This is a video of my introduction to the 365 Sketches project that I gave at the opening to the show at Princeton Public Library in June of 2010. In a nutshell, this project is one on which I do one daily digital drawing using free software called Inkscape. I believe the video works to explain the processes, people, and issues that were encountered, and I highly recommend giving it a watch. Thanks!
This is another case of using the free three dimensional application from Google named Sketchup in my workflow to introduce 3d letterforms into my Inkscape sketch. I went a bit further than the last time in using color, mood, and background in order to push the forms forward a bit. Hope you liked it!
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!
So, aside from being a reference to Metallica, this is an experiment with a technique. I’ve never quite used the tools in this way before, and I think it could come in handy. So essentially, in order to get this effect in Inkscape, I created each of the volumetric shapes by creating two lines with the Bezier tool, one for the left edge of each shape and one for the right edge, then I combined the paths into a single path, while keeping them clearly seperated visually. Then, I used the stitch paths Live Path Effect in order to create and tweak the intermediary lines you see. Finally, I applied a dotted line setting to the stitching. It’s a fun effect, and once you get the hang of it, it’s very easy. Hope you liked it!
An illustration of the phrase "what's up?" by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #3d #typography #drawing #greeting
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I’ll start by saying that the text in this image, and its 3D treatment were not done in Inkscape, but in a free (but not open source) version of the application called SketchUp, owned by Google, and used to build really wonderful things in three dimensions. After making the text there, I imported the exported picture from SketchUp into Inkscape, did a bitmap trace, and then used the fill tool to color the image. A fun workflow, though next time, I think I’ll use Blender, an open source 3d modeling tool.
what’s up, greeting, hi there, sup, open source, lemasney, inkscape, GIMP, SketchUp, blender, sketch, illustration, drawing
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.
