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304 of 365 is a rusty VW Beetle #Inkscape #design

 

Rusty Beetle
Rusty Beetle

I have often wondered what kind of car suits me best. I think that over the years I’ve chosen cars based on availability, price, serendipity, and certainly utility. I’ve owned several station wagons, a couple of sedans and one mini van. I’ve never really chosen a car based on its persona alignment with my persona, as far as I know. I think if I did, I might have chosen a Beetle from Volkswagen, or perhaps a Jetta, though I’ve heard the most recent low cost Jetta isn;t worth the $15,000. So, I thought today, I’d celebrate my theoretical choice, even if I might never actually own one.

tags: VW, Volkswagen, Beetle, bug, German, cars, vehicle, Inkscape, design, open source, 365, creative commons, driving

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303 of 365 is an ethereal sign #inkscape #typography

 

it's a sign
it's a sign

In case any of you were waiting for a sign, here it is. Now’s your chance.

tags: opportunity, chance, now, present, time, presently, help, sign, Inkscape, design, open source, sharism, 365, creative commons

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302 of 365 is about us #Inkscape #typography

About us
About us

This was a simple exercise where I thought about the design concept of intertwined text, and thought about how that reflected my relationship with my immediate family. We’re intertwined like this. By taking the text, converting to path, ungrouping, and kerning individual letters, you can do a lot with letterforms.

tags: text, family, you, me, us, design, Inkscape, open source, sharism, creative commons, art

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301 of 365 is a groovy BMX rider #Inkscape

Groovy BMX
Groovy BMX

Have you ever tried to make something bad on purpose? I grew up in the 70s, and I tried to think of the kind of thing you might see on someone’s shirt 35 years ago, and this is what I came up with. I hope your retro bone digs it.

tags: retro, 70s, seventies, 1973, bmx, motocross, inkscape, design, fail, fun, funny, open source, sharism, creative commons, 365

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300 of 365 is a fighter in pieces #Inkscape #illustration

 

Fighter in pieces
Fighter in pieces

This is part two of a diptych telling a fight story. Here we have a fighter in pieces, ready to fall apart. In Inkscape I made this by creating the silhouette of the fighter, then using the bezier tool to create a shard that I duplicated and flipped on the fighter from top to bottom. I used these shards to do a path operation that cut the fighter into those shapes, which I then moved this way and that with the selector tool to make a shattered and sliced appearance.

tags: kung-fu, karate, stance, chattered, sliced, fighting, practice, calm, tae kwon do, design, Inkscape, illustration, open source, open, 365, sharism, creative commons

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299 of 365 is a fighter in firm stance #Inkscape #typography

Firm stance
Firm stance

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