{"id":5728,"date":"2010-08-31T10:45:20","date_gmt":"2010-08-31T14:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/365sketches.org\/?p=2976"},"modified":"2020-07-11T16:28:21","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T20:28:21","slug":"253-of-365-is-a-giraffe-made-out-of-text-typography-design-inkscape-tutorial-strnglibrarian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2010\/08\/31\/253-of-365-is-a-giraffe-made-out-of-text-typography-design-inkscape-tutorial-strnglibrarian\/","title":{"rendered":"253 of 365 is a giraffe made out of text by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #typography #design #inkscape #tutorial #cc"},"content":{"rendered":"
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253 of 365 is a giraffe made out of text by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #typography #design #inkscape #tutorial #cc<\/p><\/div>\n

So my libland friend Julie asked me to sketch her a giraffe, and I do just about anything Julie asks. In this case, I did the following to fulfill her request:<\/p>\n

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  1. I found a silhouette of a giraffe and imported it into Inkscape.<\/li>\n
  2. I lowered the opacity on the giraffe so that I could see text as I placed it on top.<\/li>\n
  3. I added the letters in the word giraffe one at a time with the text tool<\/li>\n
  4. I selected (s) each of the letters and made them into paths (shift-ctrl-c)<\/li>\n
  5. Using the node tool (n) I stretched each of the letters into the shape of the silhouette until the letters were representative of the silhouette of the giraffe.<\/li>\n
  6. The silhouette was set aside, and I then created a background for the scene.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Try it out with your favorite animal, and let me know how it turns out! Hope you liked it Julie!<\/p>\n

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