing through piles of email that have less and less relevance to me . It fit nicely into the 7-5-7 form which I forgot is not the haiku form, which is 5-7-5. DUH! In case you’ve not heard, I recently resigned from my long-term position at Rider to take a similar position at Princeton University. And so, all those emails that might have had me jumping a month ago are a lot easier to pass on, respond quickly to, or simply (ninja vanishing sounds).
tags: email, ninja, lame, duck, employment, moving on, Rider University, Princeton University, New Jersey, lemasney, 365, postaday2011, GNU, GPL, GIMP, open source, creative commons, CC-SA
Here we have a man on fire. A poetic, metaphoric, and timely self-portrait.
In the GIMP, I imported the silhouetted image of the man, along with the flame image. In order to combine them, I put the man as the top layer, and set the layer style to “screen”, which keeps the white of the upper layer, but let the flames come through wherever the black occurred. It’s a simple, but very powerful technique when you want to quickly combine the contents of two layers.
tags: fire, man, silhouette, GNU, GPL, GIMP, open source, creative commons, CC-SA, share, 365. lemasney, postaday2011