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45 of 365 is a self portrait with a scowl #inkscape

Self portrait with scowl - LeMasney Consulting
Self portrait with scowl - LeMasney Consulting
Self portrait with scowl - LeMasney Consulting
Self portrait with scowl – LeMasney Consulting

 

I opened up PhotoBooth on my MBP, and took a quick close up shot of my face in a scowl. I brought it into Inkscape, converted the bitmap into a vector with both the edge detect and the threshold methods, then applied different colors to each and overlapped them. I added a background for the highlight, and finally added some plain black lines to emphasize my mouth and eyes, as they were getting a bit lost.

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41 of 365 is how to make a text based portrait in #inkscape

Text based portrait of a little girl - LeMasney Consulting
Text based portrait of a little girl - LeMasney Consulting
Text based portrait of a little girl - LeMasney Consulting
Text based portrait of a little girl – LeMasney Consulting

Here is a close up image of a little girl. More than anything I was looking to create a screencast to explain how I do these text based portraits in Inkscape. It’s a fun technique with some easy key steps that you’ll see in the video below. Enjoy!

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38 of 365 is an isometric toaster, serving it up hot. #Inkscape

Isometric toaster - LeMasney Consulting
Isometric toaster - LeMasney Consulting
Isometric toaster - LeMasney Consulting
Isometric toaster – LeMasney Consulting

This post was about playing with Inkscape‘s configurable Axonometric (isometric in this case) Grid tool. I set the grid to be shown, and then started to build out a toaster on a counter. After creating the top, side, and front, I added the handle and slots. I then created some toast, introducing some curvature to the design. Then, I added some wisps of steam and a face. I enjoyed the layering so much, I decided to take the opacity down a bit to show the innards of the device. I duplicated the top wall of the device, made it dark grey, applied a blur, and placed it below the toaster to make a shadow, Finally, I placed a few shapes in the background to create a counter surface.

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27 of 365 says long live evolution #Inkscape

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Viva la Evolucion

I made this cutie in Inkscape by creating an ellipse, adding 3 smaller tan ellipses within it, creating ellipse based ears and eyes, and then creating a mouth out of a round capped path, which I duplicated, resized and flipped to make half a nose, then the rest of the nose. With a duplicated three node polygon, I made the shards of fur on the sides of her face, which I mirrored for the other side. I added a jungle background square, and called it done. Then, I thought better of it, added some text, and really called it done.

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23 of 365 is a cat with pointy whiskers #Inkscape

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Cat with pointy whiskers

This one was pretty straightforward — I found a picture of a cat, and in Inkscape I began to overlay path-converted ellipses and other marks, then shaped them with the node tool in order to make them match the shapes of the photo. Added a simple foresty background. Finalized with some touches of color, along with whiskers made with the pencil tool set to shape: triangle in.

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