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316 of 365 is a pair of scissors #Inkscape #drawing

 

Scissors
Scissors

Lately I’ve been remembering my mother by sketching objects in Inkscape that remind me of her. My mom worked on a heavy duty sewing machine quite a lot when I was a kid. She always had a fine set of scissors that I would use from time to time for really horrible-for-scissors tasks, like cutting wires, and she would get really upset. Now that I have fine tools of my own, it makes perfect sense why she was so upset. In this and many other ways she taught me to appreciate delicate instruments of creation and work. Thanks, Mom!

tags: mom, memory, scissors, cutting, respect, tools, Inkscape, drawing, 365, wacom, open source, creative commons, freedom

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310 of 365 is for Jack #Inkscape #typography #design

Do your best
Do your best

My son Jack turned 6 today. It’s funny how things happen, cosidering that my mom passed away yesterday, on Halloween, and now today, Jack turns six. He’s just old enough to know what’s going on in our family, and I’m very sad for him, but also, quite proud. He’s doing as well as any of us, and I think he’ll be just fine. The only piece of advice I can think of to give him for the next year of his life is the same thing that he has already been doing: giving his best. I love you Jack, and happy birthday wishes to you.

tags: birthday, Jack, best, effort, wisdom, knowledge, awareness, Inkscape, design, creative commons, open source, sharing, 365

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308 of 365 is a human wheel #Inkscape #design

 

Human wheel
Human wheel

This is a metaphor for the way I feel about they way we treat each other sometimes. If you find yourself grinding someone down to the tread, please stop. 🙂

tags: equality, freedom, human, kindness, fair, ease, frailty, living, advantage, diversity, life, design, 365, Inkscape, open source, creative commons, libre graphics

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A whale made of text by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #Inkscape #design #typography

A whale made of text by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #Inkscape #design #typography
A whale made of text by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #Inkscape #design #typography
A whale made of text by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #Inkscape #design #typography
A whale made of text by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #Inkscape #design #typography

This is a redo of an earlier sketch that just focused on the silhouette of a whale, and this time I used the word whale as a basis for the image.

deep, sea, whale, blowhole. text, type, typography, design, 365, open source, creative commons, ocean, Inkscape

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Bovine made out of text

Divine bovine made of text by John LeMasney via lemasney.com
Divine bovine made of text by John LeMasney via lemasney.com
Divine Bovine made out of text by John LeMasney via lemasney.com
Bovine made out of text

Here is the latest in my text based animals series. Cow-Schmow, she’s a bovine.

‘Bovine comes from the Latin word for “cow”, though the biological family called the Bovidae actually includes not only cows and oxen but also goats, sheep, bison, and buffalo. So bovine is often used technically, when discussing “bovine diseases”, “bovine anatomy”, and so on. It can also describe a human personality, though it can be a rather unkind way to describe someone. When Hera, the wife of Zeus, is called “cow-eyed”, though, it’s definitely a compliment, and Zeus fairly melts when she turns those big bovine eyes on him.’

from “Bovine | Definition of Bovine by Merriam-Webster” at https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bovine curated by lemasney creative. Feel free to share.
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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