{"id":442,"date":"2013-04-02T10:00:22","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T14:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/?p=442"},"modified":"2025-11-14T22:37:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T03:37:54","slug":"a-variant-on-the-4-ingredient-bread-illustration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2013\/04\/02\/a-variant-on-the-4-ingredient-bread-illustration\/","title":{"rendered":"A variant on the 4 ingredient bread illustration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just yesterday, I posted a quick illustration of one of my favorite everyday foods: 4 Ingredient bread. Every time I looked at it today, I had some reservations about the design, and this happens fairly typically. I thought it might be interesting to play with the design over time and post the results of stopping points to show something of my editing process for design work. Here&#8217;s today&#8217;s stopping point. It might be finished, it might not, but I figured I&#8217;d share.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_443\" style=\"width: 811px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/4-ingredient-bread-rev-1.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-443\" class=\"size-full wp-image-443\" alt=\"4 ingredient bread rev 1 by John LeMasney via lemasney.com\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/4-ingredient-bread-rev-1.png?resize=801%2C804&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"801\" height=\"804\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-443\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">4 ingredient bread rev 1 by John LeMasney via lemasney.com<\/p><\/div>\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:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2013\/04\/01\/four-ingredient-bread-by-lemasney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; border: 0; display: block; width: 80px; max-width: 100%;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/156555446_80_80.jpg?w=1170&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/a><a style=\"display: block; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; line-height: 12pt; height: 80px; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px;\" href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2013\/04\/01\/four-ingredient-bread-by-lemasney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Four ingredient bread (Illustration)<\/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:\/\/www.everydayfamily.com\/t\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; border: 0; display: block; width: 80px; max-width: 100%;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/124401258_80_80.jpg?w=1170&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/a><a style=\"display: block; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; line-height: 12pt; height: 80px; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.everydayfamily.com\/t\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Why This Mom Wishes She Could Perfect the Art of Baking Bread<\/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;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; border: 0; display: block; width: 80px; max-width: 100%;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/149501484_80_80.jpg?w=1170&#038;ssl=1\" \/>Banana Bread.<\/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;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; border: 0; display: block; width: 80px; max-width: 100%;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/156727385_80_80.jpg?w=1170&#038;ssl=1\" \/>All Rise in the Oven! 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