Tag: Public libraries

Categories
Illustration portfolio

20121124: You can’t always get what you want by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #flowchart

20121124: You can't always get what you want by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #flowchart
20121124: You can't always get what you want by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #flowchart
20121124: You can't always get what you want by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #flowchart
20121124: You can’t always get what you want by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #flowchart

This is a flowchart that diagrams the classic Rolling Stones song “You can’t always get what you want” but the reality is, the thing that you want is usually right in front of you, disguised as what you think you need. The thing you thought you wanted? It just went further down a rabbit hole.

tags: stones, get what you want, get what you need, want, need, wants, needs

Related articles

 

Categories
Illustration portfolio

20121122: Sliced by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #typography

20121122: Sliced by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #typography
20121122: Sliced by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #typography
20121122: Sliced by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #typography
20121122: Sliced by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #typography

So this one is pretty straightforward: In Inkscape, place some text with the text tool, convert to a path, ungroup, then union, so that the text is now a single path. Place a line across it with the Bezier tool. Select both paths and intersect, using the line to cut the text. Move the bottom part to the right, select and rotate the text.

tags: slice, cut, typography, cutting, knife, text, type

Related articles
Categories
Illustration portfolio

20121121: Hell yes by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design

20121121: Hell yes by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design
20121121: Hell yes by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design
20121121: Hell yes by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design
20121121: Hell yes by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design

So, I decided to alter a font to make it more funky. In this particular case, it was a matter of making a line with the bezier tool set to the paraxial line segment mode, which constrains the lines to horizontal and vertical lines. I laid down the lines and rounded their angles and caps as they are in the font, I curved and angled the lines according to an invisible grid, mirroring the curves in the font.

Related articles

 

Categories
Illustration portfolio

20121120: A study in hexagonal geometry by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #cc

20121120: A study in hexagonal geometry by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #cc
20121120: A study in hexagonal geometry by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #cc
20121120: A study in hexagonal geometry by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #cc
20121120: A study in hexagonal geometry by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #cc

This image was fairly simple to do in Inkscape. I created a single line, duplicated it, curved the line, and repeated, increasing the curve each time. Once I had the first ‘module’, I duplicated and rotated it until I had a hexagonal shape. I played a bit with palette by making each module a different color, created a vignetted background, and moved the hexagonal shape off-center to add interest.

Related articles
Categories
Illustration portfolio requests

20121119: A shoe made out of text by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #cc

20111119: A high heeled shoe made out of text by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #cc
20111119: A high heeled shoe made out of text by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #cc
20111119: A high heeled shoe made out of text by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #cc
20111119: A high heeled shoe made out of text by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #cc

Inkscape makes it especially easy to manipulate the shape of text to meet the edges of a recognizable silhouette.

I thought I might start adding music to these posts to listen along to while you enjoy the design. Here’s what came to mind with this one. Queens Of The Stone Age – Monsters In The Parasol

 

Categories
Illustration portfolio requests

20111116: Disgusting book titles: The Sedentary Secretary Diet Plan by John LeMasney and Iddrise Ann via 365sketches.org #design

20111116: Disgusting book titles: The Sedentary Secretary Diet Plan by John LeMasney and Iddrise Ann via 365sketches.org #design
20111116: Disgusting book titles: The Sedentary Secretary Diet Plan by John LeMasney and Iddrise Ann via 365sketches.org #design
20111116: Disgusting book titles: The Sedentary Secretary Diet Plan by John LeMasney and Iddrise Ann via 365sketches.org #design
20111116: Disgusting book titles: The Sedentary Secretary Diet Plan by John LeMasney and Iddrise Ann #design

So continuing the collaborative disgusting book titles series, Iddrise made me snarf my milk with a book idea that focused on 108 keys to success for the sedentary secretary in all of us. Why 108 keys? The US keyboard standard layout uses 108 keys. The book is rife with silly exercise tips, rather than any ideas for improving nutrition, backwards puns on office life, and ageist, sexist, and other prejudiced thinking, such as Key 86: replenish the water in the cooler while you wait for your copies to finish! and Key 112: bring extra coffee cups to the meeting to work out your biceps! All 108 Keys end in exclamation points. Add your own keys in the comments below, and we’ll get this thing shipped.