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A five minute sketch by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #Inkscape #drawing

A five minute sketch by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #Inkscape #drawing
A five minute sketch by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #Inkscape #drawing
A five minute sketch by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #Inkscape #drawing
A five minute sketch by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #Inkscape #drawing

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

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A squirrel made out of text by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #typography #Inkscape

A squirrel made out of text by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #typography #Inkscape
A squirrel made out of text by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #typography #Inkscape
A squirrel made out of text by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #typography #Inkscape
A squirrel made of text by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #typography #Inkscape

Here’s the latest in the series, a squirrel, an incredibly common animal here in the Northeast. Thanks to Amy Kaufman for the suggestion!

Tags: animals, squirrels, northeast, rodent, scavenger, nuts, trees, fall, scurry, Inkscape, design, type, typography, open source, creative commons

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A pig made out of text

A pig made out of text cc-by lemasney
A pig made out of text cc-by lemasney
Pig
A pig made out of text cc-by lemasney

The latest in my animal typography studies, A pig made out of text cc-by lemasney. Hope you enjoyed it!

‘A pig is any of the animals in the genus Sus, within the even-toed ungulate family Suidae. Pigs include domestic pigs and their ancestor, the common Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa), along with other species. Pigs, like all suids, are native to the Eurasian and African continents, ranging from Europe to the Pacific islands. Suids other than the pig are the babirusa of Indonesia, the pygmy hog of Asia, the warthog of Africa, and another genus of pigs from Africa. The suids are a sister clade to peccaries. Juvenile pigs are known as piglets.[1] Pigs are highly social and intelligent animals.[2] With around 1 billion individuals alive at any time, the domestic pig is among the most populous large mammals in the world.[3][4] Pigs are omnivores and can consume a wide range of food.[5] Pigs are biologically similar to humans and are thus frequently used for human medical research.[6]’

from “Pig – Wikipedia” at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig curated by lemasney creative. Feel free to share.
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A monogram for Dan Wadlinger #cc #design #typography #inkscape #dw

A monogram for Dan Wadlinger #cc #design #typography #inkscape #dw
A monogram for Dan Wadlinger #cc #design #typography #inkscape #dw

A monogram for Dan Wadlinger #cc #design #typography #inkscape #dw
A monogram for Dan Wadlinger #cc #design #typography #inkscape #dw

I’ve received a strong response of interest (maybe jealousy?) in the “friend monograms” sketches, and I’m saying right here that if you ask for one, I’ll make every effort to make you one, or in this case, 12. I think letterforms and their relationship are art. I got a lot of help from fontographers on these, but the kerning, custom nodes, placement and relationship, etc., is mine. Thanks for asking, Dan! That’s what this project is all about.

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191 of 365 is a hot wet sloppy mess in #Inkscape #type #grunge

Serious issue
Serious issue

Clearly, we have a serious issue. Well, maybe not clearly. So this is really to just explore the beautiful per letter orientation capabilities when you do a conversion from text to path. You have lots of capabilities even as text to do fine kerning, letter spacing, and even rotation, but I find it a lot easier to do something like this by making the text, converting to path (ctrl-shift-c), ungrouping (ctrl-u), which makes all of the text into individual path shapes. You could select a string and make them into a group or single path to manipulate in that way, but lots of options, regardless. Hope you liked it!

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185 of 365 is an image of energy in #inkscape

Energy
Energy

I am always amazed at the control, grace and mastery of a martial artist. The control of the flow of energy and the beautiful way in which that control is visually displayed can be magical. I wanted to capture the fluidity and looseness of the internal self that I’ve heard talked about by martial artists; the need to be like water. I hope you like it.