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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!

[vodpod id=Video.2964745&w=425&h=350&fv=video%3DstVkxQSkBIR19bRlxZWlpeUlJV]

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40 of 365 is an all seeing eye #inkscape

All-seeing eye - LeMasney Consulting
All-seeing eye - LeMasney Consulting
All-seeing eye - LeMasney Consulting
All-seeing eye – LeMasney Consulting

One of my best and longest standing friends has tqaken to critiquing my blog. I welcome this. Especially because he has started giving me ideas for the blog. He said that he really wanted to see an eye that could see in all directions. I decided to interpret his request figuratively, and just render a human eye, as I believe with knowledge, insight, and experience that we can foretell a lot of what is going to happen. Though I’m surprised constantly. In inkscape, I created the iris with a circle and some overlapping blue and green stars using the shape tool, with a large white circle in back of it for the eyeball. I added a black ellipse for the pupil. I used two rectangles-to-paths to shape the upper and lower face by using the node tool. For the space between the eyeball and the upper and lower face, I added a pink rectangle behind the eyeball. I added simple pencil lines with shape: ellipse for the upper and lower lids and lash line, and switched to pencil with shape: triangle out for the lashes.Thanks for the suggestion, Roch, I hope you like it, and I hope you suggest more ideas.

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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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37 of 365 is full of dark green bokeh #inkscape

Dark green bokeh in Inkscape - LeMasney Consulting
Dark green bokeh in Inkscape - LeMasney Consulting
Dark green bokeh in Inkscape - LeMasney Consulting
Dark green bokeh in Inkscape – LeMasney Consulting

This is an imitation in Inkscape of bokeh, or the effect of light when a lens is out of focus. Following is a link to a video demonstrating how I did it, with what I think is a nice overview of the Inkscape Tiled Clones Tool.

[vodpod id=Video.2938485&w=425&h=350&fv=video%3DstVkxQSkBIR19bQlxUWV9RXlBU]

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34 of 365 is a soft edged form

Soft edged form - LeMasney Consulting
Soft edged form - LeMasney Consulting
Soft edged form - LeMasney Consulting
Soft edged form – LeMasney Consulting

This is a soft edged form using the blur tools in Inkscape.