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20121209: A stylized ampersand made of circles by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #typography #creativecommons

20121209: A stylized ampersand made of circles by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #typography #creativecommons
20121209: A stylized ampersand made of circles by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #typography #creativecommons
20121209: A stylized ampersand made of circles by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #typography #creativecommons
20121209: A stylized ampersand made of circles by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #typography #creativecommons

Ampersands (&) are a beautiful typographic creation. I found out last year that ampersands combine the letters e and t, or “et”, which is “and” in French. I wanted to show the symbol in a sensual, undulating form.

ampersand, typography, and, et, design, drawing, symbols, lemasney, open source, Inkscape, illustration

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20121207: raised hands in a diverse classroom by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #illustration #creativecommons

20121207: raised hands in a diverse classroom by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #illustration #creativecommons
20121207: raised hands in a diverse classroom by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #illustration #creativecommons
20121207: raised hands in a diverse classroom by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #illustration #creativecommons
20121207: raised hands in a diverse classroom by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #illustration #creativecommons

One of the things that I find important to foster in my classroom is a diverse set of points of view being represented. By having people present and defend their biases, myself included, we may come to a better, mediated understanding of a given topic. Mostly, we accomplish this through open inquiry on topics, an environment that has trust, and a clear set of rules on respect. Then, after all voices are heard, we introduce case studies, scholarly research, and lots and lots of facts to find out what is most likely true. Because truth, after all, is relative.

diversity, classroom, inquiry, trust, facts, scholarly, research, questions, answers, raise your hand, lemasney, open source, Inkscape, design, illustration

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20121205: Suggested serving size by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #typography

20121205: Suggested serving size by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #typography
20121205: Suggested serving size by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #typography
20121205: Suggested serving size by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #typography
20121205: Suggested serving size by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #typography

One of the pitfalls of becoming calorie aware is that sometimes the number of calories on the nutrition facts on a package is not for the entire package, but rather some unreasonable portion of a package. In recent years, as people have become more aware, this has lessened. However, I notice that the worse the food is for you, the more likely you are to run into this. I don’t know anyone who consumes half a pack of cupcakes, one of a two-pack of mini apple pies, or half a can of soda, despite the serving size. However, the nutrition facts servings show that idea.

food, calories, servings, nutrition facts, lemasney, open source, Inkscape, creative commons

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20121204: Swirl, a typographic flourish by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #typography

20121204: Swirl, a typographic flourish by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #typography
20121204: Swirl, a typographic flourish by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #typography
20121204: Swirl, a typographic flourish by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #typography
20121204: Swirl, a typographic flourish by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #typography

I really love typography play. Inkscape is my favorite tool, bar none, for this. I do it all the time. Enter a piece of text with the text tool and choose and apply a font that begins to speak to the end design in your mind. I chose ballpark as a starting point. Then select the text, and do a path/union operation (ctrl-shift-plus), which turns the text into a single editable path. Then use the node tool to tweak, move, resize, and shape the edges of your text until you have the shape that you want. I added a dot to the “i” inside of one of my flourishes, and joined it with the existing path using a second union operation.  In this particular case, I added a rectangle with a gradient to create a vignette in the background, and applied a beveling filter to the text to give it some depth.

swirl, text, flourish, typography, design, open source, lemasney, fun, sexy, playful, funny

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20121203: Cupcake made of text by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #food

20121203: Cupcake made of text by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #food
20121203: Cupcake made of text by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #food
20121203: Cupcake made of text by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #food
20121203: Cupcake made of text by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #food

I’ve looked at my stats, and people keep coming back here for a few things. In particular, people come for sketches about food, color, object as text, drawings, cupcakes, and animals. I couldn’t get them all in here, but I certainly got a few. Enjoy!

tags: cupcake, text, sketch, food, sweets, creative commons, lemasney, inkscape, open source, design, poster

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20121202: A cycle of motion with circles within circles by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #abstract #life

20121202: A cycle of motion with circles within circles by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #abstract #life
20121202: A cycle of motion with circles within circles by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #abstract #life
20121202: A cycle of motion with circles within circles by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #abstract #life
20121202: A cycle of motion with circles within circles by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #abstract #life

Sometimes in this project, inspiration just comes from the tool itself. I love Inkscape’s ability to easily duplicate and clone objects, and to have those objects come together in interesting ways. Starting with a single circle, I built up modules, then duplicated the modules until I had the design you see here.

tags: cycle, circle, design, abstract, image, poster, subtle, lemasney, open source, Inkscape

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