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20121203: Cupcake made of text by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #food

20121203: Cupcake made of text by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #food
20121203: Cupcake made of text by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #food
20121203: Cupcake made of text by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #food
20121203: Cupcake made of text by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #food

I’ve looked at my stats, and people keep coming back here for a few things. In particular, people come for sketches about food, color, object as text, drawings, cupcakes, and animals. I couldn’t get them all in here, but I certainly got a few. Enjoy!

tags: cupcake, text, sketch, food, sweets, creative commons, lemasney, inkscape, open source, design, poster

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20121202: A cycle of motion with circles within circles by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #abstract #life

20121202: A cycle of motion with circles within circles by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #abstract #life
20121202: A cycle of motion with circles within circles by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #abstract #life
20121202: A cycle of motion with circles within circles by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #abstract #life
20121202: A cycle of motion with circles within circles by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #abstract #life

Sometimes in this project, inspiration just comes from the tool itself. I love Inkscape’s ability to easily duplicate and clone objects, and to have those objects come together in interesting ways. Starting with a single circle, I built up modules, then duplicated the modules until I had the design you see here.

tags: cycle, circle, design, abstract, image, poster, subtle, lemasney, open source, Inkscape

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20121201: A studio apartment layout with Ikea furniture by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #floorplan

20121201: A studio apartment layout with Ikea furniture by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #cad
20121201: A studio apartment layout with Ikea furniture by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #cad
20121201: An apartment layout with Ikea furniture by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #cad
20121201: An apartment layout with Ikea furniture by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #cad

I live in a tiny studio apartment. I mean, really tiny. For the last year or so, after a major life change, I lived minimally, with a few tables, chairs, and mattresses, and have gotten some pretty honest feedback about it from many of the people who I love, and who love me.

My response is that you do what you can with what you have. But now, after having some stability in various areas of my life, such as emotional, nutritional, and spiritual, I’m ready to make my space more like me. Where does one get the various items to do this, you might ask? My answer: Ikea USA.

I’m excited about the prospect of these items bringing together the space in a sensibly cohesive way, and even more excited about not hearing my living space referred to as the crack den or a dorm room.

tags: ikea, floor, plan, floorplan, studio, apartment, sleep, live, life, lemasney, 365, open source, Inkscape

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20121130: How to Play Slapsies by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #poster #howto #infographic #games

20121130: How to Play Slapsies by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #poster #howto #infographic #games
20121130: How to Play Slapsies by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #poster #howto #infographic #games
20121130: How to Play Slapsies by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #poster #howto #infographic #games
20121130: How to Play Slapsies by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #poster #howto #infographic #games

So, I’m hoping this poster will be a breakout hit of this series; I’ve always loved this game. Slapsies is so simple, very straightforward, and highly portable. However, it also allows for great strategy, requires determination, has poker-style emotional skills, and tests one’s endurance in such a way that it will please any hard-core gamer. It wins over players quickly with laughter, victory, fun, and it goes with you everywhere you go. It may just be the perfect game.

tags: gaming, portable, casual gaming, hands, slapsies, pastime, lemasney, open source, Inkscape, fun

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20121129: Like a boss by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #leadership

20121129: Like a boss by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #leadership
20121129: Like a boss by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #leadership
20121129: Like a boss by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #leadership

I’ve had a lot of bosses in my life. I’ve had bad, good and great ones. The worst ones make the best job intolerable. The best ones do some key things that I like to think make work a joy. Leaders who share their knowledge to the degree that they want you to know everything in their heads, those who cross train and develop you, are the best. Those who look forward, at issues that lie ahead, and replace or dismiss issues of little importance or value, are great ones. Those who see the workers who are struggling and find ways to pull them up and out of the muck are the leaders that I seek out. Those that put the organization, the customer, and the worker ahead of themselves in their decisions are great. Those that remember what it was to have to report and answer to someone like themselves and not take advantage of that fear are admirable. Those that remember what it was to not be in their postion and revel in the joy of their position, like a boss.

tags: leadership, kindness, joy, work, roots, service, help, solutions, teaching

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20121128: A heart cut out of paper by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #love

20121128: A heart cut out of paper by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org
20121128: A heart cut out of paper by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org
20121128: A heart cut out of paper by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org
20121128: A heart cut out of paper by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org

So, for keeping designer’s block low in this project, I have devised a few techniques to stay creative. The one with the most potential so far, in my opinion, is one in which I use a favorite collection, usually a book, of phrases, quotes, concepts, songs or motifs as a starting point, open to one or more random pages, and illustrate the idea that results from these random choices. In this particular case, I was using the concepts “shadow play” and “cut paper” from the book Universal Principles of Design, a wonderful collection of key ideas and innovations in design. I placed a rectangle on the page, and drew a heart on top of it with the pencil tool. I selected both and used the path difference operation. I duplicated the path, moved it a bit, made it gray, and applied transparency and blur to give a shadow. I tweaked the color with the gradient tool and called it done.

tags: heart, cut paper, paper, cut, shadow, shadow play, sketch, open source, Inkscape

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