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184 of 365 is an eye test in #Inkscape #type #play

Eye test
Eye test

I just had a birthday, so maybe that has something to do with it, but my vision is not what it used to be. I spend a lot of time looking at computer screens, and usually at a high resolution, so I imagine it’s only a matter of time before I become bespectacled. I imagine I’ll forgo any contacts, and just do some  geek rimmed thing. At any rate, i notice a lot more quickly now when a certain effect is visually jarring, and this kind of thing does it for me — text that you can partly see, partly not, that is blurry in some places, and crisp in others. I first noticed it in “I’m sorry, I’m just a little sleepy” and wanted to try to push it a little here. Anyway, keep an eye out for me in glasses. I suggest it will be less than a year from now. B)

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179 of 365 is an #infographic in #Inkscape #design #typography

UK Dogs at Christmas
UK Dogs at Christmas Infographic

This is in response to Janie Hermann introducing Michael Porter to my work when he was looking for an infographic, which I appreciated. However, Michael noted rightly that this project did not have any examples of infographics which is a very specific way of presenting data graphically, usually to represent statistics, simplify concepts, or illustrate a key point. I’ve done more than a few in my work, but this project didn’t have any, so I made this to show how fun, wacky and effective Inkscape can be for this kind of work. Those lucky dogs.

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178 of 365 is a #boat ride in #Inkscape

Boat ride
Boat ride

I had a few proper graphic design courses in college, but decided during the first class that I was not cut out for graphic design. This had mostly to do with an exercise involving the abstraction of an idea in lines. I was repeatedly reminded that I was sloppy, uncertain of the Gestalt concepts, and mostly belonged in the fine arts, where sloppiness was not only allowed but expected. As a teacher, the guy was fail. With Inkscape, I have to work to be sloppy, which is fine with me. This is exactly the kind of exercise I failed at in the class — using lines to create an illusion of movement. So, I’m submitting it 15 years late, but consider it submitted. This is my first use of the tweak tool in this series.

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175 of 365 is a definition of #illustration in #inkscape

What is illustration?
What is illustration?

This is a definition of Illustration from Wikipedia that I generally agree with, and this is a sketch that I feel is an actual illustration in respect of the definition. The wave of each line and the lines themselves are graphic elements that represent the flexibility of the definition. I did this in response to a recent definition of illustration at this site that I felt was far too restrictive and was also… disrespectful to other creative endeavors. The article raises interesting questions and claims, but in a far too biased way in my opinion. I wonder what she thinks of the classification of this design as an illustration.

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Urban Empire by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #stormtrooper #starwars

Urban Empire by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #stormtrooper #starwars
Urban Empire by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #stormtrooper #starwars
Urban Empire by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #stormtrooper #starwars
Urban Empire by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #stormtrooper #starwars

In this sketch, I decided to bring together Boba Fett, stormtroopers, Darth Vader, some Empire iconography, and mash them all up with some urban, hip hop, vinyl, and other styles because essentially, I can.

tags: Star Wars, Darth Vader, Stormtrooper, urban, hip hop, vinyl, scratching, creative commons, design, poster, open source, Inkscape, graphic design

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163 of 365 is a smack in the face

Smack to the face
Smack to the face
Smack to the face
Smack to the face

So, as someone who grew up watching 10 year old reruns of campy Batman shows, I was imprinted with the message of typography as softcore violence. Oh, you too? So anyway, I recently saw an article on the topic of typography in the 60’s Batman series, and decided to make some of my own.

In Inkscape, I added the text in a clear font, converted to path, and applied the bend live path effect. I bent the text (as a path) and then tweaked each of the corners of each letter with the node tool. I converted the bent path to a new path without the live path effect, and rotated it to fit better in the frame.

Using the shape tool, I created a star, converted it to path, and used the node tool to tweak it. I made the stroke a bit transparent on the star to give it a few colors at the edge. I duplicated the text and made it into a shadow by choosing a flat gray color and blurring it a bit. It was a lot of fun, and it took me back to a lot of childhood afternoons.