{"id":4873,"date":"2012-11-20T10:07:31","date_gmt":"2012-11-20T15:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/365sketches.org\/?p=4873"},"modified":"2020-07-11T16:28:27","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T20:28:27","slug":"20121120-a-study-in-hexagonal-geometry-by-john-lemasney-via-365sketches-org-design-cc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2012\/11\/20\/20121120-a-study-in-hexagonal-geometry-by-john-lemasney-via-365sketches-org-design-cc\/","title":{"rendered":"20121120: A study in hexagonal geometry by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #cc"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4874\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a title=\"A study in hexagonal geometry by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc-by\" href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2012\/11\/20\/20121120-a-study-in-hexagonal-geometry-by-john-lemasney-via-365sketches-org-design-cc\/attachment\/20111120\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4874\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4874\" data-attachment-id=\"4874\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2012\/11\/20\/20121120-a-study-in-hexagonal-geometry-by-john-lemasney-via-365sketches-org-design-cc\/attachment\/20111120\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20111120.png?fit=809%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"809,500\" 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=\"20121120: A study in hexagonal geometry by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #cc\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;20121120: A study in hexagonal geometry by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #cc&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;20121120: A study in hexagonal geometry by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #cc&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20111120.png?fit=809%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-4874 \" title=\"20121120: A study in hexagonal geometry by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #cc\" alt=\"20121120: A study in hexagonal geometry by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #cc\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20111120.png?w=700&#038;ssl=1\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20111120.png?w=809&amp;ssl=1 809w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20111120.png?resize=500%2C309&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 809px) 100vw, 809px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4874\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">20121120: A study in hexagonal geometry by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #cc<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This image was fairly simple to do in Inkscape. I created a single line, duplicated it, curved the line, and repeated, increasing the curve each time. Once I had the first &#8216;module&#8217;, I duplicated and rotated it until I had a hexagonal shape. I played a bit with palette by making each module a different color, created a vignetted background, and moved the hexagonal shape off-center to add interest.<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\" style=\"font-size:1em;\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2012\/11\/12\/20121111-an-explanation-of-svg-vs-png\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">20121111: an explanation of SVG vs. PNG<\/a> (365sketches.org)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2012\/11\/08\/20121108-a-waveform-of-the-word-open-tattoo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">20121108: A waveform of the word &#8220;open&#8221; #tattoo<\/a> (365sketches.org)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2012\/11\/13\/20121113-eat-real-food-by-john-lemasney-via-365sketches-org-cc-sa-design\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">20121113: Eat real food by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org (cc-sa) #design<\/a> (365sketches.org)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This image was fairly simple to do in Inkscape. I created a single line, duplicated it, curved the line, and repeated, increasing the curve each time. Once I had the first &#8216;module&#8217;, I duplicated and rotated it until I had a hexagonal shape. 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