This is part one of a diptych telling a fight story. Here we have a fighter in a firm stance, ready to defend himself. In Inkscape I made this by creating the silhouette of the fighter, then using the spraypaint tool to recreate the silhouette using exclamation points. Tomorrow, we’ll see what happened to the other guy.
tags: kung-fu, karate, stance, firm, fighting, practice, calm, tae kwon do, design, Inkscape, illustration, open source, open, 365, sharism, creative commons
This is just a simple quiet sketch of a girl skating. Even though she’s on rollerblades, the treatment is definitely intent on giving you the impression she’s on ice. Fun stuff.
tags: girl, skating, ice, rollerblades, exercise, fun, minimalist, illustration, Inkscape, open source, design, sharism, creative commons
I made this maple leaf using Inkscape and my Wacom tablet. The chills and strong winds of fall are really coming on now here in the Northeast US, and I wanted to capture some of the great sights I’ve seen lately.
tag: fall, autumn, windy, leaves, maple tree, Canada, Inkscape, New Jersey, drawing, skethcing, croquis, wacom, creative commons, sharism, open source
Host: Princeton PC Users Group
Artist’s Statement: https://lemasney.com/consulting/about-365-sketches/
Venue: Mercer County Library, Lawrence Branch, Lawrenceville, NJ
Date: August 30th, 2010
So this was in response to Khurt Williams request for me to work on the idea that he and his family came up with, essentially a character to raise awareness for Diabetes and the rituals that go with it. I like what I did, but I really prefer his original image that he gave me for inspiration a whole lot more:
Thanks for the opportunity, Khurt, but quite honestly, I think your original is quite possibly the better solution.
So foursquare can be used as a brand building tool, to let people know the venues you visit, the kinds of things you do, and in a way, the kind of person you are. If you check in to museums, coffee shops, and libraries, it says something, and if you check into other kinds of places, it sasy something different. However, going further, it’s a game.
It allows you to vie for control over spaces, even if it just means something to a few people. It can be a lot of fun. For instance, several months ago I created the venue “Moore Library” at Rider University which happens to be the building that houses my office. Dave Reynolds, who also works in this building, took the venue (became Mayor) after a long ongoing bout of checkins. In order to maintain your status you have to check in at least one day per month more than another foursquare user. He slowly crept up and rigorously overtook me after a few months of me sporadically forgetting to check in, and it was a friendly, but sobering, loss with much social fallout.
After a few more months of steady checkins, this morning I regained the Mayor title, when I saw the message depicted above on my phone.
And I plan to keep it.