{"id":25,"date":"2009-12-25T05:00:28","date_gmt":"2009-12-25T05:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/365sketches.wordpress.com\/?p=25"},"modified":"2020-07-11T16:30:09","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T20:30:09","slug":"number-4-is-a-bald-short-sighted-older-guy-wondering-where-his-youth-went","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2009\/12\/25\/number-4-is-a-bald-short-sighted-older-guy-wondering-where-his-youth-went\/","title":{"rendered":"4 of 365: An illustration of a bald guy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_26\" style=\"width: 548px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/20091225.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26\" data-attachment-id=\"26\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2009\/12\/25\/number-4-is-a-bald-short-sighted-older-guy-wondering-where-his-youth-went\/attachment\/20091225\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/20091225.png?fit=538%2C537&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"538,537\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bald guy illustration by John LeMasney via lemasney.com\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Bald guy illustration by John LeMasney via lemasney.com&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Bald guy illustration by John LeMasney via lemasney.com&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/20091225.png?fit=538%2C537&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26\" alt=\"Bald guy illustration by John LeMasney via lemasney.com\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/20091225.png?resize=538%2C537&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"538\" height=\"537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/20091225.png?w=538&amp;ssl=1 538w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/20091225.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/20091225.png?resize=500%2C500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bald guy illustration by John LeMasney via lemasney.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Number 4 has been through a few scrapes. He&#8217;s an older guy, clean cut bald head, with smart glasses, and an awkward lip. When he looks in the mirror, he wonders where his hair all went, why things turned out the way they did, and regrets a few of the fistfights he&#8217;s had over topics as silly as baseball teams. Inspired by some old fool on <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"The People&#039;s Court\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_People%27s_Court\" rel=\"wikipedia\">The People&#8217;s Court<\/a>. He was made in <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Inkscape\" href=\"https:\/\/inkscape.org\/\" rel=\"homepage\">Inkscape<\/a>, starting with a square converted to path, then turned into a pill shape. Half ellipses for ears, full ellipses for glasses and shadows, arrow shaped paths for hair, eyes, and lots of other shapes. And so on. <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Merry Christmas\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Merry-Christmas-F-M-Einheit\/dp\/B0000057NQ%3FSubscriptionId%3D0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82%26tag%3Dzemanta-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB0000057NQ\" rel=\"amazon\">Merry Christmas<\/a> to those who celebrate, and happy holidays to the rest of you!<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\" style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\" style=\"margin: 0; padding: 0; overflow: hidden;\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding: 0; background: none; list-style: none; display: block; float: left; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 84px; font-size: 11px; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px;\"><a style=\"box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; padding: 2px; display: block; border-radius: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/1052202\/bald-eagle-rescued-along-highway-in-delta-after-being-hit-by-a-car\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><a style=\"display: block; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; line-height: 12pt; height: 80px; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px;\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/1052202\/bald-eagle-rescued-along-highway-in-delta-after-being-hit-by-a-car\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bald eagle rescued along highway in Delta after being hit by a car<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding: 0; background: none; list-style: none; display: block; float: left; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 84px; font-size: 11px; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px;\"><a style=\"box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; padding: 2px; display: block; border-radius: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/scottwalkersbaldspot.wordpress.com\/2013\/12\/24\/merry-bald-christmas-to-all\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><a style=\"display: block; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; line-height: 12pt; height: 80px; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px;\" href=\"https:\/\/scottwalkersbaldspot.wordpress.com\/2013\/12\/24\/merry-bald-christmas-to-all\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Merry Bald Christmas to all!<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding: 0; background: none; list-style: none; display: block; float: left; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 84px; font-size: 11px; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px;\">Police investigate shooting of two bald eagles<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding: 0; background: none; list-style: none; display: block; float: left; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 84px; font-size: 11px; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px;\"><a style=\"box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; padding: 2px; display: block; border-radius: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/marykatharine\/2013\/12\/24\/video-connecticut-man-saves-bald-eagle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><a style=\"display: block; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; line-height: 12pt; height: 80px; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px;\" href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/marykatharine\/2013\/12\/24\/video-connecticut-man-saves-bald-eagle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Video: Connecticut man saves bald eagle<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Number 4 has been through a few scrapes. He&#8217;s an older guy, clean cut bald head, with smart glasses, and an awkward lip. When he looks in the mirror, he wonders where his hair all went, why things turned out the way they did, and regrets a few of the fistfights he&#8217;s had over topics [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3654],"tags":[411],"class_list":{"0":"post-25","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-portfolio","8":"tag-inkscape","9":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/20091225.png?fit=538%2C537&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3h6y2-p","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":73,"url":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2010\/01\/04\/number-14365-is-a-dimensionalized-profile\/","url_meta":{"origin":25,"position":0},"title":"A face made out of lines","author":"lemsy","date":"2010-01-04","format":false,"excerpt":"This image is based in creative play with the stitch sub paths tool in Inkscape. 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